AUBURN — If voters approve the Auburn school budget on June 11, it would put Auburn in a better position to meet a new law that will eventually penalize school districts that are under-funding education, Auburn School Committee Chairman Tom Kendall told the Sun Journal on Wednesday. The tax increase would be the first of […]
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Budget committee disagrees with selectmen’s proposed budget
LIVERMORE FALLS — The town’s Budget Committee would propose a different budget than selectmen if its recommendations were included on the warrant for the annual town meeting referendum on Tuesday, June 11. There was a dispute in April between selectmen and the Budget Committee over whether the budget panel overstepped its bounds by asking in […]
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Committee skirts open-meeting law to work on state budget
AUGUSTA — For weeks, lawmakers on the Legislature’s Appropriations and Financial Affairs Committee have been skirting Maine’s open-meeting law as they work to craft a $6.8 billion state budget. Some lawmakers and lobbyists said the practice has gone on for years. Committee members took their meetings behind closed doors on multiple occasions on Tuesday. Legislative […]
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Franklin commissioners uphold panel’s budget for county
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted 2-1 Tuesday to accept the Budget Advisory Committee’s $5.51 million spending plan for 2013-14. The budget, which includes $1.6 million for the jail, is $218,350 more than the current one. The budget panel’s proposal is $14,866 more than the commissioners’ recommendation. Commissioner Fred Hardy of New Sharon opposed the […]
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Auburn City Council still has work to do on the budget
AUBURN — The city’s fiscal year 2013-14 budget remains unsettled after a lengthy City Council discussion Monday night. Councilors managed to settle their Capital Improvements Plan budget at their regular meeting, slashing $594,000 in engineering work, vehicles and city maintenance. Those cuts won’t affect the bottom line this year, but will reduce debt payments the […]
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Maine lawmakers press for raises for state workers despite budget shortage
AUGUSTA — Lawmakers on the Appropriations Committee are working behind closed doors to make drastic changes to Gov. Paul LePage’s biennial budget proposal with negotiations focused on big-ticket items such as giving state employees raises and easing a proposed suspension of municipal revenue sharing. Lawmakers have broached these subjects in public, but details of what […]
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Franklin commissioners to consider proposed $5.51 million budget
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners Tuesday will consider the Budget Advisory Committee’s proposed $5.51 million spending plan for 2013-14. The meeting begins at 9 a.m. June 4 in the commissioners’ office at the county courthouse. The budget panel’s proposal is $14,866 more than the commissioners’ recommendation. It is $218,350 more than the current budget. The […]
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RSU 9 voters to consider $29.74 million budget
FARMINGTON — RSU 9 voters will consider a proposed $29.74 million budget for 2013-14 at 7 p.m. Thursday at Mt. Blue High School gym. Voters will also consider a proposed $471,031 adult education budget with $236,983 of it as the local share. The articles are open to allow voters to change the amounts of money […]
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Selectmen, residents discuss Recreation Department budget at public hearing
MEXICO — The proposed recreation center was among the items discussed during a public hearing at Tuesday’s selectmen meeting at the Town Hall. Selectmen recommended $114,973 for the 2014 Recreation Department budget, while the Budget Committee recommended $104,529. According to a spreadsheet detailing the proposed 2013-14 budget, the Budget Committee recommended $50,000 for the recreation […]
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Democrats want to delay tax cuts to ease Maine budget deficit
AUGUSTA — Democratic legislative leaders want to delay tax cuts enacted last session. They say the delay’s needed to balance a $6.3 billion, two-year budget without shifting tax increases to property taxpayers. Backed by about 50 Democratic lawmakers Wednesday, House Speaker Mark Eves and Senate President Justin Alfond said the tax cuts passed in 2011 […]