FARMINGTON — The majority of Franklin County commissioners voted Tuesday to accept the county Budget Advisory Committee’s recommendations for a $6.19 million budget for 2017-18, with proposed stipend adjustments. Commissioner Clyde Barker of Strong opposed some amounts for program grants that received reduced funding or no funding. The nonunion stipend adjustments will be taken up […]
commissioners
Posted inFranklin
Franklin County to hold public hearing proposed $6.2 million budget
FARMINGTON — The Franklin County budget panel will hold a public hearing Wednesday on a proposed $6.2 million budget for 2017-18. The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. on June 7 at the Franklin County Courthouse. In the commissioners’ proposed budget and Budget Advisory Committee’s preliminary budget, $2 million of the total budget is for […]
advertisement
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Androscoggin County Sheriff Office adds domestic violence investigator
Androscoggin County Building in Auburn. AUBURN — The Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office will dedicate one of its Criminal Investigations Division’s detectives to handling domestic violence cases. Sheriff Eric Samson identified the community need and deficiency in his department in consultation with his administrative team. “This provides us the chance to put a more complete case […]
Posted inFranklin
Franklin County to sell older model dispatch console to Carrabassett Valley
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners agreed Tuesday to sell the 12-year-old Motorola radio dispatch console at the Communications Center to Carrabassett Valley for $2,000. Commissioner Terry Brann of Wilton abstained since he was not involved in the purchase of the new console with four dispatch stations in December 2016. He became a commissioner on Jan. […]
Posted inFranklin
Franklin County to begin budget talks April 18
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners will begin reviewing a draft budget for 2017-18 on Tuesday, April 18, at the commissioners’ office in the Franklin County Courthouse. The review will begin at noon with program grants. Budget talks will continue Wednesday, April 19, with department budgets. The Register of Deeds budget presentation is scheduled for 9 […]
Posted inFranklin
Franklin County hires two dispatchers
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted Tuesday to hire two new dispatchers to fill vacancies at the Regional Communications Center. Center Director Stan Wheeler said Jeannine Fletcher of Wilton was the top candidate. She would be a full-time night dispatcher. She has extensive experience with computer programs and “great background in providing excellent customer service,” […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Report: More than 70 percent of jail inmates have mental illness
AUBURN — The Androscoggin County Commission heard a presentation Wednesday from a Bates College student who did her senior thesis on mental illness at the county jail. Katie Stevenson, who worked in cooperation with the Androscoggin County Jail and Tri-County Mental Health Services, reported her findings and answered several questions from the commissioners for more […]
Posted inFranklin
Franklin County clerk raises concerns on proposed jail budget
FARMINGTON — Franklin County Clerk Julie Magoon expressed concerns Tuesday to commissioners about the proposed jail budget for 2017-18 being over the state-mandated 3 percent cap. The jail budget is treated separate from the county budget. “The jail budget is bare-bones,” she said. There is nowhere to cut in the current numbers because of obligations, […]
Posted inUncategorized
Oxford County jail administrator to resign
PARIS — The Oxford County commissioners voted recently to accept a resignation letter from Oxford County Jail Administrator Ed Quinn. County Administrator Scott Cole said Quinn had held a variety of posts at the jail over the years, and that his initial employment was May 1980. “That’s around the same time that Mount St. Helens […]
Posted inOxford Hills, Uncategorized
Oxford County jail administrator to resign
PARIS — The Oxford County commissioners voted recently to accept a resignation letter from Oxford County Jail Administrator Ed Quinn. County Administrator Scott Cole said Quinn had held a variety of posts at the jail over the years, and that his initial employment was May 1980. “That’s around the same time that Mount St. Helens […]