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APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE MEETING THURSDAY,JUNE 12, 2003, ROOM 111, 7:45 PM Present: D Brown, K Dooks, R Pawliczek, E Michelson, P Hamburger, A Levine, J Ryan Also Present: R White, G Burnell, J Rosenberg, and T Griffiths • R White discussed the Reserve Fund transfer requests for Fiscal 2003. • Legal-$98,000 • Elections- $12,000 • Unemployment Insurance- $35,000 • MOTION: Approve transfer requests-Unanimous • R White discussed possible override options available due to the failed override vote of June 2, 2003 for$4.957 million. William Lahey, Town Counsel has had discussions with the Department of Revenue as to possible scenarios. R White distributed e-mail"from William Lahey outlining possibilities at this time. The options are not quite clear at this time. • There appear to be a couple of petitions circulating that if presented will require • the Board of Selectmen to call a special town meeting. The Board of Selectmen appears to be split, as is the community over what course of action to take. • R White discussed the successful bargaining with the employees through collation bargaining over health and dental insurance. • P Hamburger expressed his opinion the Town Meeting needs to be involved in the decision making process and that the BOS should not do anything on their own. • A Levine suggested that we review our priorities, have a summit meeting and then go before town meeting. He suggested that we stay away from and unbundled override as well as one-item issues such as the petition being circulated that appears only to deal with public safety. • E Michaelson felt that time is of the essence. Town Meeting is only need for reallocation of funds between departments and line items. • D Brown questioned the AC as to what advice we might give about living within the amounts appropriated for Fiscal 2004. • General discussion of the possibility of having tied questions. • Consensus amongst those present is that the BOS should be advised stay the course and do nothing regarding Fiscal 2004. • The AC also supports a tiered series of questions vs. an unbundled override. • MOTION: The AC agrees that the best course of action at this time appears to remain status quo (stay the course). Passed 4 Yes, 2 No • Next meeting will be on Wednesday, June 18, 2003 in Commons II at the High School.