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-4- NOW Mrs. Arnold will confer with the School Committee to ensure that LEXPRESS does not duplicate service offered by school buses. Mr. McSweeney complimented the T.A.C. on its excellent work but because of the current financial constraints, he didn't feel that the Town could afford to continue LEXPRESS. He was in favor of allowing a separate vote on LEXPRESS by the townspeople and not including it in an override package. Mrs. Smith agreed that the $280,000 requested was high at this time but questioned whether the $60,000 saved by going to a 8 -route system was justified in view of the impact of the reduction. Mr. Eddison thanked the T.A.C. for its hard work and the clear explanation offered. CONTRACT #90 -1 Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to award Contract #90- 1, Street Resurfacing, Alternate "A ", for work on various streets in the Town, to Lazaro Paving, 138 Main Street, S. Acton, in the amount of $742,801.50. " A" Ri Ynr- 'T Mr. white referred to a list of programs, totalling $1,207,829, appearing in his proposed "A" budget which had been cut from his "B ", or maintenance budget. He reported that he and Town Counsel had been exploring the proper use of parking meter funds and that Mr. Cohen had concluded that some of the fund can appropriately be used to offset LEXPRESS expenditures because of the bus service's beneficial effects on the Center traffic and low parking situation. He recommended the $80,000 of the parking meter fund be used for LEXPRESS, Mr. white also noted that certain changes in health care insurance legislation have resulted in $90,000 in savings for FY91 and recommended that the proposed savings be allocated to the school budget, thus reducing the total "A" budget to slightly less than $1,100,100. Mr. Dailey was opposed to including the $78,000 for Fire Dept. personal services in the override package and said he would like to see the unexpected savings used for that purpose. Mr. Eddison was not in favor of removing the Fire Station issue from the "A" budget list. Mr. McSweeney stated that he wanted a referendum on LEXPRESS. He is not as sure as some others that an override would prevail. He also felt that the Library request for $30,000 and the Fire request for $78,000 should not be subjects of an override question and that the proposed $50,000 and $30,000 Recreation items could be funded by golf course revenue. Mr. Marshall viewed the extra $90,000 as being absorbed by the possible additional $90,000 assessment for the VoTech School. He felt that an override would be necessary and that all items should remain as listed. Mrs. Smith agreed with Mr. Eddison and Mr. Marshall that the programmatic list should remain as it is in the Manager's "A" budget. Mr. Dailey noted that the programs on the list were highly visible items and felt that they were being put at risk by inclusion since he was not sure that an override would pass. „■�