FARMINGTON — RSU 9 directors voted Tuesday to set the 2014-15 budget at $31 million. It will go to voters on June 2. The weighted vote was 736-115. In the district’s case, state law requires each director’s vote to be weighted based on his or her town’s population divided by the number of directors. The […]
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RSU 9 directors to review reductions, set budget in Farmington
FARMINGTON — RSU 9 school directors are expected to review an additional $180,000 or so in reductions from a tentative $31.1 million budget on Tuesday, May 6. They also are expected to set a budget when they meet at 6 p.m. in the Forum at Mt. Blue Campus, where the high school is located. The […]
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SAD 58 board OKs new positions, sets budget
SALEM TOWNSHIP — RSU 58 directors Thursday approved hiring a dean of students who will also serve as athletic director for Mt. Abram High School. They also approved at $9.09 million budget for the coming fiscal year. Jeff Pillsbury served as assistant principal and athletic director for the high school two years ago. When he […]
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RSU 73 residents pass $18.89 million budget
LIVERMORE FALLS — Voters in RSU 73 on Tuesday narrowly approved an $18.89 million budget for 2014-15. The unofficial tally was 263-251. “Livermore carried the day,” Superintendent Dr. Robert Wall said. The majority of voters in that town approved the budget, while Livermore Falls and Jay voters defeated it. The unofficial results were: Livermore, 80 […]
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RSU 9 directors to begin budget deliberations
FARMINGTON — RSU 9 directors need to decide Thursday what they believe needs to be in the budget for next year and what can be removed and done in subsequent years. With most everything accounted for, the preliminary spending package for 2014-15 is at a tentative $31.4 million. It is a 5.7 percent, or $1.68 […]
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Auburn city manager uneasy about $1.8 million in budget adjustments
AUBURN — Eliminating $29,000 in city staff costs, reducing polling places, not replacing any police cruisers this year and skipping numerous computer software upgrades are among the city’s options for meeting its 2014-15 fiscal year property tax goals. City Manager Clinton Deschene outlined $1.8 million in budget policy changes that could reduce a proposed property […]
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LePage vetoes bipartisan supplemental budget bill, citing ‘gimmicks’
AUGUSTA — Gov. Paul LePage has vetoed a supplemental budget bill that was crafted by the Legislature and supported by majorities in both parties. The Republican governor rejected the bill because he said it includes “gimmicks” to balance the books. “I cannot support a budget that uses gimmicks to keep it balanced,” wrote LePage in […]
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University of Maine System will contribute $7 million to USM’s budget, more cuts still needed
PORTLAND — The University of Maine System will likely dip into its rainy day fund to help the University of Southern Maine make up about half of its budget shortfall, system officials confirmed. “The chancellor is prepared to recommend to the Board of Trustees that the system provide maximum, one-time funding of $7 million toward […]
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Dixfield voters approve assigning $20,000 from surplus to overdrawn Executive Department budget
DIXFIELD — Voters at town meeting Thursday night agreed to appropriate $20,000 from the undesignated surplus account to supplement the executive department budget, which was overdrawn Interim Town Manager Eugene Skibitsky said the executive department “is bearing some unusual and hopefully one-time costs this year.” He added, “Over the last year, we’ve had one full-time […]
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Dixfield voters approve $342,598 Police Department budget recommendation
DIXFIELD — Residents voted 43-11 to approve a recommended $342,598 Police Department budget during Monday evening’s annual town meeting, which will be voted on by secret ballot during the June 10 referendum. After last year’s town meeting, a straw poll indicated the majority of residents preferred to vote on the budget at the polls after […]