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December 30, 1963
The Appropriation Committee met Monday, December 30, 1963 at 7:30 P.M.
in the office of the Town Accountant.
Present: Donald P, Noyes, Chairman
Richard H. Battin J. Harper Blaisdell
John R. Bevan Logan ularke Jr.
Oscar R. Carlson Robert H. Kingston
Frank T. Parrish Jr. Raymond L. White, Secretary
Ralph B. Fifield Jr. Telephoned that he would not be present as he
was still home with the cold.
The First business to come before this meeting was requests for trans-
fer of $2,500.00 from the Reserve Fund to Public Welfare Aid and Expenses and
Y a request for a transfer of '500.00 from the Reserve fund to Veterans Benefits,
,4 Aid and Expenses account.
A motion was made, seconded and voted to transfer the sum of $3,000. 00
from the Reserve Fund to Publice welfare Aid and xpenses $2,500.00: and Veter-
ans Benefits, Aid and Expenses *500.00.
Donald P. Noyes, Chairman stated that the following sub divisions of
Article 4 has increased in this years budget by the following amounts:
General Government 2,768.00
Protection of Persons & PropertY72,296.00
Public Services 211, 121.00
Education 581,982.00
Library 34,337.00
Public Welfare & Benefits 11,279.00
Cemeteries 4,600.00
Debt 217i000.00
$1,135,,383.00
The total of all budgets submitted to date amount to the sum of
$5,229, 103.94. Budget not included are Law Department, Personal Services,
Special Fees and Expenses; School Department, all of their budgets.
At 8:03 P.M. Rev. Harold T. Handley, Karl Nyren and William F. Buckley
of the Library entered our meeting to go over their budget. Karl Nyren stated
that the East Lexington Branch Library needs to be painted and would cost
approximately $3,000.00 and if we used aluminum siding it would cost us not
much more.
At 8: 15 P. M. Mr Gray enterd our meeting to ask for 48,500.00 from
our Reserve Fund to Snow Removal. We told him we only had $ 8,353.07 in the
Reserve Account. The chairman suggested that we could transfer 8,000.00 from
our Reserve Fund tothe Snow Removal account. A motion was made, seconded and
voted ' to transfer the sum of 8,000.00 from the Reserve Fund to Snow Removal
account. After the vote Mr. Gray left our meeting.
Mr. Nyren answered our question on State Aid to Library and said the
money from the State was to improve Library services.
Exhibits & Publicaty 4475.00 in their budget is to indentify things they
buy. The overall increase looks like approximately 15%.
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The question was asked about money received on fines charged for excess
time on books out. Mr. Nyren stated that such money was used to buy books.
Fines are now ten cents a day on phonograph records.
Rev. Handley, Karl Nyren and William Buckley left our meeting at
10:05 P.M.
The next item considered was the request of 8,000.00 fromthe Reserve
Fund ,to Snow Removal. A motion was made, seconded and voted to transfer
8,000.00 from the Reserve Fund to Snow Removal Account.
A general discussion was had on budgets, etc. and this meeting adjourned
at 10:50 P. M.
Our next meeting to be held on Monday evening, January 6, 1964 at
7:30 P. M.
Raymond L. White,
Secretary
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