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1[ 4; ANNUAL TOWN MEETING HELD MARCH 16, 1970 Meeting called to order by the Moderator, Lincoln P. Cole, Jr, at 8t07 P. M. at Cary Memorial Hall. There were 196 Town Meeting Members present. The invocation was offered by Rev. Edward J. Gaudette, Curate at St. Brigid's Church. 8:09 P. M. Town Clerk, Mary R. McDonough, read the warrant for the meeting until further reading was waived. 8:10 P. M. The Town Clerk read the Constable's Return of the warrant. 8:10 P. M. Robert Cataldo, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, asks that the members pause briefly to remember Alden L. Ripley and Robert C. Johnson, two Town Meeting Members who had died since the last Town Meeting. 8:11 P. M. Article 2. Robert M. Gary, Chairman of the Appropriation Committee, states that the tax rate for 1970 will be approximately $65.45 if the recommendations of the Appropriation Committee are followed, Mr. Gary moves that the Annual Report and Supplemental Report of the Appropriation Committee be accepted and placed on file. Carried Unanimously 8:13 P. M. Van T. Boughton, Chairman of the Capital Expenditures - Committee, moves that the report of the Capital Expendi- tures Committee be accepted and placed on file. Carried Unanimously 8:13 P. M. Stanley A. Brown, Chairman of the Lexington: Hunting Safety Committee, moves that the report of the Lexington Hunting Safety Committee be accepted and placed on file. Carried Unanimously 8:14 P. M. William R. Whalon moves that the report of Regional Refuse Disposal Planning Committee be accepted and placed on file. Carried Unanimously 8:15 P. M. Erik Lund moves that the report of the Subsidized Housing Program for the Town of Lexington, Mass, be accepted and placed on file. Carried Unanimously 8:15 P. M. Article 3. Presented by Robert Cataldo. MOTION: That a committee of three be appointed by the Moderator to have charge of the lectures under the wills of Eliza Cary Farnham and Suzanna E. Cary for the current year. Carried Unanimously 8:15 P. M. Article 4. Presented by Robert Cataldo. MOTION: That the following amounts be appropriated for the current year'and be raised in the current tax levy except where a transfer is indicated they shall be provided by such a transfer. (The following items were read by the Moderator. ) Selectmen's Department #1000 Personal a..rvices 32,623.00 1050 Expenses 7,880.00 415 P. M. Town Manager's Office #1060 Personal Services 25,878.00 1065 Expenses 2,500,00 8:16 P. M.