AUBURN — The Androscoggin County Budget Committee made one last attempt Wednesday to cut the salaries of county commissioners but failed to do so in its final meeting before next week’s public hearing on the 2017 budget. Commissioners, who are currently making $5,000 per year, had agreed earlier to lower their own salaries to $4,000, but […]
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Budget Committee wants bonds to pay for clock tower repairs
AUBURN — Saying the price is too high and would likely wipe out the Reserve Account for building repairs, the Androscoggin County Budget Committee decided Wednesday to eliminate all capital expenditures for the Building Department. The committee sliced all $297,500 in the account, the bulk of which was slated to be spent on repairing the […]
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RSU 9 board keeping budget committee duties
FARMINGTON — Regional School Unit 9 directors will continue to act as a budget committee and work to improve the budget-setting process implemented for the 2016-17 school year. It took two attempts to pass the 2016-17 budget. The first proposal, which represented about a $900,000 increase from the previous year, failed in June. The second […]
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Committee begins review of Androscoggin County budget
AUBURN — The Androscoggin County Budget Committee dove right in Wednesday and began paring down the 2017 county budget at its first meeting. With three new members and three vacancies on the 14-member board, the Budget Committee reviewed funding for the Emergency Management Agency and the five departments overseen by District Attorney Andrew Robinson. The […]
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Norway selectmen discuss earlier, more frequent Budget Committee meetings
NORWAY — The Board of Selectmen on Thursday evening discussed whether the Budget Committee should meet more often throughout the year to prepare the town budget. Selectman Thomas Curtis, who also serves on the committee, brought up the issue at the start of their meeting. “I was speaking to some of the Budget Committee members, […]
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Androscoggin County sets caucuses to select Budget Committee members
AUBURN — The Androscoggin County Commission will hold nominating caucuses next week to select candidates for the county Budget Committee. Municipal officials will gather at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 20, at the Androscoggin County courthouse, immediately following the commissioners’ regular business meeting. Each of the seven county districts will hold a caucus moderated by the […]
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Franklin County panel to take up proposed budget changes
FARMINGTON — The Franklin County Budget Advisory Committee will meet Thursday, July 14, to consider changes county commissioners made June 30 to the proposed $6.1 million 2016-17 spending plan the panel had previously adopted. The meeting is at 5:30 p.m. in the Commissioners’ Office at the county courthouse. Of the proposed budget, $1.89 million is […]
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Franklin County budget panel approves $6.1 million budget
FARMINGTON — The majority of the Franklin County budget panel voted Wednesday to approve a $6.1 million budget for 2016-17. It represents a $305,781 increase from the current budget that ends on June 30. Of the total budget amount, $1.89 million is to operate the county jail. It reflects an increase of $269,847 over the […]
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Phillips voters will decide budget Thursday
PHILLIPS — Citizens will set the 2016-17 town operating budget and elect four municipal officers at the town meeting on Thursday. Starting at 6 p.m. at the Phillips Area Community Center, registered voters will act on a $1.28 million spending plan. This year’s budget, if approved, will include an increase of less than 3 percent […]
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Paris budget brings lower tax rate
PARIS — If voters approve the roughly $5.6 million budget at town meeting today, they can expect to see the tax rate decrease to lower than what it was two years ago, according to Paris Interim Town Manager Sawin Millett. Town meeting action will get underway at 10 a.m. at the Paris Fire Station, 137 […]