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7 `l 3 { iI Wage 20 3 Annual Town Meeting March 6 , 1972 Article 24 Ctd : Moderator Mills : I would like to step down from my role as Moderator at this point and assume my role as a member and chair- man of the Conservation Committee . The $10,000. 00 is a deposit � we are making toward the day when a piece of land becomes available . . . . . this , plus the $10, 000 of last year and a few other small amounts . I have in mind now a piece of property which we think may be purchased for about $35 , 000. $10, 000 is by no means the whole sum we need to do any appreciable business . We are trying to get it built up toward a point where we can buy. . .we are try- ing to build up a fund of around $30, 000 to $40,000 and when the land is available we can grab it. Garland : Was my :notion seconded? If the second will withdraw, I will withdraw my motion. (This was done) (However, your recorder did not hear a second to Mr. Garland ' s motion, as Mrs . Griffin rose to speak almost before Mr. Garland had finished his motion to indefinitely postpone , nor did your recorder hear a second to the motion of Mr. Dicks to raise and appropriate $10,000 � K. D. O'Connell : It is difficult to speak in opposition to these pleas - it is almost comparable to or akin to communism. I would like to see this article reworded that $10, 000 be taken from the stabilization fund . The State will reimburse our expenditures up to $100,000 `"0 ® and in the stabilization fund we presently have $130, 000. 00. We are beyond the point of snatching funds from the State . I would like to remind you of a skyrocketing tax rate , since all monies voted here tonight have to be raised by taxation before it is appropriated . It means an increase of between $4. 00 and $5 .00. . This represents a 33;10 increase . $4. 00 or $5 .00 in- crease on $15 . 00 is astronomical . We have no surplus funds on which to draw. Use this money not just on schools or town build- � ings , but for this necessary purpose also. I would like to amend that $10, 000. 00 be •taken from the stabilization fund . Mr. Aiken: I am sorry to disagree . I think that is a ridiculous idea . I recall how hard it was to start a stabilization fund .