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Norway council adopts 2024–25 budget package, approves utility rate action and local paving contract
Summary
The Norway City Council approved a package of resolutions to adopt the fiscal 2024–25 operating and capital budgets, adopted pay-rate and utility-rate measures and awarded a $488,900 bid to Pay and Dolan for the 2024 local paving project, plus a $10,000 addition for Trevis Farm Road.
The Norway City Council approved a bundle of resolutions to adopt its fiscal 2024–25 operating and capital improvement budgets and several related measures, awarded a local paving contract to Pay and Dolan and agreed to a small additional authorization for work on Trevis Farm Road.
Councilors moved to adopt the 2024–25 budget package, which staff said consists of several separate resolutions covering the overall budget, a major-to-local street fund transfer and other line items. The council also moved to recommend adoption of a resolution setting pay rates for non-union employees for fiscal year 2024–25.
Separately, the council voted to adopt a general utility and service rate resolution for fiscal 2024–25; one council member recorded a dissenting vote on an electric-fund increase that had been bundled into the measure.
On public works, staff reported that the low bid for the 2024 local paving project came from Pay and Dolan Construction at $488,900 and that Coleman Engineering recommended awarding the contract to the firm. Councilors approved the award and approved an additional $10,000 to have Pay and Dolan remove the failing asphalt on about 700 feet of Trevis Farm Road and return that segment to gravel (staff previously estimated $7,000–$10,000 for that work).
Staff told the council the roughly $7,000 difference between the bid and the estimate for the major/local road fund would be covered by existing balances and was not expected to require a budget amendment. Council discussion focused on timing and contractor availability; staff said the work could start in September and might extend into spring but did not promise a calendar guarantee.
The council also discussed a proposed line in the budget that would allow hiring a seasonal parks maintenance supervisor at $20 per hour to oversee seasonal student workers; a councilor said including the position in the budget does not obligate the city to fill it and that the city could instead hire an additional seasonal student if preferred.
No detailed roll-call tallies for each individual resolution were recorded in the transcript extract; the meeting record shows motions advanced and measures approved during the session.
The meeting concluded with customary mayor and council remarks and an adjournment.
