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191 Meeting of the Appropria tion Committee, Monday, Feb. 19, 1968, 7:30 p.m. Present: D. Grant, Acting Chairman; J. Blaisdell; E. Furash; R. Gary; G. Kolovson; R. Perry, Comptroller; R. Souza; L. Zehner Additional operating budgets discussed and recommendations agreed upon. Meeting with Selectmen Information on land articles requested - notavailable. #1000 - Exec. Secretary got no step raise last year (received addl. pay for acting as Supt. of Public Works, however), did very well this year. Therefore double jump is to be requested. Lincoln St. dump area - a minimum of $100,000 will be needed. There will be a committee meeting with the landscape architect, Feb 26. e--� Art. 74 - Sewer Mains - $325,000 . Selectmen anticipate 85% reimbursement Town Counsel = Selectmen suggest that they may wish to have a Legal Dept. They have found one willing to come on a part-time basis. For Town counsel, secty. , and office and expenses they wish to appropriate at a rate of $30,000 per year. From April 1, the total to be requested is $25,500. Annual cost they believe will be $30,000. Respectfully submitted, Ruth F. Souza, secretary Meeting of the Appropriation Committee, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 1968, 7:30 p.m. Present: F. Parrish, Chairman; J. Blaisdell; E. Furash; R. Gary; D. Grant; R. Perry, Comptroller; R. Souza Articles as stated plus Art. 4 as tentatively recommended, plus estimated state and county figures would amount to a $9 increase in tax rate, assuming $600,000 is transferred from E & D. Articles amount to $2,200,000 Capital Expenditures Committee estimates $1,400,000 - this would make the tax increase $5 Police Rica Budget Discussed Cadets (Art. 39) recommend only 2 cadets this year and an appropriation of $5800 School Articles - Logan Clarke and Rudolph Fobert came to discuss these. Art. 13 - $125,000 for Junior High School plans - top priority of their items. Art. 30 - $�500 for parking lot - less importaht than JHS, but they would like this parking space very much. Construction Program Anticipated that new junior high school will cost about $4 million including equipment (Large increase in cost of mechanical equipment and relatively small no. of people who will bid on this kind of job accounts for most of the price increase) Construction will allow them to put the ninth grade in the Junior High Schools, to reduce Muazey by 100 and discontinue Muzzey after 1976, they hope. Munroe would be discontinued in 1972, Hancock in 1973. Operating Articles discussed