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303 ANNUAL TOWN MEETING HELD MARCH 20, 1972 The meeting was called to order by the Moderator, Lincoln P. Cole, Jr. at 8 :07 P. M. in Cary Memorial Hall. There were 203 Town Meeting Members present. The invocation was offered by Rev. Edward J. Gaudette, Assistant Pastor, St. Brigid' s Church. 8 :10 P. M. Allan F. Kenney, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, asked that the meeting pause for a moment of silence in memory of David F. Toomey, Town Meeting Member from Precinct One and Wilbur E. Cheever, Town Meeting Member from Precinct Five who had died since the last town meeting. 8 :11 P. M. Town Clerk, Mary R. McDonough, read the warrant for the meeting until further reading was waived. 8 :12 P. M. The- Town Clerk read the Constable's Return of the Warrant. 8 :12 P. M. Article 2. Edward E. Furash, Chairman of the Appropriation Committee moved that the Report of the Committee be •accepted and placed on file. Mr. Furash stated that, if the recommendations of the Appropriation Committee are followed, the 1972 tax rate would be $67.00, an increase of $3.20 over 1971. Mr. Furash' s motion carried unanimously. 8 :13 P. M. Lois W. Brown, Chairman of the Planning Board, moved that the Planning Board Report on Waltham Street Rezoning, Vine Brook Road to #114 Waltham Street (referred to the Planning Board for study and report under Article 73 of the Warrant for the 1971 Annual Town Meeting) be accepted and placed on file. Carried Unanimously. 8 :14 P. M. Allen Lee Whitman, Jr. moved that the Report of the Capital Expenditures ,Committee be accepted and placed on file. Carried Unaniipously. 8 :15 P. M. Frank T. Parrish, Jr. moved that the Report of the Committee to Review Appointment Procedures for the Board of Appeals, Board of Assessors, Town Counsel and Town Comptroller be accepted and placed on file. Carried by voice vote. 8 :18 P. M. David Reiner, Chairman of the Cary Lecture Committee, moved that the Report of the Cary Lecture Committee be accepted and placed on file. Carried Unanimously. 8 :18 P. M. Iris G. Wheaton moved that the Report of Regional Refuse Disposal Planning Committee for the year 1971 be accepted and placed on file. Carried Unanimously. 8 :18 P. M. Allen F. Kenney moved that the Status Report on 1971 Articles by the Town Manager be accepted and placed on file. Carried by voice vote. 8 :19 P. M. The Moderator stated that Article 2 will remain open throughout the meeting. 8 :19 P. M.