FARMINGTON – Franklin County commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to approve a nearly $4.2 million county budget for 2005.

The current county budget is about $3.87 million.

Commissioners also unanimously approved a 2005-2006 unorganized territories budget of $815,953 despite a request from Rangeley Town Manager Perry Ellsworth to revise the amount budgeted to pay Rangeley for solid waste services it provides to unorganized territories.

Rangeley had requested $17,129 from the unorganized territory budget for solid waste disposal, but commissioners reduced that amount to $10,000.

Ellsworth also requested that commissioners consider putting more money in the ambulance account in the unorganized territories budget to ensure that people in unorganized territories now served by Rangeley Ambulance would be covered in the future.

County Clerk Julie Magoon said about $52,000 has been budgeted for ambulance services in the unorganized territories budget, and that should cover all unorganized townships, including those now served by Sugarloaf and AMPS ambulance services.

The 2004-2005 unorganized territories budget is $914,010.