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1. 9 7 Meeting of the Appropriation Committee, Monday, May 13, 1968, 7:30 p.m. Present: D. Grant; J. Blaisdell; L. Burnell; R. Gary; R. Perry, Comptroller; L. Lehner; R. °ouza Tax Anticipation Borrowing – increased interest rates are costing the town more this year. $43,800 was Ps appropriated for TAN interest; so far we have spent $38,000. We will need more for future borrowing. Last year at this time we had spent $27,000 for the same amount of borrowing. Rates have gone up from 2.27% to 3.25%. Salary Study Committee – Appropriation Committee has been asked to appoint a member to serve on this committee. Ask Ed Furash to serve. 1-1 Budget Forms — Eorms proposed by Dick Perry discussed. Committee suggested deleting 1968 expended column in Personal Service Form and adding a column to axpandits expense budget forms (if there is space) so that recommendations could be written in. Committee agreed that department heads should be notified when the approved budget figure is lower than their requested figure. June Warrant Art. 2 Engineering dept. $17,000 requested for personal services 3 Town Manager 4 Revive structure of Town Govt. Ctee 5 Highway construction, chapter 90, requested for extension of Blossomcrest down to Worthen rd. at Bowman School. Dick Perry or Al Grey will try to find out what the time limitation is for the Town's expenditure of Ch1 90 funds. Does it have to be appropriated this June or can we wait a year? 6 Club licenses on ballot 7 Liquor licenses 8 Construction of sewer mains. $58,000 requested. Woburn St. $40,000 for dry sewer from Lowell st. to Woburn city line. Hartwell Ave. 8,500 to serve Itek new building Worthen Rd. 8,500 to serve commercial development $57,000 Art. 9 Land acquisition – Utica St. – same as Art. 69, March T.M. 10 Zoning recodification 11 Cover appointed or elected officers of Town by Workmen's Comp. $150 requested. 12 Selectmen retain professional services to design veterans memorial. $500 to $1000 requested 13 Construction of additions to Civil Defense warning system. $4600 to be requested – same as Art. 66, March T.M. 14 Development of parking area, High School field house $? 15 Cemetery dept. expense budget increase. $750 requested. 16 Conservation Commission – land acquisition – Grove St. 11 Release deed restriction on Taft Ave. land – no money. 18. Addition to 1958 appropriation for equipment for PWD – $1200 This will allow insurance money to be used this year, will not be an approptaation from E & D, but will avoid a year's delay in use of insurance money received for fire damage. 19 Professional services for Old Res $? 20 Leash Law – money -included; amount unknown.