FARMINGTON — The Franklin County Budget Advisory Committee voted 7-2 Wednesday night to approve a $5.79 million budget for 2015-16. The spending plan represents a $144,043 increase over the current $5.65 million budget, and it is $122,733 less than the county commissioners’ proposal. The budget includes $1.62 million to run the jail. Committee members Stephan […]
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Franklin County budget panels hears from those affected by proposed cuts
FARMINGTON — The Franklin County sheriff asked the county Budget Advisory Committee on Wednesday to restore $5,000 of the $48,000 it conditionally cut from his budget in May. The request came during a public hearing on the panel’s proposed $5.78 million budget for 2015-16. It represents a $129,994 increase from this year’s budget. About $1.2 […]
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Franklin County budget panel cuts $136,782 from proposed budget
FARMINGTON — The Franklin County Budget Advisory Committee has developed a preliminary $5.78 million budget for 2015-16 to go to public hearing on June 17. The hearing is at 6 p.m. at the Franklin County Courthouse. The draft amount could be changed at 5:30 p.m. June 24 when the committee takes its final vote. The […]
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Franklin County budget panel to develop proposal
FARMINGTON — The Franklin County Budget Advisory Committee voted Wednesday to meet May 27 to develop a preliminary budget for 2015-16. The county commissioners budget is proposed at $5.9 million, which is a $266,776 increase from this year. The meeting will take place at 5 p.m. in the commissioners office at the county courthouse. It […]
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Franklin County budget panel schedules budget review
FARMINGTON — The Franklin County Budget Advisory Committee has developed a schedule to review departments’ and program grant requests for the proposed $5.8 million budget for 2015-16. The spending plan is up more than $200,000 from the this fiscal year. * Wednesday, May 6: 5:15 p.m. Western Maine Community Action; 5:45 p.m. Franklin County Adult […]
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Franklin County budget panel wants to set commissioners compensation
FARMINGTON — Franklin County Budget Committee members are requesting county commissioners adopt a policy that would give the committee the authority to set commissioners’ compensation packages at the end of each fiscal year. Commissioners would still have the sole authority of setting compensation for county employees, whether elected or appointed and not covered by Maine […]
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Franklin County budget panel adds money for restitution specialist
FARMINGTON — Franklin County Budget Committee members voted unanimously Thursday to add $13,947 to the $5.6 million budget for a restitution specialist, Deputy Clerk/Deputy Treasurer Vickie Braley said Friday. The money is for the county’s 25 percent share of a restitution specialist who serves the prosecutorial district of Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford counties. The specialist […]
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Franklin County panel sends $5.63 million budget to commissioners
FARMINGTON — The Franklin County Budget Advisory Committee voted Wednesday to approve a $5.63 million budget for the county for 2014-15. The spending plan also factors in $1.6 million for the jail. The budget is $21,000 less than the county commissioners’ proposal of $5.65 million. The proposal goes back to commissioners at 9 a.m. Tuesday, […]
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J. Calloway: Unacceptable treatment
The Franklin County Budget Committee expresses its unanimous and whole-hearted support for the Franklin County Commissioners’ decision to withhold the quarterly payment to the Department of Corrections. We further unanimously support Sheriff Scott Nichols in his endeavor to negotiate an agreement with the Somerset County sheriff to house our inmates in the Somerset facility. It […]