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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1937-12-13134 CM PC a;a tz SELECTMENIS MEETING DEC. 130 1937. ' A special meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in the Selectmen's Room, Town Office Building, at 7:30 P.M. Chairman Ferguson, Messrs. Potter and Giroux were present. The Clerk was also present. Nine members of the Executive Committee of the Town Meeting Members Assoc- iation were present at the meeting. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss budgets for 1938. Mr. Giroux acted as Chairman of the meeting. He informed the group that the Board thought it would be best for them to merely listen until after the Department head finished and then the group could ask such questions as they desired. He said that within a short time the Town Accountant would submit it theoretical tax rate based on the budgets as first submitted, plus necessary taxes, etc. and that they would be furnished with the figures. Mr. John T. Cosgrove appeared before the Board to Engineering discuss the budget for the Engineering Department.various budget. members of the Committee asked Mr. ,Cosgrove several questions on the budget and he supplied the desired information. He retired. , Mr. Lawrence G. Mitchell appeared before the Board to discuss the various welfare budgets. The whole matter of welfare was generally discussed and Mr. Mitchell enlightened the group on many questions. It was the feeling of the group that the personnel of the Welfare Department should be increased by the addition of another investigator. They thought that with another investigator it would be possible to save money because of cases that were receiving Welfare aid and were not needy. budgets. Mr. Cutter said that in the first place when looking at the Welfare budget, it seemed exceedingly large but after hearing the discussion, he felt that the trouble was with the Law. -ae thought that the Town was in for a continued increase on account of the laws and that the Welfare Department and the Board of Selectmen were doing an excellent job in the matter of welfare, Mr. Giroux said he thought it would be best to increase the Police force and not the welfare department in order that a Police officer might be assigned to whole or part time investigating for the Welfare Department. Mr. Mitchell said he thought the Town should provide a car for the welfare department. Mr. Giroux told him to write a letter to the Board requesting it. Mr. Giroux informed the group that it had the right ' to request Mr. Mitchell to appear before it at any one of its meetings to discuss welfare questions. Mr. Mitchell retired. 135 Mr, John J. Garrity appeared before the Board to dis- cuss the Park,.Shade Tree and Moth budgets. He said that his budgets were merely maintenance budgets and did not Moth, Park vary greatly from the 1937 budgets. and Shade Mr. Garrity said that a crew of men from the Welfare Tree Department had started today working on gypsy moths from budgets. Highland Avenue through the Ryder land and would eventually get over as far as Fair Oaks. He said that this was a badly infested area. In the matter of general improvements recommended, Mr. Garrity said that the toilet facilities at East Lex- ington and the drinking fountain at North Lexington were the most important. Mr. Garrity retired. Mr.''Giroux asked the group when it wished to meet Next again, and it was decided to meet on Monday, December27th Meeting. at 7:30 P. M. Mr. Giroux asked the group what it thought of thts method of discussing the budgets, and they said that they thought it was the only way of making the Town Meeting Memberst Association function. The meeting adjourned at 10:40 P. M. A true record, Attest: Clerk.