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Minutes of meeting held on September 28, 1970 - page 2 RESERVE FUND TRANSFERS: Acct. #2525 Treas.-Exp. $600. for Moody rating Art 7 -'69 Conserv. land 943. Crawford property Art. 26-'67 264. settlement on Laconia Street land taking upon motions duly made and seconded, it was unanimously VOTED to approve the above requested amounts . RESERVE FUND BALANCE: as 7:30 P.M., 9/28/70 $121,300. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was unanimously VOTED to approve the plan of Treasurer Zehner and the vote of the Selectmen to finance $790,000. for the Town Office Building at 4.75cg for the period of five years . Chairman Furash expressed the hope that the 1971 tax rate could be held to $66. He requested a tax comparison and estimation from Comp- troller Perry for the next meeting. He, also, stated that Appropria- tions Report and Recommendations for Town Meeting will definitely be completed by February 15, 1971. The next meeting night is scheduled for Monday, October 5, 1970. The meeting was adjourned at 10:15 P.M. Respectfully submitted, Elizabeth M. Flynn Secretary The Appropriations Committee held a meeting at 7:30 P.M., on Monday, October 5, 1970, in the office of the Comptroller, Estabrook Hall, Lexington. Present were Edward E. Furash, Chairman, Jack L. Mitchell, Vice Chairman, Elizabeth M. Flynn, Secretary, Howard L. Levingston, H. Bigelow Moore and Donald B. White. Discussion was held with respect to consolidating the Appropriation Committee' s Report. It was suggested that the detailed wording of Zoning Articles, citizen' s Articles and Conservation Articles could, perhaps, be reduced in view of the fact that the Warrant also pub- lished these in their entirety. The cost saving on the reduction of the number of pages in the Report will be investigated. The Tax Rate Comparison and Estimation prepared by Comptroller Perry was discussed. The projected tax rate is $68.60, an increase of $3.60 over the 1970 rate. Chairman Furash suggested possible areas