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Meeting of the Appropriation Committee, June 6, 1966, 7:30 p.m.
Present: Frank Parrish, Chairman; J. Blaisdell; L. Clarke; R, Gary;
D. Grant; A. Kenney; R. Perry, Comptroller; L. 'Lehner; and
R. Souza.
Members of the Capital Expenditures Committee present for
jointmeeting during the evening: Van Boughton, Chairman;
R. Chapin; W. Davis; J. Mitchell; and M. Rawls.
Reserve Fund - No requests
Structure of Government Committee - discussion
Warrant for June 20 Town Meeting - written so that nothing can go on tax levy.
Article 2, Town Barn - bids due June 10. Available funds total
$158,000, therefore Barn must be bonded. 3% down payment required;
,...r this has been covered by March appropriation of $36,000. All can
be bonded unless bids are greatly in excess of anticipated cost.
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Article 3, Abandonment of part of building line, Mass. Ave.
i`F nk Parris will inquire whether there is any cost for this.
Article 4, Route 2 funds (see minutes 4/25/66) $22,300
Recommendation: E & D.
A Article 5, Visible Parking Ticket - Don Grant states that Airport
experience is that 90% pay by mail, involving negligible expense
to Authority. Present system in Lexington takes considerable police
time, involves sending a policeman to Registry.
Recommend favorable action.
Article 6, Building By-Law change to allow additional building
inspectors. Frank Parrish will inquire whether this will involve
additional commitment of funds in future years.
Articles 7 through 11 - Zoning and Street Name Articles
Article 12 through Article 15 - Conservation Articles
Stratham Road reconsidered. Voted in favor of appropriating
$12,000 from E & D.
Capital Expenditures Committee - Appropriation Committee joint meeting
to discuss Conservation policy and kindergarten meeting.
Van Boughton suggested consideration of borrowing a sizable amount
of money to put into Conservation Fund and remove piecemeal as Town
wishes to acquire parcels of land. Members of Appropriation Comm.
felt this would not be allowed by law, that bonding has to be for a
project, not for a fund.
C.E.C. report recommended $150,000/yr. for the next 5 years for Conser-
vation land. March T.M. appropriated $61,000; Stratham Rd.($12,000)
and Willards Woods ($54,0:0) would make a total $127,000 this year.
Whipple Rill land (,' 88,000 add'1) would bring the total to $215,000;
it would also have to be bonded because funds are not available for
transfer.
E & D $158,000 Route 2 22,300
Arts. 88,300 Stratham 12,000
$ 69,700 W. Woods 54,000
$88,300
Appropriation Committee considers it advisable to retain at least
this $69,700 in E & D in anticipation of Fall Town Meeting, when
about $50,0 0 may be requested for prelim. plans for school.
Reconsidered Conservation Article for Whipple Hill — Winchester—
Arlington corner. Appropriation Committee voted to recommend
indefinite postponement.
Conservation Land policy
Logan Clarke proposed that we establish the policy of recommending
that a gross amount equivalent to about $1 of the estimated tax rate
be spent each year for conservation land. This would amount to
about $180,000 this year (however more than that was spent last year,
so that spending about $120,000 this year would average about $180,000
per year). He suggested, further, that in a year when less than this
amount was appropriated, any excess might be put into a stabilization
fund. This proposal was moved, seconded and voted and will be
included in the Appropriation Committee report for the June T.M.
Kindergarten Meeting — Mrs. Rawls and Mr. Parrish will speak for the
C.E.C. and Approp. Ctee. at the meeting June 8. C.E.C. basically
favor kindergartens but feel this is not the time to incur additional
cost. Mrs. Rawls will discuss, among other things, the capital
expense of building a school in relation to other desirable capital
expenditures which the Town has been planning. Mr. Parrish will
include in his remarks a discussion of the operating expenses
involved.
Next Meeting Monday, June 13, at 7:30 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Ruth F. Souza, secretary