by Mary Grow At their Oct. 15 meeting, China selectmen approved spending more than voters authorized for two different town problems. They took the major over-expenditure, in the legal account, from the legal reserve fund set up for such situations, and the minor one from the $55,000 contingency fund voters gave them at the March […]
by Mary Grow VASSALBORO — Relations among major Vassalboro town departments seem to be running smoothly, according to an Oct. 4 discussion of public safety and law enforcement issues and communication between town and school officials. The exception, perhaps a minor one, is a potential change in the services that dispatch emergency personnel. Currently, Vassalboro […]
by Mary Grow The five (out of seven) China Budget Committee members at a special Sept. 26 meeting unanimously accepted Town Manager Dennis Heath’s proposal that the committee assume an advisory role in town investment decisions. Part of the draft financial policy Heath has developed says that town funds will be invested as recommended by […]
by Mary Grow China selectmen settled two issues they and Town Manager Dennis Heath have been working on for weeks at their Oct. 1 meeting. By unanimous votes, the four board members present: Approved Heath’s policy on internal financial controls, which includes, among other things, the requirement that town checks have two signatures and an […]
by Mary Grow For the second month in a row, Vassalboro Planning Board members commended the only applicants before them for a well-prepared application and approved it unanimously with only a brief discussion. Susan B. and Al Traylor’s plan to enlarge their camp at 54 Birch Point Road, on Webber Pond, met Vassalboro’s shoreland requirements, […]
by Mary Grow Vassalboro selectmen begin their Thursday, Oct. 4, meeting with a 6:30 p.m. public hearing on amendments to the appendices to the General Assistance Ordinance. In a typical year, amendments slightly increase general assistance allowances, in conformity with state-wide changes. Other major business items on the Oct. 4 agenda include reviewing bids for […]
by Mary Grow VASSALBORO – With Chairman Lauchlin Titus unable to attend their Sept. 20 meeting, selectmen postponed the main planned business, a discussion of issues related to police and dispatching services, to their Oct. 4 meeting, scheduled for 6:30 p.m. in the town office. The two board members present approved the major business item […]
by Mary Grow China voters have on their Nov. 6 ballots five referendum questions and in annual local elections one contest and two vacancies. The candidate list provided by Town Clerk Becky Hapgood shows four candidates for three positions on the Board of Selectmen. Incumbents Jeffrey LaVerdiere and Donna Mills-Stevens each seek another two-year term; […]
by Mary Grow China TIF (Tax Increment Finance) Committee members heard a presentation on the China Lake alewife restoration project, or ARI (Alewife Restoration Initiative), at their Sept. 24 meeting, preliminary to an application for financial assistance expected at their Oct. 22 meeting. Landis Hudson, of Maine Rivers, Frank Richards, president of the Webber Pond […]
by Mary Grow CHINA — With only three of the six China Planning Board members present at the Sept. 25 board meeting, decisions were postponed on both topics discussed. Codes Officer Paul Mitnik recommends asking voters to approve amendments to the Land Use Ordinance, some merely clarifications, others more substantive. Board members will consider his […]