MECHANIC FALLS — On June 10 voters, unhappy with a proposed budget that officials estimated would have raised property taxes by about $146 on a house assessed at $100,000, rejected significant portions of this year’s municipal budget.

Voters turned down nine of the 29 funding articles presented to them in the proposed $2.45 million budget for the town’s fiscal year, which began July 1.

Elements in the budget rejected by voters included funding for the Police Department, the Town Clerk’s office, code enforcement, animal control, health officer, legal services, debt services, and pensions and insurances.

Funding for these departments and services make up nearly half the total municipal budget of $1,026,327.

The Town Council and Budget Committee will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 9, in the Municipal Building on Lewiston Street to develop new recommendations for the portions of the budget that voters rejected.

At this meeting the Town Council will approve a new warrant for the nine rejected articles, and the Budget Committee will make its recommendations on whether voters should accept or reject the new budget numbers.

Town Manager John Hawley noted that members of the council and Budget Committee are looking for feedback from residents who didn’t support these articles in June and welcome suggestions on the level of services they expect from the town.

“Anyone who wants to have an input into what the budget numbers are going to be should be at that meeting on Wednesday,” Hawley said.

Townspeople will vote on the revised budget requests in a referendum on July 22.