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Finance Committee Minutes Page 2 . January 25 , 1989 John Ferriday made a motion to rescind the Finance Committee ' s previous vote (January 4 , 1989) not to recommend article 8 on the January 30th Special Town Meeting Warrant . His motion suggested that Finance Committee would give their recommendation on Town Meeting floor . This was seconded by William Towner , and there was a unanimous vote of approval . The Executive Secretary informed the Committee that articles 14 through 18 had been indefinitely postponed . After discussions with the Selectmen the Police and Fire Departments agreed that these articles should be part of the collective bargaining process . The Executive Secretary noted that article 3 had also been indefinitely postponed . This article concerns the funds needed for the repair of the sewage lagoons . The Board of Health had $12 , 000 dollars available for this purpose , however , they submitted the article in the event that the bids came in above their available funds . Murphy noted that the bids had come in and were within the limit of available funds . Chairman Heller noted that a letter had been received from the DPW stating that 98 . 6% of the Building Maintenance Account had been depleted and the DPW could no longer do building maintenance . Murphy noted that the Selectmen are aware of this situation and are presently reviewing the entire issue . He stated that there will be a recommendation sometime in the near future . Chairman Heller informed the Finance Committee that there were three Requestsfor Transfer from the Reserve Fund from the Town Clerk . The first request seeks $1 , 100 to the Town Clerk expense account for costs of two Special Elections , December 13 , 1988 and February 4 , 1989 . The second request seeks $227 for Election Wages for two Special Town Meetings , November 28 , 1988 and January 30 , 1989 . The third request is for $1 , 503 . 50 for the Election Wages Account for two Special Elections , December 3 , 1988 and February 4 , 1989 . All three requests received a unanimous vote of approval . The Exective Secretary distributed the FY90 budget to the Finance Committee members and explained its organization . He also distributed a budget memorandum to the members . This memorandum stated that total requested expenditures , including an estimate of the costs of articles for new postions and other projects expected to be received by the filing deadline is nearly $20 . 7 million . The total estimated revenue available , including possible referenda questions that would provide additional funds , is nearly $18 . 5 million . The total department requests exceed the present year ' s budget by 52 per cent . Virtually all major departments have submitted budgets that reflect significantly higher costs . More than 40 new positions will be requested at the annual town meeting . Capita]. program requests include $10 . 9 million in new projects costing $2 . 3 million