EUSTIS – Taxpayers will be asked to approve a municipal budget of $137,206, an increase of $4,063 over last year, when they meet Saturday at 9 a.m. at the community building for the annual town meeting.
Residents also will cast ballots on Friday for one selectman and one Planning Board member.
Selectman Earl Wyman Jr., a 20-year veteran of the board, will run for another three-year term. Scot Spatcher, who has served on the Planning Board for 10 years, will run unopposed for another three-year term.
Polls will be open from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Town Office.
Townspeople will also decide if $31,000 from a surplus account will be used for payment on the new community building.
The proposed public safety budget totals $154,400 and includes a $5,000 increase in the fire equipment reserve and a $3,500 rise in civil defense spending.
The request for the health and sanitation budget includes animal control, recycling, plumbing inspectors, food pantry, senior services and other items for a total of $59,108.
A $135,000 highways budget and $20,150 recreation budget also is on the warrant.
The most controversial item to be decided could be a request for $20,000 for the Stratton Elementary School’s after-school program, according to Town Clerk Kathy Fearon.
The program was discontinued by SAD 58 when federal grant money dried up in January. If the town passes this last item on the warrant, the program will be reinstated.
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