Makas not supporting $200k fund for dispatch, yet
AUBURN — A $9.9 million budget proposal sent to the Androscoggin County Budget Committee may have reached too far.
A plan to target $200,000 of unappropriated surplus money for the creation of a new dispatch center — included in the inch-thick document — has yet to be voted on by all three of the commission's members.
"I think it was a misstatement," Commissioner Elaine Makas said Tuesday. "I have never voted on it."
The tables and charts in the budget don't specify how the unappropriated surplus might be used. However, a narrative that accompanied the charts included a description of the dispatch money.
On Wednesday, commissioners plan to re-examine the issue, Chairman Randall Greenwood said. They will consider targeting portions of the $200,000 for construction or equipment costs.
