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SEI ECT MEN' S MEET ING FEB. 20th2 1940. A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in the Selectmen's Room, 'own Office Building, at 7;30 P. M. Chairman Giroux, Messrs. Potter, Locke and Sarano were Present. The Clerk was also present. Mr. Morse a ppeared before the Board at 7;45 P.M. to discuss welfare matters. Letter was received from the Town Clerk statin, tilat the work of copying town records had aavanced to a point where it could be discontinued, as all that was left to be done was the indexing which he did not believe was necessary to be completed. Mr. Carroll said lie was not in favor of the continuance of the project under the W.P.A. It was decided to request Mr. Carroll to come to the next meeting, to discuss the matter. Letter was received from Mr. W. S. Caouette relative to the water betterment assessment on Lot 151 Grant Street in the amount of 6135. Mr. Caouette said that the water main was of no benefit to the land as the topography of the lot prevented its use for building purposes. He requested an abatement. It was decided to refer the matter to Mr. Cosgrove to discuss with i�ir. Raymond so that Mr. Raymond would report to the Board on the matter next week. Letter was received from W. C. Paxton stating that from his experience in the Feb. 14th storm, he found that he was decidedly under -equipped to give the peo-le of Lexington the type of snow service which they demand. The department hires ten 5 -ton trucks and during the last snow storm, seven of them were broken down at different times. Of the seven pieces of the municipally -owned equipment, six had to be repaired during the storm. Mr. Paxton recommended the purchase of the following equipment; 4 v -plows $1200. 1 tractor with bulldozer and v -plow 6500. 1 tractor with V -plow 5000. 1 tractor with V -plow 2500. 1 Snow loader 5000. Total $20200. The Chairman said t^:at this equipment would come out of the Road Machinery Account and therefor would not affect the ' tax rate. Mr. Paxton said that if the equipment was approved, he would not purchase it now but would wait until summer when he would get better prices. Mr. Serano thought that the four V -plows should be approved. The Department had two which were no Welf are W.P.A. records project. Blake assessment Snow removal equipment