FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners voted Tuesday to approve a proposed $1.16 million budget for the unorganized territory for 2019-20, county Clerk Julie Magoon said. The action followed a public hearing on the proposal, which is $33,152 more than the current budget. The majority of the increase is due to increases in snow removal contracts, […]
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Oxford County faces loss of money for unorganized territories
PARIS — The Maine House of Representatives has approved an amendment to a bill that would remove $100,000 from Oxford County’s unorganized territory budget to prevent a bridge from being built on a private road in Parkertown Township, county Administrator Scott Cole said. However, Cole said a bridge was “never proposed in the unorganized territory […]
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County officials request warranty change for dispatch system
FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners approved a letter Tuesday to Zetron Inc. requesting that the one-year warranty on the dispatch console system begin after the next software installation and be followed with a two-year extended-service plan. The Franklin County Regional Communications Center’s Zetron Max Dispatch console system, installed in spring 2017, has had audio issues, […]
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Franklin County's state 2018 valuation down slightly
Source: Maine Revenue Services FARMINGTON — The towns of Jay and Carrabassett Valley are $9.55 million apart in state valuation for 2018, with Jay’s the higher of the two. It is quite a difference from 2014 when Jay’s value was $1 billion and Carrabassett Valley’s was $559 million. According to Dave Cota, town manager of […]
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Oxford County Commissioners discuss bridge for unorganized territory
PARIS — Oxford County commissioners spent nearly an hour Tuesday morning discussing whether they should build a bridge for residents of a plot of unorganized territory in northern Oxford County. County Administrator Scott Cole explained Tuesday that county commissioners were informally petitioned by a number of property owners in “north country” to look at a situation […]
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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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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 […]
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Franklin County sets hearing on territory budget
FARMINGTON – Franklin County commissioners will hold a public hearing Dec. 7 on a $1.16 million spending plan for the unorganized territory in 2016-17. The proposal is $18,988 less than the current budget. The hearing is at 9 a.m. in the commissioners’ office at the Franklin County courthouse. Commissioners are required to approve the budget […]