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<br /> April 22, 2004 <br /> <br />Minutes of the Meeting of the Appropriation Committee <br />April 22, 2004 <br />Room G-15 (originally planned to be in Room 111), Town Office Building 7;30 PM <br /> <br />Present: Karen Dooks, Richard Eurich, Paul Hamburger, Alan Levine (acting Chair), Eric <br />Michelson, Ron Pawliczek, Michael Young (staff), with an audience of about 25 people <br /> <br />None of us remembered one of our meetings with so much attention - there were about 25 <br />people observing. The meeting had to be moved down to G-15 to accommodate the <br />crowd! <br /> <br />Library - Paul and others will continue to work on understanding the rules the MA Board <br />of Library Commissioners (BLC) follows re certification, and thus to see whether there <br />are any options that would allow us to maintain the certification by means of shifting <br />pieces of the budget around. There did not appear to be any sentiment to protect the <br />$191K by putting Police funds at risk or by using cash. <br /> <br />Lexpress - The sense of the Committee was to not support the proposal to combine the <br />$213K transportation at risk funds with the other public works at risk funds in one <br />override question. <br /> <br />Cash capital - The proposal to put the $100K for sidewalks, $35K for Kineen Park, and <br />$150K for Cary Hall audiovisual improvements on the override (and to not fund them at <br />all if the override fails) did not get much support. <br /> <br />Resolution re raising fees - The Committee did not support such a resolution in the <br />absence of a definite amendment. There appeared to be sentiment to get better data on <br />the relationship between fee revenue and the services those fees support. <br /> <br />Supervisor of Env. Services - Voted 4-3 to support Charlie Hornig's amendment (but <br />contingent on detailed wording yet to be received) to fund a full time position in the <br />DPW using $70K (salary plus benefits) from the DPW Revolving Fund. The amendment <br />will not affect the $25K 1/2 time grantwriter in the Town Manager's office that is at risk. <br />Charlie says that Bill Hadley says that the fund can easily support the $70K. Some <br />sentiment was expressed that the Committee should understand this fund better. <br /> <br />Committee reports for Town Meeting - Everyone seems ready to stand up and say "we <br />approve" or "disapprove" for the articles they researched. Deborah will be making <br />extensive remarks that will cover Art. 14. <br /> <br />Avalon Bay - This topic was taken up late and the Committee did not talk about it in <br />detail. Loren Wood passed out a paper copy of his analysis (he told us he thinks it is <br />$600K from being revenue neutral). He would like a chance to talk to us for 10 minutes <br />when the Committee discusses it at greater length. <br /> <br />A motion to adjourn was approved unanimously. <br />Respectfully submitted, -- Alan M. Levine <br />Approved December 9, 2004 <br /> <br />
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