FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted Tuesday to waive a six-month probationary period for Jason Hamlin, who will move from maintenance at the jail to being a corrections officer. A corrections officer will retire at the end of the month, leaving an open position. Hamlin, of Wilton, is a certified corrections officer and has four […]
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Franklin County panel contracts for new phone system
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted Tuesday to enter into a contract with GWI for a new phone system for the courthouse, the jail, the new communications center and the Sheriff’s Department office. Commissioners also authorized county Clerk Julie Magoon to sign the four agreements with the company as needed for the system. The annual […]
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Franklin County commissioners approve hiring deputy
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted Tuesday to allow Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. to hire Andrew J. Morgan of Augusta as a patrol deputy, providing he passes a psychological exam. Morgan will start April 1. Commissioners gave Nichols conditional approval to hire a Winthrop man to fill the vacancy March 4, pending him passing examinations […]
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Recorded evidence indicates section of Madrid Township road is private
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners received the surveyor’s results on the upper East Madrid Road in Madrid Township. It appears that 0.7 mile at the end of the road, where the county has been doing winter maintenance, is a private road and not under the jurisdiction of the county, Commissioner Gary McGrane of Jay said Tuesday. […]
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Salem Township woman appointed to TIF committee
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted Tuesday to appoint Leanna Target of Salem Township to a review committee to grade and make recommendations on a tax increment financing grant and scholarship applications. Target is the administrative assistant for the town of Kingfield. Commissioners also accepted the resignation of Ginni Robie of Madrid Township from the […]
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Franklin commissioners vote to pay $92,124 to state Board of Corrections
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted Tuesday to make a $92,124 payment to the state Board of Corrections for the county’s jail. The panel voted in September to withhold the first payment of 2013-14 until a state blue ribbon commission issued a report on a unified county jail system in early December. That decision came […]
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Franklin County OKs contract with patrol deputies
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted 2-1 Tuesday to approve a four-year contract that gives patrol deputies retroactive pay and wage increases, county Clerk Julie Magoon said. Commissioner Fred Hardy of New Sharon opposed the vote, she said. The contract is in the process of being signed. It runs from July 1, 2012, to June […]
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County to pickup tab for incorrect tax form
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted 2-1 Tuesday to reimburse a retired employee $353.38 due to an incorrect W2 form. Commissioner Gary McGrane of Jay opposed the vote. Shannon Smith of Wilton, who represented her husband, Albert Smith, requested the reimbursement. Her husband had worked for the Franklin County Sheriff’s Department for 38 years, including […]
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Five applications received for communications director position
FARMINGTON — Five applications for the new county communications director position were received by Tuesday’s deadline, according to Vickie Braley, Franklin County deputy clerk/deputy treasurer. The director will oversee dispatchers and the new communications center. After the applications are reviewed by a committee, interviews will be conducted for recommended candidates. A candidate is expected to […]
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Commissioners approve battery backup for dispatch center
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted Tuesday to spend $16,749 to buy a battery backup system from Schneider Electric of Massachusetts and have it installed at the new dispatch center. Peter Smith, director of Somerset County Technical Services, told commissioners that the system will keep dispatch computers and other equipment online if the power goes […]