FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted Tuesday to officially change the name of the dispatch center to the Franklin County Regional Communications Center. They also accepted a mission statement for the center that opened on April 25. Center Director Stan Wheeler told commissioners that the move went as well as expected. With the move, dispatchers […]
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Panel to review proposed $5.65 million Franklin County budget
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners have proposed a $5.65 million budget for 2014-15. It reflects an increase of about 2.5 percent, or $192,468, from the current budget. The budget figure also covers $1.6 million for the jail. Under the proposal, if the Budget Advisory Committee makes no changes, taxpayers would be asked to raise about […]
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Franklin County panel rejects deputy position for serving civil papers
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to reject a proposal to restructure the Civil Division and create a utility deputy position to serve civil papers. Commissioners had tabled action on Sheriff’s Scott Nichols Sr.’s proposal April 1. Nichols had said the utility position would be paid from the revenue generated. It was an […]
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Franklin County commissioners waive probationary period for corrections officer
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted Tuesday to waive a six-month probationary period for Jason Hamlin, who will move from maintenance at the jail to being a corrections officer. A corrections officer will retire at the end of the month, leaving an open position. Hamlin, of Wilton, is a certified corrections officer and has four […]
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Franklin County panel contracts for new phone system
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted Tuesday to enter into a contract with GWI for a new phone system for the courthouse, the jail, the new communications center and the Sheriff’s Department office. Commissioners also authorized county Clerk Julie Magoon to sign the four agreements with the company as needed for the system. The annual […]
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Franklin County commissioners approve hiring deputy
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted Tuesday to allow Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. to hire Andrew J. Morgan of Augusta as a patrol deputy, providing he passes a psychological exam. Morgan will start April 1. Commissioners gave Nichols conditional approval to hire a Winthrop man to fill the vacancy March 4, pending him passing examinations […]
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Recorded evidence indicates section of Madrid Township road is private
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners received the surveyor’s results on the upper East Madrid Road in Madrid Township. It appears that 0.7 mile at the end of the road, where the county has been doing winter maintenance, is a private road and not under the jurisdiction of the county, Commissioner Gary McGrane of Jay said Tuesday. […]
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Salem Township woman appointed to TIF committee
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted Tuesday to appoint Leanna Target of Salem Township to a review committee to grade and make recommendations on a tax increment financing grant and scholarship applications. Target is the administrative assistant for the town of Kingfield. Commissioners also accepted the resignation of Ginni Robie of Madrid Township from the […]
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Franklin commissioners vote to pay $92,124 to state Board of Corrections
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted Tuesday to make a $92,124 payment to the state Board of Corrections for the county’s jail. The panel voted in September to withhold the first payment of 2013-14 until a state blue ribbon commission issued a report on a unified county jail system in early December. That decision came […]
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Franklin County OKs contract with patrol deputies
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted 2-1 Tuesday to approve a four-year contract that gives patrol deputies retroactive pay and wage increases, county Clerk Julie Magoon said. Commissioner Fred Hardy of New Sharon opposed the vote, she said. The contract is in the process of being signed. It runs from July 1, 2012, to June […]