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.191 The Appropriation Committee held a meeting at 7:30 P .M., on Wed- nesday, February 16, 1972, in room 111, Town Office Building, Lex- ington. Present were Edward F . Furash, Chairman, Jack L. Mitchell, Vice Chairman, Elizabeth M. Flynn, Secretary, Arthur T. Bernier, J. Harper Blaisdell, Levi G. Burnell, H. Bigelow Moore , Donald B. White and Richard M. Perry, Comptroller. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was VOTED, that the REPORT, as amended, be approved. Town Manager O'Connell joined the meeting at 8:50 P.M. e--a He statedthatthe $2,926,039 . budgeted for the 1972 Personal :Ser- )C vices reflects wage settlements from collective bargaining. After individual, salary determinations, the budget is up 5.81,, of which U1.31 is new people . general increase is 51. The The DPW contract is for 2 years . The 1972 increase is 51 and the 1973 increase will be 4 .5 . Both the Police and Fire Departments have signed 1 year contracts at 5 . About '35,000. is reflected in reclassification--the bulk of this is in the DPW. Some recla.ssificat`ions are as follows: DPW W-3 - equipment operators ( 16 men) are now di- vided into 2 classifications , heavy and light . 6 heavy operators are now W-4 2 at the Sanituy Land Fill are now W-5 8 remain at W-3 Comptr. Off. 1 Secretary from S-6 to S-7 1 Asst . Comptroller from IM-3 to IM-4 2 Billing Mach. Operators ( 1) 1 from S-4 to S-6 (2) 1 from S-6 to S-7 Clercs. Pool 1 from S-3 to S-5 Fire Dept . A 4th Deputy has been designated and 3 Lieutenants have been advanced to Captain. There are now 4 Deputies, 4 Captains and 4 Lieutenants. The increases range from $100. to $500. Selectman F. Bailey joined the meeting at 8:50 P.M. In explaining Article #35, which requests $7,500. for Plans and Specifications for remodeling the Fire Headquarters building, he reported that they had wanted to come to Town Meeting for construction money this year, but that the Selectmen felt that first, rearrangement of the management of the whole Fire Department should be made, and that consolidation with Civil Defense should be studied. The emergency radio communica- tion of CD should be retained. Town Government, both Police and Fire Departments and the water towers would need this during an extreme emergency. Mr. Bailey retired from the meeting . Upon motions duly made and seconded, it was VOTED, as follows :._:.