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1 - 9 September 15, 1953 A meeting of the Appropriation Committee was held in the Con- ference Room at Cary Memorial Building at 7:30 Monday evening, — Sent. 14, 1953, with the following members in attendance: Raymond W. James, Cnairman Gardner C. Ferguson Leslie C . Read Donald T. Clark Robert R. Cave William Madden ---4 Frank D. Walker, Secretary Harold Stevens, Town Counsel, was first to come before the Committee and Was asked to prepare a motion to present at some sub- sequent Town Meeting so as to establish a committee to study the salaries and wages of all Town Employees ( except teachers) includ- ing a job study and to recommend to the Selectmen -and Appropriation Committee the salary ranMe for each position including a maximum and minimum and the rating of the present incumber. Left at 8:05 P. M. School Committee with Elementary School Facilities Committee came in at d:05 and discussed Article 1. ( Fiske School Addition) Article 2/ ( the appointing of a Committee to procure detailed plans and specifications for a 16 room school at School Street, with estimates to be presented to the March 1954 Annual Town Meet- ing.) Article 3. ( the eppointing of a Committee to procure detailed plans ana specifications for a ( ?) room school on Maple. Street, with estimates to be presented to the March 1954 Annual Town Meeting. Under the first article for Fiske School Addition they have the following estimates : General Contractor 5267,400.00 Finish grading 10, 000.00 Architect 22, 160.00 Equipment 12,000.00 Insurance 500 .00 Bidding expense 500.00 Clerk of Works & Testing 3,500.00 Advertising & Miscellaneous exp. 1,) 110.00 Contingencies 7, 500.00 $325,000.00 This does not include an all purpose room which it is estimated would cost an additional 865, 000. This all purpose room was not included in the original plan of the school . VOTED: To appropriate the sum of $325, 000; 15, 000 to be transferred from E. & D. and the balance to be bonded over a period of 20 years. Under the article for the School Street School it was voted to appropriate the sum of $10,000. This sum to be transferred from the Excess and Deficiency Account . Total estimated cost $789,800. including all purpose room and lunchroom.