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A meeting of the Appropriation Committee was held on January
17, 1955 in the Conference R. om, Cary Memorial Building, with
the following members present:
Gardner Ferguson, Chairman
Donald T. Clark John Biggs
Leslie C. Read James V. MacDonald
William Madden Austin W. FisherJr.
Frank D. Walker, Sec.
The Board of Fire Commissioners was present when the meeting
opened and presented a letter from the Boston Fire Department
stating that the present aerial ladder was unsafe and they
would not test it . As the Board of Selectmen has thrown out
the new aerial ladder, officially it is not under consideration.
The School Committee came in at 0800 and we discussed only those
items which we do not agree upon. They left at 9:20 and will
notify us in writing as to their recommendations .
The Appropriation Committee adjourned to the Selectmen's Office
where a thorough and lengthy dissitation on the #5 vs #2 oil
burner in the library 'took place.
We covered most of the budgets relative to the Public Works
and others coming within the scope of the Board of Selectmen
with which we were in disagreement and where we had not received
any official figures.
The Planning Board came into the meeting at 11 :00 and discussed
their proposal for a parking lot on the westerly side of Massachu-
setts Avenue .
Meeting adjourned at 11:20 P.M.
Next Week:
7:35 - Don Fifield
7:50 - Library Trustees
8:15 - Cemetery Commissioners
8:45 - Public Works Superintendent
Amount of free cash as certified by the Division of Accounts is
X376,757.36.
Respectfully submitted,
Ar PROPRIATION COMMITTEE
Secretary