HEBRON – Voters at the annual town meeting Saturday will be asked to approve money for a new plow truck and a comprehensive plan.

Action on the 63-article warrant begins at 10 a.m. in the auditorium of the Hebron Station School on Station Road.

The proposed municipal budget stands at $721,2o0.

“We’re staying about level,” Board of Selectmen Chairman Dick Dean said. Raises have not been included, although they will be reviewed at a later date, he said.

Last year, voters passed a municipal budget of $675,000.

One of the major expenditures this year is $185,000 for a new plow truck. The board is looking to replace a 1994 International 10-wheeler truck which costs “a lot” of money to keep on the road, Deans said.

Voters will be asked to appropriate $100,000 for summer roads, $145,000 for winter roads and $100,000 for the tarring and paving account.

They will also be asked to approve $15,000 for Androscoggin Valley Council of Governments to develop a comprehensive plan. Hebron has no zoning, except for shoreland. The plan would have to be OK’d by voters.

Other budget items on the warrant include:

* $86,000 for the transfer station.

* $21,000 to replace a culvert and construct a new bridge on Station Road.

* $42,000 for the Hebron Fire department.

* $10,000 for the firetruck reserve account.

Deans is seeking re-election, as is Town Clerk Joan Clough.

Voters will also elect a SAD 17 director and a Moody Library trustee, both for three years. Elizabeth Swift and Sandra Bruno, respectively, hold those positions.

Voters will be asked to change the term of the road commissioners from three years to one.

The town will also choose two budget committee members, vote to change the positions of clerk, treasurer and tax collector from elected to appointed beginning in January 2014, and authorize selectmen to appoint residents to fill positions.

Deans said voters will also be asked to appropriate $43,000 to reimburse Hebron Academy for taxes paid in 2010 and 2011 on its ice rink and a few parcels taxed in 2008. The Maine Supreme Court recently ruled against the town and ordered it to reimburse the academy.

The appropriation will not affect the tax rate, he said.

“We’re still waiting on the school and to see what comes out of Augusta. If things seem way out of line we’ll revisit the budget and have a special town meeting,” he said.

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