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APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE
DATE: March 12, 1973
TIME: 7 :30 P.M.
PLACE: Town Office Building - Room 111
PRESENT: Edward E. Furash, Chairman, Jack L. Mitchell,
Vice Chairman, Elizabeth M. Flynn, Secretary,
Arthur T. Bernier, J. H. Blaisdell, Howard L.
Levingston, H. Bigelow Moore , Richard M. Perry,
Donald B. White
I . SANITARY LANDFILL
Present: Mrs. Nel Walker - League of Women Voters
Mrs. Joyce Miller - President - League of Women Voters
A copy of comments on alternative methods to be proposed before
Town Meeting were given to each Committee member. Chairman
Furash stated that he would like to know exactly what the
difference was between the League 's program and the Town
Manager's program.
It was suggested that the Appropriation Committee might just
vote for the study and in the meantime have further explored
other methods, i .e . , incineration, grinding, compaction. The
Chairman made very clear to the League that he felt this was
a two-part programs 1) study 2) implementation.
II . MYSTIC VALLEY MENTAL HEALTH
Present: Mrs . Mary Welch - Director
Mr. Goodwin
The main concern here is the budget Mrs. Welch explained.
Lexington has had more use from Mystic Valley than any of the
other participating towns. There were 233 Lexington cases
treated last year; these cases are being sent to us by Doctors,
churches schools. The biggest item we must cope with are the
professional services . Chairman Furash stated that the Committee
was in no way opposed to Mental Health or did they fail to see
a need for socialsorvi_ce , however, we must control the amount
of money being spent. Mrs. Welch stated that Lexington was
getting $49,500 worth of service per year, yet was only paying
12,000, We are presently working on Medicare and Medicaid
benefits Mrs. Welch stated. Chairman Furash pointed out that
he felt the methods of fund raising were must inadequate at the
present time .
The Chairman explained to the Mystic Valley group that he and
his Committee would give every consideration to their presentation,
however, he felt that regardless of their decision you will have
to present your story directly to the Town Meeting.
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ITT . BI-CENTENNIAL COMMITTEE
Present: Richard Michelson, Roland Greeley, Lincoln P. Cole ,
Jr. , Mr. Politi
The $40, 000 for Administrative and Secretarial help was
discussed briefly. Mr. Cole said this amount may not be
necessary at all. However, he explained that their Committee
was not preparing a program for themselves but were pre-
paring a program for taking care of many people . There are
many costs which we will not know about for some time Mr. Cole
stated, i .e . , should President Nixon be invited, etc . We
feel at this time that $10,000 will be adequate until 1974
stated Mr. Cole . Chairman Furash mentioned that he would
like to see some form of resolutions in the Town Meeting
which will show the true scope of the program. We must
be sure we obtain from the Town exactly what the people of
Lexington want in the way of a celebration.
It was then decided by Mr. Cole and the other members of the
Committee that $37 ,000 would do the job:
Upon motions duly made and seconded EXECUTIVE SESSION was VOTED
at 9: 30 P.M.
The next meeting is scheduled for Saturday, March 17, 1973 at
9:00 A.M.
Respectfully submitted,
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Elizabeth M. Flynn/mo'b
Secretary