COPLIN PLANTATION — Voters balked at the “all or nothing” mandate they’ve been given for years to contract for services from Eustis.

For the first time, they voted down three warrant articles requesting the plantation to pick up “their share.”

At Saturday’s town meeting at the Stratton Community Center, Coplin Plantation voters rejected Article 32, requesting $305.01 for the Stratton Little League; Article 34, asking for $189.37 for Blanchard Park; and Article 35, asking for $1,263.12 for hydrant rental. The hydrant is located in Coplin Plantation below the Dam Road, but townspeople contend they were never asked whether they wanted the hydrant, which is used to fill the pumper truck with water.

First Assessor Constance Morin said they have been fighting over the hydrant for more than 20 years.

The town of Eustis adopts its budget and passes on an assessment of items in that budget to Coplin Plantation. According to Morin, the plantation pays 21 percent of all services, which are broken down into line items, from fire protection to the library. The assessment is based on state valuations.

Selectman Daniel Barker said

“They tell us there’s no leeway in voting down any specific item,” Selectman Daniel Barker said. “They keep saying it’s ‘all or nothing.’”

Resident Harriet Power added, “But they give us a line-item budget, so I don’t know how they can say ‘all or nothing.’”

Townspeople voiced frustration at Eustis getting the $18,000 from TransCanada for the Kibby Wind Project. “Why don’t we get a share of it?” Powers said.

On the Little League article, Barker said there had not been any youths involved in the Eustis Little League program this year nor last. There are 11 kids from Carrabassett Valley, he said. “Why don’t they pick up the cost? They’ve got plenty of money.”

Since Coplin Plantation does not use Blanchard Field, voters agreed the town should not pay for it.

Coplin voters approved $25,465 for the Eustis Transfer Station; $19,737.10 for fire protection from Eustis; $4,800 for renting office space; $31,700 for Franklin County taxes; $36,000 for winter roads; $20,000 for summer road maintenance; and $20,000 for town officers’ salaries.

Townspeople also approved setting up a committee to study acquiring land to build a new town office. Town Clerk Cecile Newell said it was needed because the present town hall is not compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act.