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11 SELECTMEN'S MEETING March 10, 1941. A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in the Selectmen's Room, Town Office Building on Monday, March 10, 1941 at 7:30 P. M. Messrs. Giroux, Rowse, Locke, and Sarano were present. The Clerk was also present. Mr. Giroux said that there was no Chairman of the Board at the present time and he therefore suggested that the Clerk of .the Board preside. The Board agreed that this was the manner in which the meeting should be handled until a Chair- man was elected. Mr. Rowse then moved that Mr. Archie R. Giroux be elected Chairman of the Board of Selectmen for the ensuing year. Mr. Sarano seconded the motion, and it was un- animously voted. Mr. Giroux then presided over the meeting. Mr. Rowse said he realized that the Selectmen were not supposed to be the economy group in the Town and that they were supposed to recommend such expenditures as they felt were necessary. He thought however, that the Selectmen should re- consider the budgets already approved and decide whether or not there were any things that should be eliminated. He felt that there were some items in the budget which should be eliminated and thought that there were many people in the Town who would not be satisfied if the Appropriation Committee not only approved practically everything the Selectmen recommended but went beyond that and recommended the outlay items that the Selectmen had no control over. Chairman Giroux said that the operation of the Town for the last four or five years had been at a very low level. He said that the high expenditures were for welfare and the accounts the Board of Selectmen had no control over. He said the view point seemed to be that now was the time when we should do things that we had been putting off for several years. He thoughtthat the precinct meetings should be told of the major things that should be done and then given an opportunity to act on them. According to items approved now, the tax rate .will be $32.00. He mentioned the playground fence and said that the Town started to build the enclosed field several years ago and a great deal of money has been spent there. He said the question was whether this was the year the field was to be finished so that some use could be made of it and revenue re- turned to the Town, or if it should be let go for another year. Mr. Rowse said that it had been the endeavor fbr the last eight or ten years to bring down the Town's operating cost and it has been the general idea that the tax rate we could afford to pay was about 030.00. He said that apparently this Board felt that $32.00 was low enough and that now was the time to do these things and to give up the idea of the $30.00 tax rate. 555 Chairman of Board Discussion re: Expenditures Playground fence