Buckfield Board of Selectmen Jan. 23, 2019 Buckfield Municipal Building Salt and sand shed What happened: Town Manager Joe Roach shared the engineering report on repairs for the 10-year-old salt and sand shed. What it means: The report was penned by Al Hodsdon of A.E. Hodsdon Consulting Engineers of Waterville after the Public Works […]
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Byron requests sheriff’s investigation into missing funds
BYRON — Nine months after a long-overdue, town audit revealed that money was missing, selectmen have requested that the Oxford County Sheriff’s Office investigate what appears to be years of financial mismanagement and missing town records. The audit, launched in March 2018, was the first one in five years, and it was immediately clear that […]
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Customer advocates reject CMP audit findings
An eight-month independent audit of Central Maine Power’s billing and metering systems offered hope that ongoing anger and confusion about high electric bills for tens of thousands of customers finally would be cleared up. That didn’t happen. The Maine Public Utilities Commission released a long-awaited report just before Christmas that concluded last winter’s cold spell was largely […]
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CMP audit expanded to customer service
A group hired to investigate complaints about significant increases in the winter bills of many Central Maine Power Co. customers will expand its probe to examine how well the company responded to those complaints. The Maine Public Utilities Commission on Tuesday authorized Liberty Consulting Group, the Pennsylvania company hired to investigate CMP, to expand its […]
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Financial advice given to Byron officials in 2013 went ignored
BYRON — Letters sent about five years ago from the accounting firm RHR Smith & Co. of Buxton to the town officials of Byron provided detailed advice on how to fix the town’s suffering finances. It appears most of that advice, if not all, was disregarded by the town’s previous leadership. In 2013, RHR Smith […]
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Byron selectman resigns amid ongoing audit
BYRON – Selectman Anne Simmons-Edmunds submitted her letter of resignation at the close of Tuesday night’s board meeting. It takes effect immediately, Chairwoman Linda Joyal said. “She just said that she was too busy and no longer had time,” Joyal said. Simmons-Edmunds has been on the board since 2008. Her departure leaves just Joyal and James Ramey, who were elected in March. “I don’t believe we […]
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Accountant says Byron finances 'not accurate'
BYRON — A representative from the accounting firm RHR Smith & Co. told residents Thursday night that since the town’s last audit in 2014, when it was already three years behind on audits, things “have gotten much worse.” At a special town meeting, accountant Ron Smith said his review of Byron’s municipal records has found […]
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Byron to vote on financial matters
BYRON — The Board of Selectmen announced Tuesday there will be a special town meeting May 21 to vote on several financial matters, including $17,000 to pay for audits of town finances for the past five years. Chairwoman Linda Joyal said representatives of the auditing firm RHR Smith & Co. of Buxton will attend, but […]
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Byron clerk says access to financial records locked in computer
BYRON — Newly appointed Town Clerk Rosey Susbury told selectmen Tuesday evening that she can’t access programs in the town computer, including one for finances, because former Town Clerk Allison Freeman did not leave all of the passwords when she resigned last week. “Right now, everything we have in the computer is locked to me,” […]
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Byron clerk quits week after audit begins
BYRON — An ongoing audit of the town’s books and other financial records — the first audit in five years — has revealed significant financial discrepancies, including missing funds. “There’s money missing — quite a lot. You’ll be surprised,” newly elected Selectman James Ramey told the board Thursday night. “We’re going to have a town […]