LISBON – The 2006-07 sewer rate will go up 13.9 percent, selectmen determined Tuesday night.
“The sewer budget is down” Town Manager Curtis Lunt said of the $1,006,535 spending package, “but revenues are flat.”
The new rate will be $4.50 per 100 cubic feet, up from the current $3.95. Lunt noted that this is the first rate increase since 1998.
After a closed-door session on labor negotiations, selectmen voted to approve two two-year labor contracts for the Teamsters Union representing three police sergeants and for the 20-member Public Works Employees Union. The contracts give 3.5-percent wage increases both years in exchange for employees paying 20 percent of their health insurance premiums, instead of 15 percent.
The contract for a new four-by-four Chevrolet Sierra pickup with plow was awarded to Emerson Chevrolet for $24,900, which is less than budgeted.
Quirk’s Ford of Augusta was awarded the contract for four 2006 Ford Crown Victoria police cars in a lease-purchase agreement for $20,000 each, less $4,000 each for three 2003 trade-ins.
Also approved was $131,000 in year-end transfers between various line items to balance accounts.
After reviewing library renovation plans and price quotes, selectmen approved spending approximately $62,000 to upgrade lighting and the heating system.
Two items were tabled for the new Town Council to address in July: a request from David Rider of the Riverside Trail Riders to use town property in the area of the Pinewoods Road landfill; and final acceptance of the Sabattus River boat launch plans, which include $12,000 for paving and $10,000 for landscaping.
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