HARTFORD — Annual town elections Tuesday, June 14, at the Town Hall will decide on a selectman, town clerk, treasurer and tax collector, as well as a moderator.
Selectman Peg Poskus is running unopposed for a three-year term and Deputy Clerk Barbara Robinson and Elizabeth Plumley are seeking the jobs of clerk, treasurer and tax collector.
The annual town meeting continues at 9 a.m. Saturday, June 18, at Town Hall with the remaining items on the 54-article warrant.
The first item is electing or appointing a General Assistance director, an assessor, five Budget Committee members and a fire warden, all for one-year terms.
Other articles are:
* $171,910 for summer roads, a $21,147 increase from last year;
* $50,000 for summer roads reserve account, same as last year;
* $244,859 for winter roads; $88 more than last year;
* $88,755 for solid waste curbside pickup and recycling services, and Transfer Station operation, nearly $2,100 less than last year;
* $84,581 for public safety, $2,242 more than last year;
* $138,743 for administration, an increase of $8,168 from last year; and
* $9,400 for the revaluation reserve account, an increase of $5,800 from last year.
“We will plan to have a revaluation beginning this spring/summer,” Selectman Lee Holman said in an email. “My understanding is that this is to begin saving toward the next one.”
Holman said an increase in the amount for cemeteries — from $1,850 last year to $2,200 this year — is for requested repairs.
An $8,000 increase for the Town Hall — from $1,188 to $9,188 — is to pay for a roof over the wheelchair ramp at the hall.
Other funding requests include:
• $1,200 for The Hartford News;
• $2,000 for the Recreation Department;
• $600 for the Hartford Heritage Society;
• $741 for area snowmobile clubs for maintenance;
• $300 for the Hartford Food Bank;
• $795 for Androscoggin Home Care & Hospice;
• $1,000 for Community Concepts;
• $2,500 for Rural Community Action Ministry;
• $510 for SeniorsPlus;
• $1,500 for Tri County Mental Health;
• $650 for Lake Region Senior Service;
• $593 for Lifeflight;
• $800 for the Zadoc Long Free Library; and
• $1,500 for Buckfield Recreation.
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