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Meeting of the Appropriation Committee, Monday, January 13, 1969 Present: D. Grant, Chairman; J. Blaisdell; E. Furash; R. Blomfield; R. Perry, Comptroller; D. White; L. Zenner; R. Souza Law Department Don Grant learned from Bob Cataldo that the Selectmen had made no progress in securing afull-time Town Counsel. Grant proposes that the Law Department be divided into only two separate accounts: 1. Personal services 2. Expenses (Ont-of pocket expenses only, not part of overhead) The present budget system divides this department into salary, special counsel fees, special fees and expenses. Mr. Legro has received most of the money spent from all these accounts, including reimbursement for some of his office overhead from the expense money. The system proposed would give flexibility enough to pay a full-time counsel if one can be hired and secretary, if desirable, or pay someone like Mr. Legro plus another man if needed. But it would liivide personal service expenditures clearly from expenses. Total budget in 1968 amounted to almost $30,000. Selectmen' with Salary Advisory Committee Chairman, Don Noyes Don Noyes read the report of the Salary Study Committee. S Schedule S1 to S21 New schedule arrived at by looking at Arlington, Waltham, Newton and Needham (towns competing with us) and using their present schedules plus Lexington's to arrive at a 5-town average. They used la st year's figures plus an adjustment of up to about 7% on the S Schedule M Schedule (Management) Steps from S-22 to the top of the schedule were renamed Ml, etc. This schedule, the committee recommends, has steps 1, $, 3 and a Maximum. For flexibility, the increases between Step 3 and maximum are left to the discretion of the Dept. Head or Selectmen. PS Schedules Parity kept Committee recommended a PS1 A step for Patrolmen with special talent and. responsibility. Recommend scale from 7500 to 8800 in sixth year. Patrolmen are now getting 6700 - 8000. Starting rate is up 12%, maximum up 10%, consumer price index up 4.5%. W Schedule - Salary study committee recommended 5% to take care of cost of living; we have a rather competitive schedule at present. Selectmen report that there is no agreement with the union on the W Schedule yet. Police - Selectmen have voted to recommend a shift differential for police, 5% for night shifts. Most police forces rotate their men, none gives differential. Police Budget discussed with Chief Corr $4900 is the cost of additional cruiser expenses. The request for an additional cruiser is the next step toward getting one cruiser per precinct, which Corr hopes to have within the next four years. The additional cruises would give them 5 cruisers plus a patrol supervisor, and the chief's car. Personnel - They are now 6 men short, having 42 men of the 48 authorized. They now have a civil service list with 24 names,of whom 2 live in Lexington, 22 outside Lexington. All have expressed preference for aexington. He hopes to appoint 6 men from this list. Cadet program Now have one cadet working with the dept. and have selected the second cadet. His scholarship is paid by the college,