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Commission approves consultant contract to design TIP scholarship program
Summary
Penobscot County commissioners approved a contract to hire a consultant through the Northern Workforce Development Board to draft a tax-increment-finance (TIF)‑funded scholarship program, with an initial $10,000 fee and up to $5,000 more for outreach work.
The Penobscot County Commissioners voted to contract with the Northern Workforce Development Board to develop a TIP (tax increment finance) scholarship program after an informational presentation on Nov. 18, 2025.
The commissioners authorized staff to enter a consulting agreement, with the county chair describing the proposal as “an initial $10,000 statement to cover 120 hour roughly duration of the project with the possibility of an additional $5,000 for outreach” (speaker identified in the transcript as the chair). The consulting scope presented to the commission included drafting standard…
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