02/01/1989 FINANCE COMMITTEE Minutes

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,Finance Committee February 1 , 1989 Page 4 . Culture & Recreation Library Automation — $20 , 000 Finance Committee members were concerned about the subsequent costs of this request . What will be the year to year costs of such automation? John Ferriday noted that he was not enthusiastic about this request . Diane Kingsley will be asked to address the Finance Committee about this automation on February 7th . Baseball Field — $18 , 700 Ed Dolan believes there is a need for another field in town . He noted that he could not address the costs however he did express his belief that a little could be done each year or perhaps it could be done at a somewhat lower cost . Phillip Scorgie , President of the Little League will be asked to join the Finance Committee meeting on February 7th to address this . Attaquin Park — $11 , 600 Members of the Attaquin Park Committee will be asked to join the meeting on the 7th of 1ebruary to discuss their capital request . Member Dolan noted that he felt there should only be one central playground in town and he did not see the need for the playground at the beach . Senior Center Addition - $25,000 Carl Heller noted the need to see some plans on this. The Building Committee will have to address this issue. He further noted his belief that this should be a 2'Z override issue. Natural Resources Water Quality Laboratory — $10 , 000 i)aul Somerville Lhe Shellfish Warden will be asked to attend the meeting on February 7th to discuss this with the Finance Committee . Dredging — $25 , 000 Members felt this should be a 22 exemption . These funds would be for Phase II of Popponesset Bay Dredging Project . Harbormaster Truck — $20 , 000 The Finance Committee again expressed concern over the requests for trucks and Chairman Heller noted the need to check out the situation . Harbormaster Boat Trailer — $10 , 800 Chairman Heller noted his belief that this seemed to be a reasonable request . Conservation fund — $25 , 000 This represents monies to provide for expenses associatedwith conservation lands ' maintenance and improvements as well as for providing funds for expenses associated with land purchases , such as land appraisals . Bog Irrigation System — $7 , 800 This would allow for the r. Commission to continue to set aside funds to purchase the irrigation system for the Quashuet River cranberry bogs as per the lease agreement with the .bog operators . Survey Conservation Land — $20 , 000 This :is to Obtain the services of a surveyor to conduct boundary surveys of land under control of the Commission .