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) 0 1 SELECTMEN'S MEETING February 4, 1991 A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held on Monday, February 4, 1991, in the Selectmen's Meeting Room, Town Office Building, at 7:30 p.m. Acting Chairman, Mr. Eddison, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Dailey, Mr. McSweeney; Mr. white, Town Manager; Mr. Cohen, Town Counsel; Ms. Radway, Assistant Town Manager; Mrs. Snow, Executive Clerk, were present. CAPITAL BUDGET OVERVIEW Mr. White noted that FY92 capital items had previously been discussed during presentations of each Department's budget proposals but that, as has been the custom in years past, an overview of Capital budget proposals and would be presented that evening. He reported on the formation of a Budget Committee comprised of staff members Robert Bowyer, Robert Ebersole, Joseph Marino, Deborah Radway and Robert Griffin, Intern, who had developed a Five Year Capital Improvement Program for Schools, Fire, Police, DPW and Recreation, to be used as a planning document while coming to decisions on budget recommendations. In the Five Year plan, a long -term planning program had been begun and an inventory of fixed assets is nearing completion. The Committee had identified criteria for prioritization of projects which it was felt would help to provide justification for proposals to Town Meeting. Mr. Bowyer outlined FY91 -- FY96 Schedules of Capital Projects to be Funded from the Tax Levy and Projects to be paid from water, Sewer and RECREATION Enterprise Funds and explained the process used to establish recommended priorities. Mr. Marshall expressed his disfavor at having priorities established by staff in a document which would be distributed to Town'Meeting and which would be interpreted as a position statement of the Selectmen. Mr. Eddison thanked Mr. Bowyer and members of the Budget Committee for their valuable work but agreed with Mr. Marshall on the question of priority ranking by the staff. Mr. White explained that the document had been prepared to provide the Board with an evaluating tool in deliberations on the budget. Discussion continued on the income generated by the Pine Meadows Golf Course and question arose as to the appropriateness of earmarking Pine Meadows profits for general Recreation projects of lower priorities. During Mr. Bowyer's presentation, he had mentioned the possibility of an override in FY93 or FY94. Mr. Dailey felt it unwise, in view of the current financial situation, to suggest future overrides at this time, He agreed with Mr. Marshall that the rinted material will be seized upon as having been a P P statement by the Selectmen, which they then would have to defend.