JAY — Selectpersons voted 3-2 Monday to accept a petition signed by 373 voters and to hold a special town meeting to raise and appropriate $120,000 to restore curbside trash and recyclables collection. Selectpersons tabled a decision on the petition June 26 while they sought legal advice. Voting to approve the petition were Selectpersons Chairman […]
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Jay to hold public hearings, set sewer rate
JAY — Selectpersons will hold public hearings Monday, May 22, on two articles that failed to pass at the annual town meeting April 25, and on the proposed sewer rate. The hearings will be held at 6 p.m. in the cafeteria at Spruce Mountain Middle School. The first will be on lower amounts for: town […]
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Jay residents to vote on $6M budget April 25
JAY — Selectpersons’ proposed $6 million municipal budget for 2017-18 is going to voters. Absentee ballots will be available at the Town Office beginning March 24. The annual town meeting referendum will be held from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 25, at the Jay Community Building. Twenty-seven articles were reviewed during Monday’s public […]
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Jay forecloses on seven properties
JAY — The town foreclosed on seven properties Jan. 31 and gave owners 30 days to pay back taxes and sewer liens. Most owners or mortgage holders have indicated they will pay up by the March 3 deadline. A letter sent to property owners advised that if payment was made in full, the property could […]
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Jay residents discuss ways to reduce municipal budget
JAY — Residents on Tuesday suggested several ways to lower a proposed $6.65 million municipal budget, including eliminating curbside trash pickup, decreasing benefits to town employees and reducing the 26-member staff. Other recommendations were to cut 10 percent from budgets across the board, not pay for employee insurance, privatize some services, increase sewer rates and […]
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Jay’s draft $6.65 million budget reflects Verso payment
JAY — Town officials, Budget Committee members and department heads will begin reviewing a proposed $6.65 million municipal budget at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 17, in the Spruce Mountain High School library. The 2017-18 spending plan is $1.38 million more than the current budget. After factoring in revenues, the net amount is proposed at $5.25 […]
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Jay to discuss raising the hourly base pay for firefighters to $9
JAY — Selectpersons will discuss raising the base pay for firefighters and ballot clerks to $9 per hour Monday, Dec. 26, to meet the new minimum wage law that goes into effect Jan. 7. The meeting is at 6 p.m. at the Town Office. There are eight firefighters who were identified as needing changes to […]
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Livermore officials proceed with marijuana moratorium ordinance
LIVERMORE — Selectpersons Tuesday voted unanimously to proceed with the steps necessary to adopt a marijuana moratorium ordinance. The ordinance would give the town 180 days during which it wouldn’t approve any new businesses that are marijuana-related, such as bars and retail social clubs. Administrative Assistant Amy Byron said much was still unknown following the Nov. […]
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Jay selectmen say no to holiday decorations on Main Street
JAY — There will be no town-owned, lighted Christmas decorations, flags or banners on new utility poles along Route 4 this season, because there are no electrical outlets or brackets for them. Selectpersons voted 3-2 Monday not to put any decorations up on the poles along the Main Street/Route 4 corridor or any other places […]
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Jay to discuss lighted Christmas decorations, flags, banners
JAY — Selectpersons will be asked tonight whether they want the new utility poles rewired and brackets put up for lighted Christmas decorations or move toward holiday flags or banners. The meeting is at 6 p.m. at the Town Office. When the Route 4 road reconstruction was done, the utility poles were mostly replaced in […]