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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1962-02-03-BOS-min 711 �-e SELECTMEN'S MEETING, February 3, 1962 A special meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held in the Selectmen' s Room, Town Office Building, on Saturday morning, February 3, 1962, at 9:00 A.M. Chairman Morey, Messrs . Adams, Ferguson and Richards were present. Mr. Staples, Executive Assistant , and Miss Murray, Executive Clerk, were also present . The Chairman said that the Board should discuss the 1962 budget for the Law Department . Law Depart- Mr. Richards suggested that the Board discuss ment budget the subject with Mr . Stevens first, and it was agreed to place this item on the agenda for Monday night . The Chairman reported that she had received a request from Mr . Nickerson to have an article inserted in the warrant to appropriate money for the Symmes Hospital expansion program. She said she had questioned whether or not such an appropriation would be legal . Mr. Richards said that he believed a contribution to a private non-profit organization, from which the Town would receive no direct benefit, would not be legal. Mr . Ferguson said he would be very much opposed. The Chairman referred to Veterans ' Benefits budget and reported that the Town has been paying Mr . Healy' s excise tax bill and the question is why. Mr . Staples reported that he had discussed the sub- ject with Mr. Healy and also with the clerks in the Accountant' s Office and found out that the Town has been paying his car insurance , excise tax, and registration for some time . Mr. Healy said he had been doing this right along and assumed that it was all right . He also got gasoline at the garage which was charged back to his account . The Chairman stated that Mr. White is filling Mr . Palmer' s job, and until he has authority as Town Accountant, she thought he needed to be instructed to report anything that seemed to him to be questionable . Mr. Richards said that when Mr . White is appointed, if the Board decides to appoint him and he is willing to accept, or any Accountant, the Board should tell him that it expects him to call its attention to anything he feels is improper and that the Board will uphold him. Mr . Ferguson felt that something could be said to the Accountant now. It was agreed to invite Mr . White to meet with the Board on Monday night . Budgets were discussed until 12:20 P.M. , at which time the meeting adjourned. A true record, Attest : Executive Clerk, Selectmen