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Budget committee splits on some social-service requests, approves $15,075 total
Summary
After reviewing requested amounts totaling $17,575 versus the Select Board/Town Manager recommendation of $15,075, the committee voted to act on each social agency individually and approved allocations that sum to $15,075; two agencies received $0 appropriations as recorded.
The North Berwick Budget Committee reviewed Article 39 for Social Services on March 4 and approved a package of individual agency allocations totaling $15,075.
Chairperson Rebecca Reed read the article and Dwayne Morin reviewed the list of agencies and the requested amounts alongside the Select Board/Town Manager recommendations. The requested total across agencies was $17,575 while the SB/TM recommended total was $15,075.
Following discussion, Gregg Drew moved and Stephanie Camire seconded that the committee act on each agency individually; the motion passed 10-1. The committee then recorded votes on each agency appropriation. Among the outcomes: Caring Unlimited $1,493 (11-0); York County Community Action $2,250 (11-0); Southern Maine Agency on Aging $3,300 (11-0); LifeFlight $500 (11-0); MPBN $150 (7-4); York County Child Abuse $1,000 (11-0); Southern Maine Veteran’s Cemetery $1,000 (11-0); Seacoast AIDS $0 (6-5); Cornerstone VNA $3,982 (11-0); Sweester $0 (8-3); North Berwick Food Pantry $500 (11-0). The final funded total recorded in the minutes is $15,075.
The committee completed the social-services portion of the warrant with recorded tallies for each line item; no public comment was recorded on these votes during the meeting.
