Increase due in part to the addition of five new positions, an increase in payment to the town’s debt retirement and additions to the capital reserve fund.
Town Meetings 2021
Catch up on all of the Town Meeting news across central Maine.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State
Richmond presenting $2.58 million budget to voters
The town is proposing an 8.8% spending increase, with a 4.33% rise in the amount to be raised by taxes, that will be decided by voters at its June 8 Town Meeting.
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Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
Thorndike chooses building type for salt and sand shed, adjusts selectmen terms at Annual Meeting
Residents choose a steel-frame fabric building with a poured foundation for the town’s salt and sand shed during Saturday’s Thorndike Town Meeting.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Farmington voters deciding on higher budget Monday
The $6.85 million budget is up 12.1% because of workers’ compensation increases.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
Oakland Town Council OKs $5.9 million municipal budget for 2021-22
Spending plan, which reflects a 5.18% increase, scheduled to go before residents at the Town Meeting, set for May 4 at the Messalonskee High School Performing Arts Center.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
Thorndike postpones Town Meeting one week due to threat of snow
The Town Meeting will now be held at 9 a.m. Saturday, April 24.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
Thorndike holding annual Town Meeting on Saturday
The meeting is scheduled for 9 a.m. at the Thorndike Fire Department and voters will decide the type of building for the town’s salt and sand shed.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel
Mercer residents approve $723,974 budget at annual Town Meeting
About 60 of the town’s approximately 300 registered voters attend four-hour meeting outside the Community Center.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State
West Gardiner spending plan passes with voter approval for a new plow and funds for a fire truck
About five dozen voters turned out to the Town Garage to ask questions and approve $1.27 million in town spending this year.
Posted inKennebec Journal, Local & State
Monmouth voters to decide on middle school demolition, $3.6 million in spending at Town Meeting
Voters will also decide on a $30,000 expenditure for a playground at the town beach, which was taken off of the warrant by selectmen in March but reinstated Tuesday by a citizen’s petition.