Under the budget proposal, the city’s tax rate of $19.90 per $1,000 worth of assessed property value would increase between 30 cents and 40 cents per thousand.
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Waterville City Council debates proposed $62 million budget
Four people spoke during a 15-minute public hearing on the proposal, and councilors later spent a good amount of time discussing the budget.
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Waterville City Council to hold public hearing on proposed $62 million budget
The council is scheduled to meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday and hold a public hearing on the proposed municipal and school budget for 2024-25.
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Waterville City Council approves rezoning for Webb Road solar farm
Property owner Leo St. Peter still needs approval from the Planning Board to build the solar garden.
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Waterville City Council to consider rezoning land on Webb Road for solar farm
Councilors are scheduled to meet at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at the City Hall Annex at 46 Front St. for a budget workshop, followed by the regular council meeting.
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Waterville City Council approves $750,000 for housing, nonprofit agencies
The money was what was left of the $1.6 million the city has received in American Rescue Plan Act funding.
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Waterville City Council approves new uses for $1.16 million in recreation funds
Meanwhile, a former city councilor chided officials for spending on recreation upgrades instead of repairing city roads.
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Waterville to consider earmarking $1.16 million in unused recreation money
The funding is available for other projects now that recreation fields don’t need to be moved to accommodate plans for an ice arena.
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Waterville to launch program to help maintain, replenish neighborhood street trees
A task force is expected to inventory existing trees on streets in city neighborhoods and work to maintain and replenish those that have been lost, including elm trees, which were ravaged in the 1950s and 1960s by Dutch elm disease.
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Waterville City Council gives initial OK to funding housing, nonprofit initiatives
Councilors debated for hours Tuesday night about how to distribute American Rescue Plan Act funding, and must take second votes on funding for housing initiatives and outside agencies that requested money.