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Selectmen's Meeting Minutes May 1, 2002 A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held on Wednesday, May 1, 2002 in the Farr Conference Room at the National Heritage Museum at 7:00 p.m. Mrs. Krieger, Mr. Enrich, Mrs. McKenna, Mr. McSweeney, Mr. Kennedy; Mr. White, Town Manager; Mr. Lahey, Town Counsel and Ms. Smith, Executive Clerk were present. New Motions Article 4 Mrs. Krieger opened the meeting and explained that the Board has a suggested motion under Article 4 that at the conclusion of Article 4 would propose that we move to postpone further action on this Article until after the May 15 Special Town Meeting. The intent of the motion is to allow us the flexibility to come back if we so desire to make changes in the budget depending on what the action of the Special Town Meeting is. The Board Members discussed the new motions for Article 4 that reflect the budget cuts that were made at the last meeting to close the gap resulting from the PAYT decision. Board members also discussed leaving Article 4 open until after the Special Town Meeting and potential referendum. Mr. Enrich felt it would be a good idea to allow for putting appropriations back in if PAYT is reinstituted. Mrs. McKenna felt it was not a good idea to keep the entire budget open so close to the beginning of the fiscal year. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to endorse the wording of Article 4 as most recently presented to the Board this evening. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted 4 -1 (Mrs. McKenna) to endorse at the conclusion of discussion of Article 4 a motion to postpone further action on the Article until after the Special Town Meeting with the explicit understanding that that means after it is clear on what action the citizens will take in the form of a referendum. Article 5 Board members discussed a request from Town Clerk Donna Hooper for an appropriation of $50,000 from Article 5 to pay the costs of the May 20 Debt Exclusion Special Election, the May 15 Special Town Meeting and a possible June Special Election. Mrs. McKenna raised two questions: Didn't we budget the debt exclusion because we knew it would happen sometime in this fiscal year. I am also wondering at this point what is the balance in the Reserve Fund and couldn't we use that. Finance Director John Ryan explained that although he hasn't received any specific request from the Reserve Fund's appropriation of $150,000 he expects a request from Veterans' Benefits and is aware of need in the legal budget.