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227 APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE DATE: May 24, 1976 TIME: 7 :30 P.M. PLACE: Town Office Building, Room 111 PRESENT: Edward E. Furash, Chairman, Donald B. White , Vice Chairman- Schools, Peter Hall, Vice Chairman-General Gov' t. , J.H. Blaisdell, Secretary, Mitzi Kutchin, Patricia Hagedorn, Richard M. Perry, Ex-officio P� I. Minutes of May 3, 1976 were read by Secretary Blaisdell and were approved by the Committee with one correction under Item III -- "It should read: Account #5450 - Road Machinery, instead of Account #5500. II . RE-ORGANIZATION OF APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE Upon unanimous approval of the Committee the following officers were appointed: Edward E. Furash - Chairman Harry A. Hall III - Vice Chairman-Gen. Gov't. Donald B. White - Vice Chairman-Schools J. Harper Blaisdell - Secretary III . APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE REPORT Chairman Furash approved a bill amounting to $1,518.24 to cover the cost of printing the Appropriation Committee Report for 1976. (Spaulding Company) IV. CONSERVATION a. Chairman Furash presented the Committee with a letter from the Conservation Committee Chairman, Angela Frick to EAT Realty Trust, dated April 29, 1976, re land adjacent to North Lexington Brook. (on file ) b. A request for a Reserve Fund Transfer in the amount of $450.00 to pay for Secretarial services for the last six weeks of fiscal '75- '76 was discussed by the Committee. Mr. Perry stated that there were such funds put 'into the clerical pool to cover these services. Secretary Blaisdell suggested that the Committee not pass on any such matter until it passes through the proper channels. V. COLLECTIVE BARGAINING A memorandum dated April 15, 1976, from Town Manager O'Connell re the challenge of the Collective Bargaining Law - Chapter 150-E- Mass. was presented to the Committee. It so stated that Arlington is now challenging the binding arbitration feature and it is now before the Mass. Supreme Court. (on file)