KINGFIELD – About 15 voters turned out for a special town meeting Tuesday night, First Selectman John Dill said from his home afterward.
Voters approved two warrant items, including a $5,500 appropriation for the Fire Department. In April, Franklin County commissioners agreed to pay only $1,500 for fire service to Freeman Township, $4,000 less than the originally requested $5,500. Commissioners justified the reduction, saying that they had invested a lot of money to upgrade the fire department in Salem, which is the location of Mt. Abram High School, and that Kingfield would no longer be the primary responder to that unorganized town.
The other item also passed without discussion. Residents voted to appropriate $6,400 from the community planning and development fund, currently with a $10,000 balance, according to Dill, for the town’s share of developing a comprehensive plan. The state will contribute about $19,000 of the expected $25,000 cost of the plan, for which the Androscoggin Valley Council of Governments will assist, Dill said.
The meeting lasted about 10 minutes.
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