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I 1 Page 25 Annual Town Meeting March 6, 1972 =1 Ia Article 32 td i Garland continues : Mr. Moderator. His original request was for Ej 3 , 000.00. Somewhere around 600.00 is figured in for needed equipment. hat is the actual past of the truck without the equip- meat Avant shows t1he Finance Committee is figures. Aiken here speaks of the truck k he heard the highway department has. He says he has ward it could be easily converted and a Sprayer could be mounted on .it, If I am wrong, he said , I would like to be corrected. liiok,a ® I understand the same. It could be used at spraying time. The equipment is something else . e ® . . . . . . . O 'Connell : The equipment is used about 2 months out cif a year. For two months use , this seems out of line . If the figure needs to be amended to 4600.00 and change , we could dry this Mir. Aiken interposed with question about former tree warden and his procedures . Mr. I.-licks replied that the man died and the present tree warden-had been doing the best he could with old broken down equipment that was left., r. Avant sags the equipment broke doh three tinges during his last spray Job. ` here was much laughter i,ihen fir. Aiken rejoined "Yes , and it' ro ke down once right in front of my house! Mr. Hicks explained that the spraying can the highways is done first ; private work. He said the spray stream would only reach in a certai.n distance from the roadside . He stated that it would seem to be a wise ro educe to try to raise enough money to cover the equip- ment then at spraying time we could take the sander cuff and slide or. the sprayer. a 1a d I would like to ask that Article 32 be amended to read I i To see if the Town will raise and appropriate $4650.00 for the purchase of a tank, spray gun, nose and fittings. Seconded. 3o voter], unanimous. Article 33. To see if the Town will vote to naiad and appropriate o take from, availavle fends the sum o. Two Hundred Fifty (; 250.00 dollars j for expenses for the Hi. to is a.1 Comemission, or tare any other actin thereon. Submitted by the Historical Co ission.