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68 Cts SELEC'TItiIEXIS MEETI;vG FEB. 15, 1940. ' A special meeting of the Board of Selectmen was hold in the Selectmen's 1`oom, Town Office Building, at 8:00 P. 14. Chairman Giroux, Messrs. Potter, Rowse, Sarano and Locke were present. The Clerk was also present. This meeting was called to discuss with the Appropriation Committee, the 1940 budget. Seven members of the Appropriation Committee and the Secretary, James H. Russell, were present. The members present were Messrs. ItiIerriam, Brask, Sheldon, Maynard, Fawcett, dynes and Emery. The Chairman.said he had been asked to brim up the Ambulance auestion of whether or not the time had come when the Town should do something about securing an;ambulance. In the last year or two, we have had some serious things happen in town and have been handicapped because we had no ambulance. He mentioned an accident which Father McCarthy.suffered last week when he had to be taken to the doctor in the police car; he mentioned an accident in East Lexington where a little girl had to be put in an open truck; and he mentioned an accideht on Mass. Ave. near his house when a man who was near death had to be taken away in the police car. He asked if the Boards wished to have an article inserted in the Warrant and then look into the matter of cost before:.Town Meeting, ' He asked the opinion of various doctors in town about purchasing a mediun-priced ambulance that would cost around $2500. and they all said it would be ample for t'�e Town's needs. 1,4r. Potter said that when Mrs. Alice McCarthy was dis- posing of. -her ambulance, he suggested that it be purchased and kept in the Fire Department. The Chairman said that there was no room in the Fire Department to -keep the ambulance but there was room at the Barnes property. Mr. Merriam asked if there was enough business in town to warrant someone purchasing an ambulance and renting it out, but the Board felt that there was not enough business for that. Mr. Potter moved that an article be inserted in the warrant for the purchase df an ambulance. Mr. Locke seconded the motion and it was so voted. Budgets were then discussed as follows: Accounting Dept. - Personal Services: The Selectmen approved 54176, and the Appropriation Committee approved $4073. Mr. Merriam stated that Mr. Russell was spending about 150. worth of time on the Approriation. Committee work, so the Committee put an additional 100. in the Appropriation Committee, Personal Services account and rediced tAis account by $100. The Selectmen then approved 64073.00, I Assessors - Personal Services: The Selectmen approve _.$'5454. and the Appropriation Committee approved c05300. Ivir..Merriam said that the Committee