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APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE MEETING SELECTMEN'S MEETING ROOM FEBRUARY 7, 1994, 7:30 PM Present: G Burnell, C Coughlin, R Souza, C Abbott, J Pagett, R Borghesani, M O'Sullivan, P Lapointe, J Ryan Absent: S Nablo, M Mairson * Minutes of January 31st and February 1st, accepted as amended (unanimous) * Capital Expenditures Committee attended for comments of capital articles * CEC members attending were N Cannalonga, P Hamburger, G Holland, K Dooks * N Cannalonga discussed the Recreation requests: Article 13 apparently is seeking $ 160,000.Improvements at Pine Meadows will account for $ 125,000 of the request in order to make necessary improvements in accordance with the golf course master plan. CEC supports this request. The remaining $ 50,000 Article 14, is for a tot lot and storage shed at Lincoln Field, the final phase of the Lincoln Field development. CEC does not support this request and feels that there are more pressing needs that the Recreation Committee should be addressing with limited resources. * CEC then discussed the Central Dispatch request. Originally thought to be in the area of $ 1,375,000,the request increased to $ 1,800,000 on January 31st. The CEC believes that the request also includes ADA work, both internal and external, replacement of the cells, radio equipment for the cruisers and the dismantling and relocation of the wiring of the fire alarm boxes except for those in public buildings and commercial and industrial buildings where the landowner pays for the boxes. CEC feels that the $ 1,800,000 is excessive and will support the original request, less 10%, or approximately $ 1,200,000. * General discussion as to how we will pay for this improvement and is it all necessary. CEC feels that some of the costs can be deferred or eliminated in the area of ADA and accreditation. Strong sentiment that the "fat"must be squeezed from the request, do we need the "Cadillac"??. * CEC indicated that the Town Manager's budget shows no funding for neither the ambulance replacement nor the boiler replacement at the East lexington Fire Station and yet the ambulance is contained in Article 16. Seems to be a significant amount of confusion as to how the dollar requests were arrived at in a number of the capital articles. * CEC discussed the DPW equipment request, Article 9. There has been no funding in this area for three years and this is a way of " catching up". DPW list calls for the replacement of 22 pieces of equipment. CEC can support approximately $ 650,000,with no request for the next three years. There should be an offsetting decline in maintenance. CEC stated that $ 426,000 of the request is critical and the