New Portland Town Meeting results

Town meeting was Saturday

Budget

Residents passed a $640,886 budget. The amount to be raised through taxation is $472,686, which is down about 3 percent from the current amount raised through taxation, $487,863.

Approved

$129,589 for administration; $22,667 for ambulance and rescue services; $112,100 for summer road maintenance; $196,333 for winter road maintenance; $39,740 for fire department operating expenses

Elections

Andrea Reichert was re-elected to the Board of Selectmen in an uncontested race.

Other action

Residents approved budget committee recommendations rather than selectmen’s on two items, approving $5,000 for the library and $3,000 for cemetery maintenance.

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