POLAND — Selectmen were told Tuesday night that they could expect an increase in Androscoggin County taxes next year.

Norm Beauparlant, the town’s representative on the county Budget Committee, told the board that several areas of the proposed budget, which county commissioners handed over to the committee last week, show substantial increases over this year’s budget.

The areas cited were the Sheriff’s Department, communications, the jail and the county commissioners.

Beauparlant noted that, with the amount of money coming from the state capped, jail costs will increase despite the fact that several positions are scheduled to be cut in the proposed budget.

The proposed budget for communications calls for more spending for new equipment, primarily to handle calls from three more towns – Lisbon, Sabattus and Wales. Proposed spending, which will be offset somewhat by fees, goes from $469,000 to $635,000.

The county commissioners budget will increase because the number of commissioners has risen from three to seven, and the full year’s cost for a county administrator will be included in the 2016 budget.

Selectman Stanley Tetenman asked if there were plans to increase the legal account and Beauparlant said the amount proposed was indeed higher.

According to Beauparlant, the 2014 legal account was funded at $40,000 and $18,000 was spent. The 2015 legal account was funded at $35,000 and, as of Sept. 30, $68,000 had been spent.

“The amount being proposed for 2016 stands at $150,000,” Beauparlant said.

Beauparlant said the Budget Committee will hold five workshops in October, beginning Wednesday, followed by a public hearing Nov. 18.

The Budget Committee’s final recommendations will be returned to county commissioners Dec. 1 for final action.

Selectmen also met with Scott Segal, Parks and Recreation Department director, to discuss erosion problems at Tripp Lake Beach.

“The beach has changed drastically over the past few years,” Segal said.

He said that during September the town contacted Maine Department of Transportation officials, Androscoggin Valley Soil and Water Conservation District people and others regarding the situation.

Several town officials witnessed the situation during the Sept. 30 rainstorm.

“Water was running off Route 11 in sheets, carrying all sorts of contaminants directly into the lake,” Town Manager Bradley Plante said.

Selectmen were shown photographs of current conditions. Pine tree roots are greatly exposed and the amount of sand has decreased considerably.

“If we don’t do something soon, we could lose the beach,” Plante said.

An on-site meeting with town and state highway department representatives has been scheduled for 10 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14.

In other business, selectmen appointed William Eldridge and Barry Morgan to the Conservation Commission. Their terms expire in June 2018.