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Home My WebLink About1996-02-21-AC-MIN.pdf APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE MEETING WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1996 COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, 7:30 PM Present: P Lapointe, M Miley, L Peck, R Colwell, M Hastings, J Pagett, R Borghesani, J Ryan Absent: R Leone, M Mairson * MOTION to accept the minutes of the January 25, 1996 meeting, UNANIMOUS * MOTION to accept the minutes of the February 7, 1996 meeting as amended, UNANIMOUS * Information distributed consisted of Town Report as edited, certification of free cash, meeting schedule during town meeting, special education increases for fy 97 as prepared by S Guryan, copy of the Building Finance Committee Report dated December 18, 1995, and a copy of the 1996 Warrant * Discussed the town report as amended. Concern over the action taken by the AC at the 1995 ATM. AC felt strongly that the summary did not properly reflect the position taken by the AC. P Lapointe and M Miley will attempt to clarify with Bob Morrison. * Discussed schedule and set the following dates for meetings: February 27, March 5, March 9(Sat), March 14, March 19 * AC will attempt to have Shelley Chamberlain, Fred Rosenberg and others attend a meeting specifically top deal with the technology issue. AC needs to be convinced that there is a long term goal and plan in place. Some feedback suggests that the Hastings has not been quite as successful as had been hoped. * General discussion of possible supplementary needs of the schools this year. Discussion centered around the $ 230K and the special education needs. * P Lapointe discussed progress being made in reviewing the MMRVHS with the assistance of the other member communities. The issue will continue to be pursued. * Article Assignments: Article 4, Schools J Pagett, R Borghesani, M Hastings, Municipal R Colwell Article 5, AC Article 6, AC Article 7, AC Article 8 through 13, M Miley, R Colwell Article 14 & 15, M Mairson Article 16, L Peck Article 17 & 18, R Leone Article 19 & 20, M Mairson Article 21, J Pagett, M Hastings, R Borghesani Article 22, R Colwell Article 23, M Mairson Article 24 & 25, R Colwell Article 26, AC _ Article 36, 37, 38 P Lapointe, R Leone Article 39, J Pagett * Deadline for the AC report to town meeting is March 21 for distribution at TMMA meeting on March 27th * MOTION to adjourn ac2.21