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Page 3 Tony agreed that it was worth looking into. Deirdre also suggested to Roger that he challenge the police chief to reduce the overtime budget, possibly by utilizing these special police officers in certain overtime situations. Ed would also like to know the date the three cruisers bought between May and October were put into service and their odometer readings. He would also like to know how outside detail work is funded. Does it come out of the budget? How do we pay the of f icers? Roger gave a copy of the names of officers and how much they earned as overtime to the FinComm members. He also gave them a copy of the 1994 anticipated transfers of gasoline and repair maintenance for each department's vehicles and the source of the information. TOWN CLERK Ed Baker is the liaison. He recommended giving the Town Clerk what she requested except that the sticker office be reduced from $7, 115 to $5,631 and that her $5, 100 request in expense be reduced by $250 (petty cash should be off budget) . Dan Goggin MOTIONED to accept the amount requested by the Town Clerk and the liaison of $48,550. $43,700 for salaries and wages and $4 ,850 for expenses. Tony Gallo seconded the Motion and members voted in approval 6-0. Ed Baker recommended giving Elections and Registrations what was requested. Dan Goggin MOTIONED to accept that $27,651 be given to Elections and Registrations. John Ferriday seconded the Motion and members voted 5-1, Roger Dunivan opposing. He questioned whether or not the two departments could be merged to save money. He thought it was an awful lot of money to be given to Elections and Registrations. FIRE DEPARTMENT Ed Baker is the liaison for this department. He recommended giving the department $966,552 for salaries and wages. This is an increase of $11,190.46 from last year. He recommended giving them $150,000 for expenses. The department requested $152,889. Ed did not agree with their expense budget. Dan asked whether a memo would be useful to the Board of Selectmen regarding the service contract for the town's personal computers. Possibly centralizing the computers would help, eg. the selection, maintenance and software. Ed stated that in regards to the maintenance of the vehicles, it did not bother him to switch the money from this account to another , but the department is required by law to have a National Fire Protection Association certified mechanic working on fire vehicles, and if you are not moving the mechanic, how can you move his parts out of expenses? He stated that he felt $9,500 could be moved from the budget for gasoline, but if the mechanic cannot be moved, then his parts should not be either. Dan Goggin MOTIONED to accept the liaison's recommendations of $966,552 salaries and wages and $150,000 for expense totalling $1,116, 552. John Ferriday seconded the Motion and members voted 6-0 in acceptance.