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Home My WebLink About1978-01-24-BOS-min 133 ISPECIAL SELECTMEN'S MEETING January 24, 1978 A special meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in the Select- men's Meeting Room, Town Office Building, on Tuesday, January 24, 1978, at 7 30 p m. Chairman Battin, Mr Bailey, Mr Busa, Mrs Miley, Mr Kent; Mr Hutchinson, Town Manager; Mrs McCurdy, Executive Clerk were present Mr Hutchinson requested the Board's approval of the proposed FY79 FY 79 Personal Services budget of $4,727,798, under Article 4 Personal Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the Services proposed FY 79 Budget of $4,727,798, as follows Budget 1 Mr Hutchinson requested the Board's approval of the amount of Article 5 $300,000 to be appropriated for pensioners and Article 5 1 Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to approve the amount of $300,000 to be submitted to Town Meeting for pensioners and Article 5 I Acct. # Department FY 79 - Art 4 Proposed Budget 1000 Selectmen $ 52,746 1060 Town Manager 81,204 1070 Temp Help and Overtime 24,000 1075 Clerical Pool 8,348 1130 Director of Guides 1,000 1150 Town Clerk 49,640 1500 Board of Appeals 10,815 1600 Planning Board 38,655 2000 Board of Registrars 6,550 2470 Recreation 107,170* 2500 Treasurer/Collector 73,629 2800 Comptroller 90,657 2950 Assessors 55,561 3250 Health 39,198 3500 Dog Officer 15,850 3750 Police Officers & Staff 293,665*** 3770 Patrolmen & Sargeants 790,331 41 0 Fire Dept Management & Staff 80,626** 41 0 Fire Dept Coll Bargaining 965,771** 43 0 Local Disaster Services 1,500 44 0 Inspection 65,142 49 0 D P W Coll Bargaining 973,689 49 0 D P W Supervisors & Staff 294,270 I 51 0 Engineering 180,770 I 134 Special Selectmen's Meeting January 24, 1978 Acct # Department FY 79 - Art 4 Proposed Budget 5200 Town Office Bldg Maint $ 57,296 7100 Veterans Agent 8,910 7500 Library 360,805 Total $4,727,798 7825 Pensioners and Article 5 300,000 Total Articles 4 and 5 $5,027,798 *$9,000 of Conservation Personal Services carried in Recreation **Transfer between accounts is possible after question of civilian dispatchers and realignment in ranks are resolved ***Transfers School Crossing Guards to School Department Operating The Board approved the following operating budgets which had been Budgets held for additional information Account 1090-Professional Services, $23,000; $2,000 had been deleted for Hanscom Field Task Force 3310-Mystic Valley Mental Health, $30,853 Mr Hutchinson agreed to the Board's recommendation that his assis- tant, Mrs Nancy Banks, is to monitor MVMH 3330-Community Services, Re-Place, $36,297 5250-Town Building Maintenance, $150,200; $2,000 for Cary Hall Signs 5450-Highway Maintenance, $145,300 5500-Snow Removal, $120,650 Capital The Board agreed to endorse a sewer program of $455,000 for Budget immediate needs and the $2 5 million sewer bonding Priorities are Lowell Street-1900 ft , Thoreau Road to East Street-$152,000; Pleasant Street-750 ft , 250 ft southerly of Fern Street to the existing trunk Sewer sewer-$58,000; Allen Street-400 ft , Waltham Street to Stedman Road- Program $32,000; Wadman Circle-250 ft , from Patriots Drive easterly-$12,500 Agreed to total of $255,000 Additional funds necessary for past projects-$200,000 Grand Total of $455,000 The Board agreed to support Road Machinery $116,700 Chapter 90 Construction $60,000 for Adams Street Street Construction $150,000 for Banks Avenue, Cushing Street, Tucker Avenue Sanitary Landfill $40,000, engineering studies for transfer station Westview Cemetery $70,000 for land acquisition; $30,000 for structure, roadway, water system, etc Reevaluation $15,000 Reserve Fund $200,000 135 Special Selectmen's Meeting January 24, 1978 voted3-2 to The Center pool complex was discussed and it was support $45,000 for final plans for the Center pool complex, as presented Mr Busa and Mrs Miley were recorded as members who were reserving judgement at this time Mr Hutchinson agreed to talk with the Permanent Building Committee to request consideration of alter- na:ives to reduce the total cost of the pool Mr Hutchinson presented the changes in the FY 79 budget since FY 79 Dezember 9, 1977, and the Board approved the following: Budget Proposed % Increase 1/18/78 Over 78 Personal Services $ 5,027,798 6 1% Expenses 5,854,664 Capital Improvements 1, 701,000 11 5% Total Town 12,972,162 13 6% Education Public Schools 15,786,245 Regional Vocational 542,764 Total Education 16,329,009 Total Appropriation 29,301,171 5 87% Chairman Battin requested the Board to accept a resignation of Resignation a member of the Historic Districts Commission Historic Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to accept the Districts resignation of Mrs Amalie G Samoylenko as a member of the Historic Commission Districts Commission, representing the Historical Society effective Dezember 31, 1977, subject to a letter of resignation being submitted to the Town Clerk Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was voted to adjourn :at 915 p m A true record, Attest --Nj7,2_0 _,_) 7 /2 c Executive Clerk, Selectmen