PARIS — The Board of Selectmen has agreed to send a citizen petition to the town attorney to restore funding to the Fire Department to determine whether it is a so-called “ping-pong petition.” The board voted 4-1 Monday to send to the town attorney Budget Committee member Richard Merz’s petition to restore the $145,629 cut from […]
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Petition seeks to restore Paris Fire Department budget
PARIS — Selectmen on Monday will address a petition from Budget Committee member Richard Merz, requesting a townwide vote to restore $145,629 to the Fire Department budget. Monday’s meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. at the Town Office, 33 Market Square. Town Clerk Liz Knox certified 245 of the 275 signatures on the document, which was […]
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Teamsters Union files complaint against Paris for part-time firefighters
PARIS — The Teamsters Union has filed a complaint against the town with the Maine Department of Labor over scheduling issues for part-time firefighters. The town and union are in the middle of contract negotiations. On June 9, Teamsters Local 340 Secretary-Treasurer Lorne Smith, who is also the bargaining agent for the town’s newest union, filed […]
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Dixfield Board of Selectmen chairman responds to union’s grievance
DIXFIELD — During Monday evening’s Board of Selectmen meeting, Chairman Mac Gill read a prepared statement in response to the prohibitive practice complaint that Teamsters Union Local 340 of South Portland filed against the town earlier in the year. Business agent Lorne Smith said Dec. 30 that the Teamsters had filed a prohibitive practice complaint […]