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Deidre suggests that. the'next step should be to send a cover letter with their figures to the Board of Selectmen and'Yiave them put it on their agenda for some time in "February; so that the. Finance"Committee can discuss it with them. Ed suggests that 'we schedule a meeting with the Personnel Board before meeting with the selectmen. Al also agrees that 's coverletter should be sent to the Personnel.-Board indicat-Tng what was -found in our investigation to be valid and accurate. Members all agreed~that at this time also, we could make a few recommendations to the Personnel board.' John inquired about policedispatcher shift&Z He calculated a total of 244 hours-worked when there- is only 168'hours.per week, which must mean there is more than one dispatcher working a shift. Deidre stated that 'she .would'quest ionjthls, s Tony thinks that salaries may. tie the area where most of the problem's are occuring.'4 Salaries-May be the only- way' to control it. Also by reducing the total' amount of,police cruisers usefrom three to two. They may have to take money from the salary. account to put the budget cut into effect. If not,,.they are•still,getting' the same salary account. Ed inquired as to'"what the Police Department have for personal computers, and whether.or not they are physically located on the property of"the. Police 'stat ion. . 'Also how.much• supplies do they need to operate these computers? Deidre refers to Mage 10 on Badget*A,,reg arding the police communication system, a payment due of $21 ,000.00. They paid'$42,000.00 last year. She was ,under the impression that that was the final payment. John also states,that there were $10,000.00 in telephone charges fro mIAT&T and Nynex. Who arethey-calling?. They need'to have radios, but who'are they calling on the telephone? Ed asks whether'there is a computer service, contract, and where it can be located... Tony ,states that' s lot of charges go ,under repairs and maintenance, ge was' ' referring to page 4, Budget B: Al stated that trash pickup was done by individual carriers rather than the D.P.W. .`. Al spoke with Elias McQuaid and Costz�2. An extensive study was done and it seemed -to be a lot less expensive to keep utilizing private -.:' `I carriers than using•.the D.P.W. t The D.P.W would need to purchase a new ` truck and also hire another person to Virgilio. 41 Deidre indicated that the School Department purchased a new truck for trash pickup 'at•the Coombs ,School..- +Sheealso asked Al to-look into 'speaking'with`'eG'regyTayloi to ge.t an objective view. Tony.mentions vehicular supplies, .accountpnumber 5480, tEd would also l kf breakSdown'of�'whatthat' is. a Y. ' — 4A