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A meeting of the Appropriation Committee was held in the Conference
Room, Cary Memorial Building on May 17, 1954 with the following members
present:
Gardner C. Ferguson
Leslie C. Read James V. MacDonald
Austin W. Fisher Jr. John M. Biggs
Thomas M. Donnelly Jr. Frank D. Walker, Sec.
William C. Madden
The nomination and election of officers for 1954.-55 took place
with the following results :
Gardner C. Ferguson Chairman
Donald T. Clark Vice Chairman
Frank D. Walker Secretary.
Committees appointed:
School Leslie Read
Library Robert Cave
Donald Clark
Fire Thomas Donnelly, Jr.
Police James MacDonald
Public Works John Biggs
Welfare William Madden
Veterans Services
Cemetery
Insurance Robert Cave
Recreation William Madden
Parks
Capital Expenditures Austin Fisher
Planning Board Report
Mechanization of Donald Clark
Billing System William Madden
Letter from Katherine Crosby read thanking Committee for their
help.
Letter from MacNeil Insurance Agency read asking the Committee
if they were interested in saving money on Insurance. This was
put on file until a future report is received.
Letter from Board of Selectmen read requesting transfer for Fire
Department Expenses for the hospital expenses of Francis McCarren
injured at a fire.
"Voted to transfer from the Reserve Fund to Fire Department Expenses
the sum of h1,130.35. "
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Letter from Board of Selectmen read requesting transfers for
Collector's Office.
"Voted to transfer from the Reserve Fund to Collector' s Personal
Services, 1500.00 - Collectors Expenses 11325.00.
and to advise the Board of Selectmen as follows :
"The Appropriation Committee was surprised at your failure
to comment as to your reasons for complete reversal of
your stand regarding the need for extra help in the Tax
Collector's Office, and on the problems described in the
report. We presume this situation is receiving your attention. "
Bill was presented by the Secretary showing the necessity for transfer
of t34.20 to the 19th of April expenses.
"Voted that when official request for transfer is received from Select-
men, that the transfer will be authorized. "
Meeting officially closed at 9 :20 P.M.
Selectmen Haskell Reed, WilliamMaioney and Frederick Gay were invited
to attend an unofficial discussion of preparation of the budgets in
getting out the annual report of the Appropriation Committee. It was
tentatively decided that our report must be in the hands of the public
by March 1, 1955, and that with the cooperation of the Board of Select-
men and our Committee, it may be possible to accomplish our task.
Meeting adjourned at 9 :50 P.M.
Respectfully submitted
CtiN, 200eaki",-
Secretary
June 9, 1954.
At a, telephone meeting of the Appropriation Committee held on this
date, the following membersvere contacted:
Gardner Ferguson, Chairman
Leslie Read
Austin Fisher Jr.
Thomas Donnelly
Donald Clark
James MacDonald
Frank D. Walker, Sec.
All voted in favor of transferring the amount of 05.L 7 from the
Reserve Fund to the Dog Clinic Account.
Respect u11_ysubrnitted,
Secretary.