FARMINGTON — A vote for a $598,300 bond for new dispatch center was passing by a close vote of 1,694 to 1,656 with only some towns’ reporting voting results by 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday.

Farmington voters approved the bond by a 440-331 vote. Eustis favored the bond by a 35-32 vote.

Weld residents voted 36-35 in favor of the dispatch center. Rangeley Plantation voters rejected the center by a 16-20 vote. Temple voters approved the bond in a 37-34 vote.

In Chesterville, residents voted 92-84 in favor of the center. Jay voters rejected the bond by a 285-385 vote. Wilton voters approved it by 343-302 vote. It passed narrowly in Rangeley in a 162-157 vote.

New Sharon voters rejected the bond by a 103-113 vote. Strong voters also nixed it by a 107-109 vote. Madrid voters also defeated it by 5-10 vote.

The county’s Budget Committee, commissioners and Building Committee support the project that would be built across from the Sheriff Department office on County Way.

The principal cost would not exceed $598,300 for the stand-alone, 2,200-square-foot dispatch center on County Way. The 15-year bond would have an approximate interest rate of 3.81 percent, and the cost would be $189,479.76. The total debt service for the project is estimated at $787,779.76.

Over the course of the bond, according to a sample amortization chart, the highest payment would be $61,764 in 2014 and would decrease after that. The building is estimated to cost $175 per square foot.

dperry@sunjournal.com


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