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1.72 ADJOURNED SESSION - 1995 ANNUAL TOWN MEETING APRIL 12. 1995 The meeting was called to order by Moderator Margery M. Battin, at 8 p.m. , in Cary Memorial Hall. A quorum was present. ARTICLE 2 REPORTS 8:04 p.m. Selectman Busa reported on the success of the Hayden Ice Skating teams. 8:06 p.m. Jacquelyn Ward moved that the report of the committee on Minuteman School be accepted and placed on file. Following a voice vote at 8:06 p.m. , the Moderator declared the report to have been accepted and placed on file. Mrs. Ward presented the report and was followed by Marita Hartshorn, a member of the committee, who commented further. 8:18 p.m. Sheldon Spector, P6, asked for a follow up report to Town Meeting. 8:20 p.m. Selectman Dailey stated that Nyles Barnert would be asked to urge Minuteman to adopt a tuition charge of $500 per semester for any student with a high school diploma. 8:20 p.m. Paul LaPointe presented the Appropriations Committee report on Article 4, The Committee is in unanimous support of bundling the override election. Mr. LaPointe enumerated on the findings and the need to meet a balanced budget. ARTICLE 4 OPERATING BUDGET 8:34 p.m. Andrew Friedlich, P5, made the following motion: Provided that it is the sense of Town Meeting Adopted that the amounts identified in this article which are contingent on passage of an override, should be presented to the voters in a single bundled question in order to avoid the divisive nature of a line-item override. 8:38 p.m. Selectman Dailey stated opposition. The statute gives the decision to the Board and he hoped that no official position would be taken by Town Meeting. There were statements pro and con. 8:53 p.m. Paul LaPointe stated unanimous support on the motion by the Appropriations Committee. Following a voice vote at 9:03 p.m. which was in doubt, the Moderator called for a standing vote which was tallied as follows: