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Caribou council rejects order to force $1 million cuts as budget debate continues
Summary
The Caribou City Council debated how to contain a proposed 2.5‑mill municipal increase and rejected a motion to direct the city manager to find $1,000,000 in cuts, 4–2, leaving staff to craft options ahead of upcoming meetings and the school budget vote.
Caribou — The City Council rejected a motion to direct City Manager Penny Thompson to cut $1,000,000 from the municipal 2025 budget on a 4–2 roll call, prolonging debate over how to limit a proposed 2.5‑mill municipal increase.
The vote came after more than an hour of discussion in which councilors and the manager outlined staffing shortfalls, recent hiring gaps in police and fire and the mechanics of the city’s capital and operational spending. Council members said they wished to avoid immediate, across‑the‑board reductions that would undermine…
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