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"70 SELECTMEN'S MEETING April 13, 1992 A regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held on Monday, April 13, 1992, in the Selectmen's Meeting Room, Town Office Building, at 7:30 p.m. Chairman Smith, Mr. Marshall, Mr. Eddison, Mr. Dailey, Mr. McSweeney; Mr Cohen, Town Counsel; Mr. White, Town Manager; Ms. Radway, Assistant Town Manager; and Mrs. Peters, Executive Clerk, were present. ?`:30 .m. PUBLIC HEARING: Joint Petition Boston Edison and New England Te_l ephone ,_ Mrs. Smith opened the hearing by saying that the public hearing was on an Order for Joint or Identical Pole Locations on Curve Street, and turned the hearing over to Robert Boudreau from New England Telephone and Telegraph Co. Mr. Boudreau reported that they are asking permission to place anchor guys on existing poles #25/3 and #25/8. There were no questions from the Board. In response to a question from Ellen F. McDonnell, 7 Curve Street, Mr. Boudreau said that the guy anchors would be no fur- ther away from the base of the telephone poles than 5 ft. She asked that a representative from the Telephone Company show her the proposed location of the anchor guys in relation to her property. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to grant permission to erect and maintain anchors, guys and other such fixtures as requested in the petition of the company dated the 11th day of February, 1992, subject to the provision that a representative of the Telephone Company meet with Ms. McDonnell per her request. APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE Mrs. Smith asked Mr. white why he proposed a trash enter- prise fund to balance the budget. Mr. White responded by outlin- ing the cuts that had already been made in the budgets of almost all departments, and said that he recommended the elimination of the trash collection account from the tax levy as a less severe shock to Lexington residents than imposing further cuts that must made to raise an additional $2.3 million and bring the budget into balance. Mrs. Smith asked Chairman of the Appropriation Committee ,lane Pagett to join the discussion. Mrs. Pagett reported that the Committee was divided on the issue of the trash enterprise fund and the override. Committee member Ron Levy reported that some Committee members favored the trash enterprise fund because they did not 00 . want to have to fall back on the second round of budget cuts, presented by the Town Manager, if the override vote failed. Committee member George Burnell reported that other Commit- tee members thought that the disadvantages of implementing a trash enterprise fund outweighed the imposition of a second round