MEXICO — The Board of Selectmen will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Town Office to continue discussion on the legalities of a recently approved referendum question that, if approved, would place a cap on the operating costs of the town.
During the April 30 selectmen’s meeting, the board voted to put resident Albert Aniel’s tax ordinance proposal on the warrant for the annual town meeting. Aniel said his ordinance would “cap the operating cost of the town at $2,726,731, which is a 10 percent decrease in the previous year’s operating cost.”
Before the board approved the ordinance, Selectman George Byam suggested that the town get a legal opinion on whether the ordinance would take effect in 2013 or 2014.
According to the ordinance, if residents approve it at the annual town meeting in June, it would be locked in for five years.
Aniel said he drafted the ordinance due to the tax increases that the town has experienced in the past few years. He said if if the ordinance were approved by voters, it would go into effect immediately.
In other business, selectmen will also hold a public hearing to discuss renewing the liquor license of the Chicken Coop restaurant.
The board will also enter two separate executive sessions to discuss a personnel matter with the Recreation Department and a legal matter with the Maine Human Rights Commission.
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