FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to buy a new dispatch radio console with four dispatch stations and to have it installed at the Regional Communications Center. Half the money will come out of the county’s undesignated fund and the other half will come from the tax-increment financing agreement the county has for […]
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Franklin County approves $1 million unorganized territory budget
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted 2-1 Monday night to approve a $1 million budget for the unorganized territory for 2017-18, county Clerk Julie Magoon said Tuesday. The spending package did not include $100,000 for a proposed sheriff’s deputy and cruiser dedicated to patrolling the unorganized territory. Commissioners Gary McGrane of Jay and Charles Webster […]
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Franklin County to hold hearing on proposed $1.16 million UT budget
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners will hold a public hearing Monday, Dec. 12, on a proposed $1.16 million unorganized territory budget for 2017-18. The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. at the Eustis Community Building. Commissioners voted Tuesday to move $678,114 from the unorganized territory’s unassigned funds, formerly known as undesignated, into a capital […]
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Commission to get price on dispatch console
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners have agreed to let the county’s communications director get a price on a new dispatch console that will factor in cash payment. Communications Director Stan Wheeler asked commissioners to revisit the issue of getting a new dispatch console for the regional communications center. The console manages radio communications. Commissioners postponed buying a […]
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Chesterville woman hired as Franklin County webmaster
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to hire Rachel Heseltine as webmaster for the county. The decision followed an executive session. She was selected from among four qualified candidates, county Clerk Julie Magoon said. The interview committee was made up of Magoon; Jim Desjardins, IT systems administrator; Vickie Braley, financial manager; and Sarah […]
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Four Franklin County employees apply for webmaster position
FARMINGTON — Four Franklin County employees have applied for the new position of county webmaster. Interviews will be conducted by an interview team the week of Nov. 28. The county’s website, www.franklincounty.maine.gov, was created and launched in February by Lorna Nichols, cook supervisor at the jail. It had 15,402 hits on it by noon Tuesday. Nichols, […]
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Applications being accepted for Emergency Conservation Program
FARMINGTON — Franklin County USDA Farm Service Agency Executive Director Gary J. Raymond announced that Franklin County is approved to accept applications for the Emergency Conservation Program to address damages from this season’s drought. ECP sign-up will begin Nov. 15 and end Dec. 15. According to Raymond, approved ECP practices under this authorization include wells, […]
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Correction: Unorganized territory residents pay for services
FARMINGTON — A story published on Page B1 of the Region edition Wednesday should have said municipal services Franklin County provides to residents of the unorganized territory are charged only to those residents. It was a reporting error.
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Franklin County sheriff proposes deputy to patrol unorganized territory
FARMINGTON — Sheriff Scott Nichols Sr. on Tuesday proposed creating a deputy position dedicated to patrolling the unorganized territory, paid for through the unorganized territory budget. The deputy would provide additional protection and law enforcement presence to the people in northern Franklin County, Nichols said. The proposed unorganized territory budget for Franklin County is $1.28 […]