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Selectmen keep June 10 election date after discussion on moving town meeting earlier
Summary
Skowhegan selectmen voted to keep the town election on June 10 and debated a proposal from the town manager to move the town meeting earlier in the year to give contractors and residents more time to plan. The board did not set a new town meeting date and asked for more information about union negotiations, budgets and timing.
Skowhegan Selectmen voted to set the town election for June 10, 7 a.m.–8 p.m., while continuing a wider discussion about whether the annual town meeting should be moved earlier in the year.
The town manager had urged the board to consider moving town meeting from June to an earlier month so residents would learn tax impacts sooner and contractors could plan work without waiting until June for an answer. The manager said Maine Municipal Association (MMA) guidance indicates budgets are typically done in March but that the MMA left the timing to municipal officers’ discretion; he told the board he planned to have department budgets ready by March and present them to the board and the budget committee at…
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