FARMINGTON — When the Franklin County Budget Committee reviews the proposed 2011-12 budget in late April or early May, it will have to decide which space option for county services will fit into the spending plan.

County commissioners will review the budget on April 19 and 20, two weeks later than initially proposed, in an effort to make sure all the information that will be needed is available as well as some scheduling factors, county Clerk Julie Magoon said Tuesday. The budget also has not been drafted.

She also wants the Budget Committee to get a chance to review the Cousineau property on High Street in Farmington and to make sure the cost is finalized.

The county Budget Committee was finalized Monday during a caucus.

Members in District 1 are Warren Bryant and Tim DeMillo, both of Jay, and Irv Faunce of Wilton. Jay Town Manager Ruth Cushman said Monday after the caucus that DeMillo and Terry Brann of Wilton were tied by a 4-4 vote by selectmen. The two men flipped a coin to determine the winner.

All Budget Committee members must be selectmen.

In District 2 members on the committee are Steve Bunker and Ryan Morgan, both of Farmington, and David Archer of Chesterville.

Serving on the committee from District 3 are John Calloway of Avon, Neal McCurdy of Kingfield and Carey Keep of Rangeley Plantation.

Among other budget items the committee will review are two options proposed to help alleviate space, environmental and safety concerns at the county courthouse.

Randy Cousineau is willing to tear down a section of his building, a former shoe plant at 374 High St., and build another structure on the existing footprint. It would be 138 feet by 72 feet and give 9,985 square feet of space. That would allow for the registries of deeds and probate, County Commission administration and Emergency Management Services to move out of the courthouse. It would allow the District Attorney’s Office and staff to move out of the basement to the main floor of the courthouse.

Cousineau would require a 15-year lease and the monthly rent of $12,481. For a year it would equal $149,772 for the first year with 2 percent to be added on for each additional year.

Cousineau planned to work out shorter and longer lease costs to be available for commissioners and the Budget Committee.

Another option is to spend between $15,000 and $25,000 a year to move the District Attorney’s Office out of the courthouse into rented space.

Voters countywide overwhelmingly rejected a $4.46 million bond referendum in November 2010 to improve quarters for county offices and the Sheriff’s Department.

A county Facility Committee and the commissioners are working to resolve the courthouse issues at a lesser cost and to pay for it through the budget.

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