LEWISTON — Less than a week after four new commissioners were sworn in, the seven-member Androscoggin County Commission plans to respond to complaints from most of the county’s 14 towns and cities. The complaints are related to the commission’s choice to overturn deep salary cuts for commissioners set by the county’s Budget Committee. They will […]
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County to decide if Greenwood can serve in Legislature and County Commission
LEWISTON — The Office of the Maine Attorney General is leaving it up to Androscoggin County to decide whether Randall Greenwood of Wales gave up his seat on the county commission when he took his oath of office last month as a Maine legislator. In a letter to Greenwood, Assistant Attorney General Phillis Gardiner declined […]
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Committee signs plea to AG over Androscoggin County pay authority
AUBURN — A dozen members of the Androscoggin County Budget Committee have signed a plea to Maine’s Attorney General seeking help to end the growing controversy over the authority to set pay for elected county commissioners. Meanwhile, the debate is growing among the county’s 14 towns. By next Wednesday, selectmen and councilors in at least […]
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Greenwood waiting for AG’s opinion on serving both the state and the county
AUBURN — Though Randall Greenwood took the oath of office on Wednesday — along with the rest of the Maine Senate — the Wales Republican is doing something no one else in the State Legislature is doing. He’s serving as a county commissioner, too. The chairman of the Androscoggin County Commission is waiting for the […]
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Commissioners restore money and benefits to their pay
AUBURN — Just six days after Androscoggin County budget watchers slashed salaries and eliminated benefits for county commissioners, the commissioners themselves restored much of what was lost. The County Commission voted Tuesday night to restore $2,000 of their base pay, raising it to $5,000 per person, and to fund individual health and dental coverage worth […]
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State may ask Greenwood to resign from county or state office
AUBURN — Randall Greenwood may have to decide between elected positions. For six years, Greenwood has served as chairman of the Androscoggin County Commission, and he has two years left on his term. But Greenwood last week earned a seat in the Maine Legislature, winning the contest to represent Wales, Monmouth and Litchfield in Augusta. […]
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Commissioners recalculate pay while proposing $342K tax hike
AUBURN — The three-member Androscoggin County Commission has proposed a $10.7 million budget that includes a boost in heating costs, insurance and an expansion of the commission’s own ranks. Changes, if approved by the Budget Committee, would hike the 2015 county taxes by $342,015, a 4.24 percent increase. “We understand it’s a significant increase, certainly […]
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More cuts at Auburn jail would endanger officer and inmates, commissioners say
AUBURN — Androscoggin County commissioners have given up looking for immediate savings inside the county jail, saying any more cuts would violate law or endanger the safety of inmates and corrections officers. “We’re basically going to throw ourselves to the governor and say, ‘Look, what do we do?’” Chairman Randall Greenwood said. “We got through […]
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County commissioners’ compensation examined
LEWISTON — Amid debate on an $8.1 million budget for 2014, Androscoggin County leaders are weighing pay and benefits for the county’s three commissioners. The trio annually earns at least $7,273 each — plus health care and retirement benefits worth thousands of dollars more — for their roles as the county’s principal policymakers and administrators. […]