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Votes: assessing contract accepted; budget committee changes Tuesday meeting start time
Summary
At its Feb. 5 meeting the Rangeley Budget Committee voted to accept the town manager’s assessing contract amount and later voted to shift Tuesday meetings to 5:30 p.m.; both motions passed unanimously in recorded voice votes.
The Rangeley Budget Committee recorded two formal motions during its Feb. 5 session.
The committee approved the town manager’s budget recommendation for general government assessing contract services in the total amount of $81,505. Jim (budget committee member) moved the motion, Mark (budget committee member) seconded, and the tally was recorded as 6 yes, 0 no.
Later in the meeting the committee voted to change meeting start times: Tuesday meetings will begin at 5:30 p.m. and Thursday meetings will remain at 5:00 p.m. A budget committee member moved the change; Mark seconded and Colin also recorded a second. The motion carried by unanimous voice vote.
Nut graf: These votes record the committee’s procedural and line‑item decisions at this stage of budget review. The assessing contract acceptance is a recorded endorsement of the manager’s recommended contract line; the schedule change is a procedural convenience the committee approved for member availability.
Supporting details: The assessing contract motion was presented by a committee member as “I’ll make a motion that we accept the town manager's budget for general government assessment. I'll make it 81505,” and was seconded on the record; the chair called for votes and recorded the result as 6‑0. The meeting‑time motion was proposed near the close of the session and was adopted by voice vote.
Ending: The committee continued other budget discussions after the votes; additional budget items were tabled for follow‑up at the next scheduled meeting.
