HomeMy WebLinkAbout1968-12-16-AC-MIN.pdf Meeting of the Appropriation Committee, Monday, Dec. 16, 1968, 7:30 p.m.
Present: D. Grant, Chairman; J. Blaisdell; L. Burnell; E. Furash;
R. Gary; R. Perry, Comptroller; D. White; L. Zehner; R. Souza
Expense Budgets discussed
A number of expense budgets were approved. The following questions
were raised ; departments will be asked for explanations before the
budgets are approved:
#1050 What is included in "unclassified" which is increased?
#1650, Object class 340 "Workable program" explanation
#2460 Maintenance
#2480 Senior Citizens increase to $3000?
All out-of-state travel - Review policy, suggest alternate year travel.
�--� #1200 Town Clerk's Expenses - $1109 requested, $900 approved; cut
because of separation of Town Clerk and Treasurer's offices. Expenditures
during 1968 amounted to only $547 in this account.
Reserve Fund Requests
$3000 requested for Sewer Maintenance. Joe Burke explained this request.
Balance is now $309.44. Power bills amounting to $2000 - $2200 are
expected. They completed emergency repairs on the Myrtle St. pumping
station this summer. Power bills have been exceeding previousy years.
This station, which is due to be revamped in the North Lexington sewer
construction, must have pumps running constantly. If federal grant
for No. Lexington project is not received and the project does not go
ahead, Mr. Burke estimates that an additional $2500 should be appropriated
for additional repairs to the station.
Voted to transfer $3000 to Account #5700 from the Reserve Fund.
$7000 requested for #5450, Road Machinery expense budget.
$28,450 was appropriated for repair parts and contracts; they have
aoready spent $31,000 for repair parts. Patts for two sweepers, for
which $775 were appropriated, cost $2800; Repair of grader, for which
$2000 was the estimate, cost $5490. They have about $4,000 in unpaid
bills, and would need $1500 for gas and oil in case of a snowstorm.
Committee suggested that we be given a quarterly report in the case
of extraordinary expenses such as this account has had; this would serve
notice that a reserve fund request might be needed.
Voted to transfer $7000 to Account $5450 from the Beserve Fund.
$4500 requested for #5850, Sanitary Land Fill expenses.
This is needed for payment of November and December Road Machinery bills
and for police detail. They have had to continue the police detail to
keep down the dumping from out of town people and they have had to add
fill because of the fires. It has cost $2758 for the first six months
for police. Equipment rental $2000
Fill 2100
Police detail 60 - 80 per week
Mr. Burke agrees that a sticker system would be advisable; he will
discuss it again with the Selectmen
Voted to transfer $4500 to #5850 from the Reserve Fund.
$850 requested for #1950 - Town Clerk, Elections because of Dog Leash Electn.
Voted to transfer $850 to #1950 from the Reserve Fund
$600 requested for #7200 - Veternas Aid and Expenses because of additional
requests during the period of the Telephone Co. strike.
Voted to transfer $600 to #7200 from the Reserve Fund.
Respectfully submitted,
Ruth F. Souza, secretary