Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAbout1943-09-20-AC-MIN.pdf MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE APPROPRIATION COMMITTEE HELD AT THE TOWN OFFICE BUILDING, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1943. The meeting was opened in the Town Accountant ' s office at 8:05 P.M, by Chairman Lewis L. Hoyt with the following members in attendance : Lewis L. Hoyt, Chairman George M. Hynes Richard W. Maynard Carl E. Bryant Ronald D. Brown Harvey F. Winlock Thatcher Jenney Raymond L. White, Town Accountant Minutes of the Meetings held July 26 and August 25, 1943. It was regularly moved and voted to dispense with the reading of the minutes of the regular and special meetings held July 26 and August 25, 1943. Mr. George Ircr. Emery, Finance Officer of the Committee on Public Safety, was admitted to the meeting at 8:10 P.M. . Mr. Emery requested that this Committee transfer the sum of $1,025.00 from the Committee on Public Safety 05,000.00 Fund to the following accounts : Personal Services $ 350.00 Watch Tower 325.00 Administration - operation and miscellaneous 350.00 $1,025.00 Mr. Emery stated that this amount was for the last four months of this year. He figured that at the end of this year approximately $1,000.00 would be left of the original 15,000.00 appropriation. After Mr. Emery left the meeting, a motion was made, seconded and voted that we transfer the sum of $1,025.00 from the Committee on Public Safety Fund to the above accounts. The -2- Secretary was instructed to write to Mr. Emery of this Committee 's approval and to state in this letter that the money is for a three-month period from October 1, 1943, to December 31, 1943. Chairman Lewis L. Hoyt read a letter from the Board of Selectmen where they voted to approve an increase in the salary of Mr. Charles E. Moloy, Janitor, from $38.00 to $40.00 per week and an increase in the salary of Mr. John L. Murray, Assistant Janitor, from $27.00 to 029.00 per week. Mr. Paxton, Superin- tendent of Public Works, wants 0100.00 transferred from the Re- serve Fund to Town Offices & Cary Memorial Building - Personal Services Account to take care of these increases, if approved, and the increase of $3.00 per week granted previously to Mr. Anthony J. Rochette. After a general discussion, a motion was made, seconded and voted to transfer 0100.00 from the Reserve Fund to Town Offices & Cary Memorial Building - Personal Services Account. Chairman Lewis L. Hoyt read a letter from George C. Sheldon, former Chairman of this Committee, and now one of the Selectmen, thanking the members of this Committee for the very fine gift presented to him. The letter reads as follows: "Will you kindly express my appreciation to the entire Committee, including the absent members, for the very fine gift they so thoughtfully presented to me Monday night. "I feel sure that I shall enjoy smoking the pipe as much as I did my association with all of you during the past several years." Chairman Lewis L. Hoyt read a letter fseceived from the Board of Selectmen in regards to the Salary Survey and Report, suggesting that this Committee study and make recommendations as to changes. There was a general discussion and it was decided that the Salary Report had served its purpose and further con- siderRtion would be given later on. Chairman Hoyt said that George W. Saran, a member of the Library Trustees, has asked that $150.00 be transferred from the Reserve Fund to Gary Memorial Library - Expense Account for the purchase of coal for the year 1944. Because of the shortage of coal, the Library Trustees would like to put the coal in for the year of 1944. If the transfer is granted, such sum is to be ear-marked for the purchase of coal for the year 1944. A motion was made, seconded and voted to transfer 0150.00 from the Reserve Fund to Cary Memorial Library - Expense Account and such an -3- amount is to be ear-marked for the purchase of coal from the present time to January 1, 1944, to be used in the year 1944. Mr, George W. Sarano told Chairman Lewis L. Hoyt that the Library Trustees were considering a new addition on the Library after the war and that they are now busy getting plans and specifications made. The cost would be around $500.00. There was a general discussion by this Committee but no action was taken. Chairman Hoyt stated that Messrs. A. Edward Rowse, George C. Sheldon, Lewis L. Hoyt and Harvey F. Winlock meet in regards to certain salaries of office employees in the Public Works Department. After considering it at length, they agreed that it was unwise to break either the maximum of the clerks in the Public Works Department. The meeting adjourned at 9:40 P.M. Respectfully submitted, vectf,rn /yr-)ci Sicretary