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F10"N OP titx'Sy C�alutt of CflRUS11pee .•',"• P. 0. BOX 1106 ygt'S�Aiii CO-�Y M ASHPE E. MA 02649 FINANCE COMMITTEE MINUTES Town Hall February 7, 1989 Present : Ed Dolan , Carole Dunivan , Anthony Gallo , Carl Heller and William Towner The Finance Committee meeting convened at 7 p . m . Attaquin Park Committee was supposed to join the meeting at 7 p . m . to review their capital request , however , they failed to appear . Paul Somerville , the Shellfish Warden joined the meeting to discuss his capital request of $10 , 000 for a water quality laboratory . lie informed the Committee that he was unable to obtain a list of the equipment the $10 , 000 was earmarked for because Bob Duncan of the Chatham water quality laboratory was out sick . Chairman Heller rioted that he had spoken with the County Health Officer and the Director of the County Laboratory , Dr . Eric Butler . Both had advised him that $10 , 000 would supply only the minimal equipment and even at that the results would not be acceptable to the State . Chairman Heller informed Mr . Somerville that the committee would defer any decision on this till a list of the equipment was reviewed . Lisa Hanscom the Conservation Officer joined the meeting to discuss the capital item requests of the Conservation Department . Chairman Heller explained that the Finance Committee was of the opinion that all land acquisitions should be a 22 override . He felt that it was up to the town to decide and he felt that each parcel separately should be placed on an override ballot . Another capital item is the Conservation Fund , $25 , 000 . These funds would be used to assess conservation land . Finance Committee questioned whether this should be a line item in the operating budget and Carl Heller stated that he would check into this matter . Bog irrigation , $7 , 800 is a capital item and has been funded in the past as a capital item . Lisa noted that in effect we are buying the irrigation system when the operators leave we will have the system in place . To date $14 , 400 has been set aside , and the estimated cost is $30 , 000 . They questioned the use of the bog receipts and suggested that these receipts be used to fund this request . The Conservation Commission is also seeking a capital item request of $20 , 000 to Survey Conservation Land . Lisa noted that people do notknow where the boundaries of town-owned land are located and there have been encroachments on town property . Lisa noted that this is not an exact figure . There are a great number of variables involved .