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Meeting of the Appropriation Committee, Monday, Dec. 16, 1968, 7:30 p.m. <br /> Present: D. Grant, Chairman; J. Blaisdell; L. Burnell; E. Furash; <br /> R. Gary; R. Perry, Comptroller; D. White; L. Zehner; R. Souza <br /> Expense Budgets discussed <br /> A number of expense budgets were approved. The following questions <br /> were raised ; departments will be asked for explanations before the <br /> budgets are approved: <br /> #1050 What is included in "unclassified" which is increased? <br /> #1650, Object class 340 "Workable program" explanation <br /> #2460 Maintenance <br /> #2480 Senior Citizens increase to $3000? <br /> All out-of-state travel - Review policy, suggest alternate year travel. <br /> �--� #1200 Town Clerk's Expenses - $1109 requested, $900 approved; cut <br /> because of separation of Town Clerk and Treasurer's offices. Expenditures <br /> during 1968 amounted to only $547 in this account. <br /> Reserve Fund Requests <br /> $3000 requested for Sewer Maintenance. Joe Burke explained this request. <br /> Balance is now $309.44. Power bills amounting to $2000 - $2200 are <br /> expected. They completed emergency repairs on the Myrtle St. pumping <br /> station this summer. Power bills have been exceeding previousy years. <br /> This station, which is due to be revamped in the North Lexington sewer <br /> construction, must have pumps running constantly. If federal grant <br /> for No. Lexington project is not received and the project does not go <br /> ahead, Mr. Burke estimates that an additional $2500 should be appropriated <br /> for additional repairs to the station. <br /> Voted to transfer $3000 to Account #5700 from the Reserve Fund. <br /> $7000 requested for #5450, Road Machinery expense budget. <br /> $28,450 was appropriated for repair parts and contracts; they have <br /> aoready spent $31,000 for repair parts. Patts for two sweepers, for <br /> which $775 were appropriated, cost $2800; Repair of grader, for which <br /> $2000 was the estimate, cost $5490. They have about $4,000 in unpaid <br /> bills, and would need $1500 for gas and oil in case of a snowstorm. <br /> Committee suggested that we be given a quarterly report in the case <br /> of extraordinary expenses such as this account has had; this would serve <br /> notice that a reserve fund request might be needed. <br /> Voted to transfer $7000 to Account $5450 from the Beserve Fund. <br /> $4500 requested for #5850, Sanitary Land Fill expenses. <br /> This is needed for payment of November and December Road Machinery bills <br /> and for police detail. They have had to continue the police detail to <br /> keep down the dumping from out of town people and they have had to add <br /> fill because of the fires. It has cost $2758 for the first six months <br /> for police. Equipment rental $2000 <br /> Fill 2100 <br /> Police detail 60 - 80 per week <br /> Mr. Burke agrees that a sticker system would be advisable; he will <br /> discuss it again with the Selectmen <br /> Voted to transfer $4500 to #5850 from the Reserve Fund. <br /> $850 requested for #1950 - Town Clerk, Elections because of Dog Leash Electn. <br /> Voted to transfer $850 to #1950 from the Reserve Fund <br /> $600 requested for #7200 - Veternas Aid and Expenses because of additional <br /> requests during the period of the Telephone Co. strike. <br /> Voted to transfer $600 to #7200 from the Reserve Fund. <br /> Respectfully submitted, <br /> Ruth F. Souza, secretary <br />