AUBURN — Clinton Deschene said he had some misgivings about building a new two-rink ice arena in 2012 when he was interviewing for the city manager’s job. “I remember talking to my wife on the way home after I’d accepted the job,” Deschene said Friday. “I said, ‘My gut tells me this could be a […]
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Auburn council to plot future after manager leaves
AUBURN — City Manager Clinton Deschene will lead a discussion about the City Council’s to-do list and the steps they will need to take to replace him at a special workshop meeting Monday. Deschene said the meeting begins with an icebreaker discussion at 6 p.m. “It’s just a short thing we’ll do to get everybody […]
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Auburn council begins manager’s performance review Monday
AUBURN — City councilors will go behind closed doors Monday night to discuss their performance evaluation of City Manager Clinton Deschene. Mayor Jonathan LaBonte said the annual review is part of the council’s contract with the manager. “When we hired him, we made a commitment to him that we would conduct an annual review,” LaBonte […]
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Auburn budget vote Monday night
AUBURN — Councilors are close to finishing work on next year’s budget, according to City Manager Clinton Deschene. Councilors are slated to meet Monday for a first vote on the proposed budget. A final vote would be scheduled in the next few weeks. “If councilors don’t have a finished budget by Monday night, I think […]
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Auburn city manager uneasy about $1.8 million in budget adjustments
AUBURN — Eliminating $29,000 in city staff costs, reducing polling places, not replacing any police cruisers this year and skipping numerous computer software upgrades are among the city’s options for meeting its 2014-15 fiscal year property tax goals. City Manager Clinton Deschene outlined $1.8 million in budget policy changes that could reduce a proposed property […]
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Councilors feel fancier Spring Street bus station worthy
AUBURN — The city could spend a bit more to get a downtown bus station that looks good, according to the new drawings of the proposed building. The city has released a drawing of the planned Spring Street bus station, with a slanted roof, a central tower and plenty of glass. Designs for the station […]
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Auburn’s rink manager leaving for New Jersey
AUBURN — Ice rink Manager Joshua MacDonald will bid goodbye to the rink he helped open last fall, moving on to a job in New Jersey. MacDonald said his last day at the Norway Savings Bank Arena will be Thursday, March 6. “I’ve had an absolute blast,” MacDonald said. “This is one of the dream […]
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Joint L-A effort clears way to form charter commission
AUBURN — Twin Cities voters will consider who will draft a combined city charter next spring, now that a petition effort successfully collected enough signatures to put the matter on June’s ballot. Members of the Lewiston and Auburn city councils should meet in late January to set a date for electing a commission to draft […]
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Auburn continues review of Growth Council contract
AUBURN — Councilors on Monday said they wanted to pick and choose which parts of a proposed Twin Cities economic development contract they wanted to fund. “It seems to me that we are the stewards of taxpayers’ money,” Councilor Joshua Shea said. “It’s about getting the best bang for our dollar, not about seeing what […]
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Auburn School Committee to consider budget that won’t raise taxes
AUBURN — The School Committee will consider a budget next week that would not raise property taxes, Superintendent Katy Grondin said Thursday. Voters rejected school budgets on June 11 and July 23. By state law, the soonest the third vote can take place is Aug. 20, City Manager Clinton Deschene said. Under that schedule, the […]