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Finance Committee Minutes March 9 , 1988 Page 2 . Tony discussed the Civil Engineering Consultant costs with the Finance Committee . He noted at present the Town employs Charles Rowley , and his rates are way below the going rates and he has not changed his rates in a number of years , thus the large increase of $6 , 000 . Ferragamo noted that even with the increase , Rowley will still be below the current .rates for a Civil Engineer . If Rowley at some point decidesthat it is more beneficial for him to take on some other more profitable work , the Town will be in serious trouble . Ferragamostated his belief that Rowley ' s services should be more realistically priced in the event that he has to be replaced . Chairman Heller asked how much could be removed from this expense if the Town were to establish an Engineering Department . Ferragamo stated that $16 , 000 could possibly be removed from Consultant Services if the town had a permanent qualified engineer . Carl suggested that the Finance Committee should look into how much money could be taken from budgets of the various departments for engineering services and used to fund a permanent qualified engineer . $5 , 000 of the Consultant Services is earmarked for Geohydrologic/Water Quality Consultants to review the water quality impact of proposed development . At present this is not currently being done . Ferragamo noted that the Planning Board would not expend these monies unless they felt it necessary . Ferragamo next discussed the Maps & Expense portion of the budget . In FY88 the Planning Board was funded $500 , this year they are requesting $3 , 000 . He noted that the subdivision regulations and the zoning by-laws have to be updated , and it is anticipated that a large portion of these funds will be returned to the Town through sales of the new regulation booklets and maps . There are several departments presently selling the regulations and it is difficult to keep tract of the exact income . Murphy noted that the reason various departments are selling the law/regulation booklets is to accommodate the people of the town . He also noted that the printing costs of these booklets comes from the Selectmen ' s Central Services Account , and the sale price is based on the cost of typing , proofing , and the printing . Ferragamo stated that the map expense is required for the new master plan map and to update zone changes . The Town Planner and the Planning Board have jointly submitted an Article on the Warrant (Article #67 on the current draft) . This Article seeks $24 , 400 to fund the final phase of the consultant study of water quality problems and shellfish contamination in the Mashpee River , Santuit River , Quaker Run and Shoestring Bay . This would be the last phase of the study and will do water quality testing and will develop a hydrologic model and make engineering recommen- dations . Fudala noted that the `Sashpee River has a problem with old cranberry bogs and there is a need to control the outflow from ditches in these old bogs containing dead plant material . He also stated that Saltuit River has condominium pollution and there is an underground river , called Quaker Stream , that is presenting a problem .