LIVERMORE – Voters are being asked Thursday to consider a proposed $884,670 budget for 2005-06, along with articles on a solid waste ordinance and borrowing money to buy a $69,614 backhoe/loader.
The spending proposal reflects a $17,545 increase, about 2 percent more than last year.
The town meeting begins at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 16, at Brettuns Community Building.
Voters also have a request from Area Youth Sports for $1,222 to consider for liability insurance. Neither the selectpersons nor the Budget Committee have given a recommendation on the request.
Selectpersons are recommending $10,000 for cemetery capital improvements, which would be offset by a $3,000 grant, and $8,715 for matching funds to leverage a $174,315 grant for the Fire Department to cover training, improvements to the fire station and equipment.
The selectpersons’ proposal differs from the Budget Committee’s recommendation of $860,153. The Budget Committee didn’t put recommended amounts on the firefighters grant or cemetery capital improvement requests.
Voters will also consider entering into an agreement for a four-year bond to buy a $69,614 new backhoe/loader for the Highway Department. The interest on the bond is estimated over the four years to total $7,097.86 for a total package of $76,711.86.
A proposed new solid waste disposal control ordinance is also on the town meeting warrant. The new ordinance is shorter and updates what is accepted at the transfer station, Livermore Administrative Assistant Kurt Schaub said Monday.
The ordinance also clarifies enforcement of a violation such as someone failing to follow the directive of the station attendant or disposes of material prohibited at the station. The ordinance gives the code enforcement officer the authority of enforcement on a land use violation associated with the ordinance.
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