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The Appropriations Committee held a meeting at 7:30 P.M., Monday,
February 9, 1970, in the Comptroller= s Office, Town Office Building,
Lexington. Members present were Edward E. Furash, Vice Chairman,
Robert M. Gary, Chairman, Elizabeth M. Flynn, Secretary, Richard M.
Perry, Comptroller, J. H. Blaisdell, Jack L. Mitchell, H. Bigelow
Moore, Donald B. White and. Louis A. Zehner. Photographs for the Town
Report were taken prior to the formal meeting.
Meeting was held at 8:00 P.M. with Dr. Cosgrove and Mr. Heustis of the
Health Department. The Article on the Warrant requesting $5,000. for
an engineering survey before installation of flouride into the Town water
supply was discussed. Questions as to point of entry, cooperation with
adjacent towns and the actual final cost of the program were discussed.
74 The Health Department representatives did not have complete answers to
in these questions and Chairman Gary requested them to return to Appropria-
tions within two weeks with more definitive plans and answers.
The meeting with the Health Dept. was adjourned at 8:40 P .M.
Meeting was held at 8:45 P.M. with members of the Capital Expenditures
Committee. C . E . members present were Van T. Boughton, Chairman, Carl
Blake, John Cogan and A. Lee Whitman. With respect to Article #48,
purchase of the Woburn School site, at approximately $120,000., C . E.
feels that although the School Cofruaittee really wants this land, they
are reluctant to go beyond their proposed budget outlay of t. $2,70(,O00.
for capital expenditures. Chairman Boughton questioned priority of
placing the school site over other wet land purchase rewuests. Member
Whitman suggested possibly lumping all land purchases together and letting
some other projects go. With respect to the Library addition, both
Committees agreed that a great deal more information and definite plans
are needed and although the Article request for $11,000. for professional
plans and direction is considered high, probably only professional ser-
vices in planning is the only answer. Appropriations member Zehner sug-
gested that postponing the Library addition for a year would not cause
any hardship to the Town and that this was probably the year to pick up
available lands. Both Committees will meet again to iron out differences,
if there are any, on capital expenditure. C . E. hopes to cut $100,000.
and get closer to $1,400,000. The meeting was adjourned at 9:25 P.M.
Executive session was held at 9:30 P.M. with the Board of Selectmen.
Selectmen present were Robert Cataldo, Chairman, Irving Mabee, and
Roland Greeley and Town Manager Walter O'Connell. Chairman Cataldo
stated that the Union and the Selectmen had agreed upon a 7 across the
board cost of living increase and the Selectmen so voted. With respect
to the M schedule the Selectmen granted a 0 general increase if job per-
formance merited it. They did not change the first three grades, but tool
top grades and added 0 . They did not adjust bottom steps. The Town
Treasurer' s salary was left as is to give the Town Manager latitude when
he appoints a Treasurer.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, the Appropriations Committee VOTED
to accept the M schedule as proposed by the Selectmen and also the 7%
across the board increase accepted by the union.
Minutes of meeting held on February 9, 1970 - page 2
2210.1.1-22121-1122n:
Acct . #1700 - Group Ins. - Exp. $170,000. APPROVED-this amt.
reflects an increase
from 1/2 to 2/3 in
Town's >payinent of
Employee's B1. Cross and
Bl. Shield-Town vote
will accept or reject
Acct . #2650 - Collector' s - P.S. APPROVED-Collector's
scale now . -18-B
A221.1 #2470 - Recreation - P.S. 47,000. APPROVED-by both Approp.
Selectm. Director
should be put on salary
guide
Acct._ #3800 - Police - Exp. 73,000. APPROVED-Approps . reco-
mmended $72,000. Selectm.
73,400. Agreed to
73,000. voted
Acct. #7492 - Cemetery - Exp. 7,500. Reaffirmed vote of
2/5/70. $7,785. reques .
..19.912.2.5_812 - San`, Land_FII]. .Exp. 46,700. Selectm. agree
Acct. #7500 - Library - P.S. 209,667. Reaffirmed vote of
2/5/70-Selectm.
agree. No new lib.
technician-try to
cut custodian overtime
Acct . #7550 - Library - Exp. 72,500. Reaffirm vote of 2/5/70
Selectm, agree
Article - Health Dept . $5,000. reques . for
flouridation. $1,000.
for study-$4,000. for
definitive plans.
Selectm. will consult
with H. Dept. before TM
as to Town assistance
available
Acct. #11 6 - Juvenile Servs.-Exp. 11,000. APPROVED
R. Perry, Comptroller requested that weekly rates on charts would be
helpful to him in preparing schedules. Appropriations agreed to the
request as long as the annual rate was posted also.
Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was VOTED that a letter to the
School Committee, drafted by D. White, be forwarded requesting their
possible reassessment of the proposed hiring of 14- new personnel.
The next meeting night is scheduled for 7:30 P.M., on Thursday,
February 12, 1970, in the office of the Comptroller.
The meeting was adjourned at 11:00 P.M.
Respectfully submitted,
Elizabeth M. Flynn. Secretary