RUMFORD — The Boards of Selectmen from Rumford and Mexico will meet with the six subcommittees at 5 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 7, at the Rumford Falls Auditorium.
The purpose: To get an update on the process of consolidating services between the two towns.
Carol Granfield, an employee with New Hampshire-based company Municipal Resources and a former Dixfield town manager, will answer questions and discuss the process.
In September 2013, Municipal Resources provided Rumford and Mexico with a proposal for a comprehensive study on consolidating services. The boards approved the proposal.
Part of the proposal, according to Don Jutton, president of Municipal Resources, involves setting up subcommittees for departments within each town.
The subcommittees for the departments in each town are: Police; Fire and Emergency Management; Parks and Recreation; Libraries; Public Works; and Budget, Finance and Town Hall Operations. Each subcommittee has two selectmen, a department head, two residents and a Budget Committee member from each town.
Town Manager John Madigan said in July that the subcommittees will allow selectmen “to look at the data from both towns and their respective departments and review the work that the consultants are doing to see what is and isn’t possible.”
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