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Buckfield Select Board adopts updated general assistance ordinance based on MMA model
Summary
The Select Board approved updates to the town's general assistance ordinance using the Maine Municipal Association model, adding clearer service-delivery standards, updated 2025 maximums, clarified application channels and appeals timelines; town budget impact described as modest with state reimbursement.
The Buckfield Select Board on Feb. 3 adopted updates to the town’s general assistance ordinance based on the Maine Municipal Association model, citing clearer definitions, updated benefit maximums and more detailed service-delivery standards.
Cameron, who presented the changes at a pre-meeting public hearing, said the model ordinance incorporates 2025 cost-of-living and fair-market-rent adjustments and reorganizes maximum assistance amounts into a standardized appendix structure intended for annual updates. "So every year, MMA will update the model ordinance, which the town of Buckfield has always adopted, and…
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