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ANDOVER — Andover Selectmen Brian Mills, Joe Luce and Justin Thacker have signed a warrant for Annual Town Meeting to be held Saturday, June 10, at Town Hall at 8 a.m.

The town’s fiscal year 2023-24 municipal budget begins July 1.

Some highlights include:

•  Article 12 which recommends $70,786 be raised and/or appropriated for the transfer station. The budget amount for the transfer station was $62,000 in 2022-23.

•  Article 14 requests $11,000 to purchase a 40- yard container or recycling container for materials at the transfer station.

•  Article 17, to raise or appropriate monies for highway operations requests $76,500 for summer roads highway operations and includes monies for Upton Road culvert replacement. According to the warrant, the budget amount for summer road work was $46,500 this year. According to mills the culverts are 25-plus years old and many are failing.

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•  Article 19 requests $4,947 to be raised or appropriated for the electrical upgrade of the town garage. According to the warrant, $1,085 will be reimbursed through grant money from Efficiency Maine after the project is completed.

•  Article 51 asks to purchase markers or a fence for town properties: the Hook and Ladder property, fire station and baseball field. The draft warrant does not list the amount requested for the projects.

•  Question: Article 53 requests $11,400 for the public bathroom committee for the bathroom renovation at the Fire Department for public access and article 54 requests $2,400 for a handicapped portable bathroom rental for one year. Residents approved the $11,400 for public bathrooms at the fire station last year but the request for another $10,000 for the project was not approved by voters.

•  Question: Article 58 asks the town to approve a capital improvement project for the reconstruction of East Andover Road not to exceed $900,000. According to Mills the entire road needs culverts, reclaiming, gravel and paving, the 900k is an estimate.

Rose Lincoln began as a staff writer and photographer at the Bethel Citizen in October 2022. She and her husband, Mick, and three children have been part time residents in Bethel for 30 years and are happy...