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98 1978 Licenses Appt. Governor's Town Meet. Cary Hall Minutes Middlesex County Budget SELECTMEN'S MEETING January 3, 1978 A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in the Select- men's Meeting Room, Town Office Building, on Tuesday, January 3, 1978, at 7:30 p.m. Chairman Battin, Mr. Bailey, Mr. Busa and Mrs. Miley; Mr. Hutchinson, Town Manager; Mr. Cohen, Town Counsel; Mrs. McCurdy, Execu- tive Clerk, were present. Chairman Battin read applications for renewal of licenses for 1978. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to sign the following licenses expiring December 31, 1978: Common Carrier: Innholder: Class I Auto: Class III Auto: Birmingham Bus Service, Milford. W.H.H. Inc. d/b/a Battle Green Inn. Lawless Mawhinney, Inc.; Auto Engineering, Inc. John P. Carroll Co., Inc. Chairman Battin read a recommendation from Mr. William R. Page to appoint Mr. Hugh Kent as student representative on the Lexington Forum on Aging. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to appoint Mr. Hugh Kent as student representative on the Lexington Forum on Aging Committee. Chairman Battin read a letter from the Governor's office regarding an open Town Meeting on Wednesday, January 11, in Cary Memorial Hall. Governor Dukakis will meet withthe residents of Lexington and Concord in open forum to answer questions and listen to their concerns. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the use of Cary Memorial Hall for the Governor's Open Town Meeting on January 11, 1978. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the minutes of the Selectmen's meeting held on November 14, 1977. For the information of the Board, Chairman Battin said that the Middlesex County budget, which the Middlesex County Advisory Board tried to cut by $6-800,000, was voted by the legislature at the full amount. Governor Dukakis planned to veto it today but due to pressure by the House leadership, she did not know the outcome. Over the week- end, officers of the Middlesex County Selectmen's Association had tele- phoned all Chairman of the Boards of Selectmen in Middlesex County to urge them to contact their representatives. Mrs. Miley said that she was appalled at the increase in the bud- get including forty new positions, thirteen of which were with the Commissioners and twenty-seven with the Committee and County.