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Penobscot County commissioners approve roughly $1.01M of cuts and revenue additions, set Dec. 23 public hearing
Summary
After extensive line‑by‑line review, commissioners adopted departmental reductions and agreed to include $150,000 of registry of deeds revenue, producing an aggregate of about $1.01 million in reductions and revenue adjustments to present at a Dec. 23 public hearing.
Penobscot County commissioners voted Dec. 17 to present a revised 2026 budget to a public hearing on Dec. 23 that reflects departmental reductions and revenue assumptions intended to meet a roughly $1 million target set by the budget committee.
Chair Andre Cushing summarized the work: commissioners and staff identified approximately $860,000 in departmental reductions and, by voting to include $150,000 of registry of deeds revenue, brought the aggregate to about $1,010,000. "If we were to include that revenue line at $150,000 that gets…
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