Readfield residents at a special town meeting Tuesday approved spending more than $92,000 for code enforcement, assessing and capital improvements — requests that were rejected by voters at June’s Town Meeting.

The funding requests, voted on by secret ballot, carried the support of both the Select Board and the Budget Committee. A total of 195 residents voted at the special town meeting, and all requests were approved by about 3-1 margins or greater.

Residents approved raising $21,400 for assessing and $28,746 for code enforcement, plumbing inspection and building inspection. The two amounts appeared in separate articles rather than being combined, as they were when they were defeated on the June ballot.

Also, $7,000 was added for code enforcement because of increased demand for those services.

Voters also approved spending $7,200 for the town’s capital improvement equipment budget, which included a new mower with a $4,000 down payment and an initial one-year lease payment of $3,200. The lease would be for three years.

Residents also approved spending $20,000 for capital improvements for Maranacook Dam and appropriating an additional $8,000 carried over in that category from the previous year’s budget. The voters approved appropriating up to $7,000 to cover any overdrafts from the fund balance.


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