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[0:42] yes

[0:55] all right again

[1:24] much

[1:31] good evening thank you for attending

[1:34] tonight's annual meeting

[1:36] this is certainly not a traditional

[1:39] style of annual meeting

[1:40] i don't think we want to be out here in

[1:42] the middle of march

[1:44] it's unfortunate we were shut down five

[1:47] days prior to our regular scheduled

[1:49] meeting

[1:50] but here we are tonight and we shall

[1:53] carry on

[1:54] at this time i would like to ask all in

[1:57] attendance to please continue to adhere

[1:59] to

[2:00] the guidelines no social gathering

[2:02] during or after the meeting

[2:04] keep six feet of social distance apart

[2:06] and we recommend you wear face masks

[2:09] if you need to ask a question you may

[2:11] take off your mask

[2:13] and address the audience if we cannot

[2:15] hear you please come up to the

[2:17] microphone

[2:18] in the middle of the pavilion before we

[2:21] begin

[2:22] with the election of moderator i would

[2:24] like to briefly explain

[2:25] our current budget articles that will be

[2:27] presented to you this evening

[2:30] during the months of january and

[2:31] february prior to the state's executive

[2:34] order

[2:35] the towns department heads town council

[2:38] finance director and budget committee

[2:39] members finalized our budget

[2:42] the 2020 year budget is derived from the

[2:44] 2019 revenues

[2:46] which are comprised of tax commitments

[2:49] the fund balance

[2:50] which had an increase from the previous

[2:52] year of approximately 70 000

[2:54] the betty and homestead revenues this

[2:58] year

[2:58] we had some uncontrollable increases we

[3:01] needed to factor into our calculations

[3:04] those increases which are reflected in

[3:06] the warrant articles

[3:07] are as follows we had a seven percent

[3:10] increase from our health insurance three

[3:13] percent

[3:14] cola cost of living increase for our

[3:16] union and non-union

[3:18] employees a 6.34

[3:21] professional liability increase in each

[3:23] department

[3:25] workers compensation insurance remains

[3:27] the same

[3:28] and due to a leak year we have had to

[3:30] prepare a 53 pay period into this year's

[3:33] budget

[3:34] last week we received the school's

[3:36] proposed budget

[3:38] which will be voted on sometime in july

[3:40] a 40 000

[3:42] decrease was added to fort kent's

[3:45] portion due to the school's fiscal year

[3:48] and the town's calendar year that amount

[3:51] has been adjusted to reflect the town's

[3:53] budget

[3:54] i have included inserts on page 41 to

[3:57] reflect the new numbers

[4:00] in 2019 we had a mill rate of 22.36

[4:04] and this year we are presenting a

[4:06] projected mill rate of 22.44

[4:09] an increase of 0.0008

[4:12] including the school's budget this

[4:14] relates to an eight dollar

[4:15] tax increase on a hundred thousand

[4:17] dollar home

[4:19] i would now like to elect the moderator

[4:22] i need a motion from the floor

[4:37] in order to get travis sworn in i need

[4:40] at least three ballots to vote him in

[4:42] can i ask at least three people to come

[4:44] forward to sign the ballots

[4:46] please come forward to see angela

[4:58] thank you travis you are now elected as

[5:22] moderator

[5:36] is

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[6:04] so

[6:12] a new venue a little airy

[6:15] i like it pretty rude i like it

[6:20] do you have a good meeting i like it um

[6:23] just a couple things from my standpoint

[6:26] uh we've got masks on i definitely know

[6:30] 99 of you with that said though

[6:34] when i asked when we do motions and you

[6:36] give a first or a second and i

[6:38] acknowledge you

[6:39] i would ask that you say your name even

[6:41] if you're the same person making the

[6:42] motion every time

[6:44] it helps for record keeping and every

[6:46] once in a while in all honesty i get a

[6:47] little flustered

[6:49] um the other thing too as we know with

[6:53] some town meetings or meetings in

[6:55] general there can be some items or

[6:57] articles that

[6:59] involve a bit more discussion um

[7:02] one of the practices that i do as a

[7:04] moderator is i

[7:05] time the discussion you're allowed five

[7:08] minutes per article

[7:10] um i will allow leniency on that

[7:14] but if i find at any point that the

[7:16] discussion is becoming repetitive in

[7:17] nature

[7:18] i will ask for a motion from the floor

[7:20] to continue

[7:21] the discussion or a vote from the floor

[7:24] excuse me to continue the discussion

[7:26] or to cease the discussion that just

[7:28] helps move the meeting along

[7:30] and uh make sure that everybody gets

[7:32] saved goodnight to their kiddos if they

[7:33] have young ones

[7:37] at this time we'll start with article 2.

[7:42] to see if the town will vote

[7:44] to authorize the town

[7:45] treasurer under the direction of the

[7:47] town council to accept and sell the

[7:49] property given to the town of fort kent

[7:51] from the veteran's afford foreign wars

[7:54] former

[7:54] dfw rot on august 2017

[7:58] this is tax map 18 lot six questions

[8:08] second lloyd sissy second any discussion

[8:12] on article two

[8:14] all those in favor i would ask that

[8:18] i didn't explain that but please raise

[8:20] your yes tag

[8:21] if you're in favor all those opposed

[8:26] article two moves is ready

[8:30] article three to see if the town will

[8:32] vote to raise appropriate december 462

[8:36] 102 for the administration department

[8:40] appropriating the 2019 427th

[8:45] the motion from senior bully to move

[8:48] was the second from eric bouchard and in

[8:51] discussion on article three

[8:53] larry yes there's a thirty four thousand

[8:56] dollars increase what's the reason

[9:04] so we had salaries uh increased three

[9:07] percent

[9:08] increase for our employees workers comp

[9:11] professional liability

[9:13] um stayed the same by professional

[9:15] liability went up six point three

[9:16] four percent our health insurance went

[9:19] up seven percent

[9:20] and then we have one of the employees uh

[9:23] sign on with the

[9:24] health insurance plan plus we have a 53

[9:26] pay period

[9:28] um year this year instead of 52.

[9:31] what's the chance of that next year page

[9:37] saying who works before camp how many

[9:39] years they're working for

[9:41] what they which department and what

[9:43] they're making

[9:45] um do that yeah we can and i also have

[9:49] a detailed um form if you want to come

[9:52] pick one up

[9:55] i have a detailed outline form if you

[9:59] want to see one i can bring one to you

[10:07] any further discussion on article three

[10:10] all those in favor all those opposed

[10:15] article three moves is read article 4

[10:19] to see if the town will vote to raise

[10:21] and appropriate the sum

[10:23] of 178 929

[10:26] for the planning and economic

[10:27] development department appropriated in

[10:30] 2019

[10:31] 168 731

[10:35] budget committee recommends 178 929

[10:41] danny nicholas first

[10:44] cindy bully's second any discussion on

[10:47] article four

[10:51] larry is it ten thousand dollars

[11:00] like the previous article we had salary

[11:03] increases of 3

[11:04] there's a 53 pay period we have health

[11:07] insurance that increased

[11:08] 7 and our

[11:11] professional liability also went up six

[11:13] point three four percent

[11:14] throughout all the departments

[11:18] you guys check them out for that yes we

[11:21] have

[11:21] and because because we're under a 50

[11:25] person um employer

[11:28] it's difficult to find insurance companies that will take on

[11:33] that are

[11:34] as close to comparable and without a

[11:38] high

[11:38] deductible or premium

[11:48] any further discussion on article four

[11:51] all those in favor all those opposed

[11:55] article four moves is read article five

[11:58] to see if the town will vote to raise an

[11:59] appropriate percent of seven hundred

[12:01] and forty two thousand five hundred and

[12:03] forty seven dollars for the police

[12:06] department appropriated in 2019

[12:09] 696 163

[12:12] budget committee is recommending 742

[12:16] 547

[12:21] eric first lloyd second

[12:29] 46 000 increase is that the same thing

[12:32] again

[12:33] yeah we had an employee take on health

[12:37] insurance

[12:38] and then we have we're very limited with

[12:40] our police staff so

[12:42] our police are working overtime so

[12:45] that's costing as well

[12:46] we also have the health insurance that

[12:48] went up

[12:49] um professional liability that went up

[12:52] and the salary increases our police

[12:56] officers

[12:56] are union so we have to follow the union

[12:59] contracts

[13:02] any further discussion on article 5

[13:05] all those in favor all those opposed

[13:10] article five news is

[13:18] floor to move ready 48 forward

[13:24] from paula

[13:27] i'll have you guys

[13:43] come on

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[14:01] amending the article's order which is

[14:03] fine

[14:04] all in favor

[14:07] all those opposed

[14:10] article 48 reads to see if the town will

[14:13] vote to approve

[14:14] the amendments of the town of fort kent

[14:15] zoning ordinance section 3.1 zoning

[14:18] district c

[14:19] wellhead protection overlay district

[14:21] number two 3.1 zoning districts

[14:24] c period wellhead protection overlay

[14:26] district

[14:28] two period wellhead protection overlay

[14:31] district

[14:31] there shall be no new installation or

[14:34] expansion

[14:36] there's a motion on the foot the move is

[14:38] written

[14:40] there's a second by danny

[14:43] i'll give you guys a second to read the

[14:45] article if you wish

[14:50] any discussion or an article

[14:54] mr you know or whoever

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[15:03] explain the difference between the new

[15:10] language

[15:20] the main difference in the article is to

[15:24] allow for

[15:24] bulk propane storage in the wellhead

[15:27] district area

[15:30] the way previously written we could

[15:33] store no

[15:34] new fuel tanks in the wellhead with this

[15:37] wording

[15:38] we can

[15:50] ready for the discussion on article 48

[15:53] all those in favor

[15:57] all those opposed article 48 moves is

[16:06] written

[16:08] we will now move back to article six

[16:12] to see if the town will vote to raise

[16:13] and appropriate the sum of ninety three

[16:15] thousand four hundred and forty four dollars for

[16:19] the fire department

[16:21] appropriated in 2019 85

[16:25] 763 the budget committee is recommending

[16:28] ninety three thousand four hundred and

[16:30] forty four dollars

[16:32] there first

[16:36] bully's second any discussion on article

[16:38] six

[16:40] all those in favor all those opposed

[16:45] article six moves is ready article seven

[16:48] to see if the tower votes to raise and

[16:51] appropriate the sum of nineteen thousand

[16:53] dollars

[16:54] for the fire station parking lot

[16:57] there's a motion on the floor to move

[17:01] there's a second by eric is there any

[17:03] discussion on article 7

[17:06] yeah gary lambert um my question is that

[17:09] a one-time deal that 19

[17:11] 000 or is that going to be a yearly

[17:12] ordeal

[17:16] what specifically is that for me for the

[17:17] parking lot um

[17:23] okay all right thank you thank you

[17:26] they're 19 000. this year

[17:29] hey we're looking at thousand dollars

[17:31] increasing

[17:34] i mean we can maybe skip it here try and

[17:37] save some taxes over here

[17:52] the reason we are asking for it this

[17:54] year we have skipped

[17:56] several years the parking lot that's

[17:57] there now is the original one when the

[18:00] building was built in 1987

[18:03] uh it's just crumbling almost to nothing

[18:05] and that's not just a parking lot it's

[18:07] our ramp for our fire apparatus

[18:09] where we test holes and we train on it

[18:11] right now we can't even stand up

[18:26] and that's doing the bare minimum we're

[18:28] not tearing the whole thing out

[18:30] we're patching and resurfacing one area

[18:32] and the only reason we're tearing the

[18:34] whole thing out in some places

[18:36] if we can't build it up too high the

[18:37] water will run into the firehouse

[18:39] so we're doing this as cheap we as we

[18:41] can

[18:43] i tried to make it a little wider there

[18:45] but they wouldn't do it

[18:51] any further discussion on article 7 all

[18:54] those in favor

[18:56] all those opposed article seven moves is

[18:59] ready

[19:01] article eight to see if the town was

[19:03] both to raise and appropriate

[19:08] that was

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[19:18] for the public works department

[19:20] appropriated in 2019

[19:36] big increase

[19:41] again we have the three percent union

[19:44] increase

[19:44] that we we have to follow the union

[19:47] contracts

[19:49] we have to follow union contracts um

[19:52] we also have the professional liability

[19:55] of six point three four percent

[19:57] health insurance of seven percent and a

[20:00] 53

[20:00] pay period just that adding that one

[20:03] extra pay period

[20:04] does

[20:15] all those opposed articles

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[20:32] second any discussion on article nine

[20:36] arrows in favor all those are pros

[20:41] article nine news is written article 10

[20:45] to see if the talent

[20:51] for the recreation and parks department

[20:53] appropriated in 2019

[20:55] 250 3 658

[21:00] budget committee recommends 264

[21:03] thousands

[21:04] there's a motion by assuming the move is

[21:06] written

[21:08] is there a second uh error

[21:12] is the second and i'll open articles

[21:18] i thought everything was close you

[21:20] should be saving some money

[21:25] it goes back to the union

[21:31] yeah travis i got a question now uh at

[21:34] this point in time i'd like to know the

[21:35] status of the skating rink

[21:37] we have a recent high school graduate

[21:39] eden parody did an extraordinary

[21:42] well thought out plan to save the fort

[21:44] can skating right to move it to the

[21:45] lonesome pine ski area i just want to

[21:48] know

[21:49] what the status of that project is okay

[21:54] that is not on this year's uh that's not

[21:56] on this year's warrant article

[21:58] so we're we're still working on that and

[22:00] if um

[22:01] in the near future maybe next year's one

[22:04] article will have something

[22:05] on that one thank you any further

[22:08] discussion on article 10

[22:13] all in favor all those opposed

[22:18] article 10 moves is written

[22:22] article 11 to see if the town will vote

[22:25] to raise and appropriate

[22:26] the sum of thirty six thousand five

[22:28] hundred dollars for the public library

[22:30] appropriated in 2019 32 400

[22:33] budget committee recommends 36 500.

[22:37] lloyd is first cindy second

[22:42] any discussion on article 11

[22:45] all those in favor all those opposed

[22:50] article 11 moves is ready

[23:03] any discussion on article 12

[23:14] these are roads that we've already

[23:15] repaired this came before

[23:18] a warrant article in 2016 and this was

[23:21] approved in 2016 for a 10-year loan

[23:25] and we have seven years left on this

[23:27] particular loan

[23:31] any further discussion on article 12 all

[23:34] those in favor

[23:36] all those opposed article 12 moves is

[23:40] written article 13

[23:43] to see if the town will vote to raise

[23:45] and appropriate to some

[23:46] 123 390

[23:49] for the road improvement loan payment

[23:51] 2018

[23:53] a appropriating sydney

[23:56] there's a motion on the court

[23:57] considering the move is written

[23:59] seconded by danny is there any

[24:02] discussion on article 13.

[24:05] all those in favor all those are full

[24:10] article 13

[24:14] article 14 to see if the town will vote

[24:16] to raise appropriate the sum of twenty

[24:18] nine thousand three hundred and ten

[24:19] dollars

[24:20] for the public works facilities loan

[24:22] payment appropriated 2019

[24:24] 30 584 budget committee is recommending

[24:28] 29

[24:30] 310.

[24:42] no that's for the public works

[24:44] facilities building and we have three

[24:46] years left on this loan

[24:48] so was that a 10-year 10-year loan

[24:51] tony that you're yeah that was a 20. 20. so that was a

[24:58] 20-year loan and we have three years

[24:59] left

[25:00] on that

[25:05] any further discussion on article 14

[25:08] all those in favor uh those opposed

[25:11] article 14 is that article 15.

[25:15] see if the town will vote to raise and

[25:17] appropriate the sum of 58

[25:18] 728 there's an emotion on the floor by

[25:22] cindy the move is written

[25:37] 58 000 for what at least is it on lease

[25:41] or anything

[25:42] it's at least purchased it's for

[25:46] five years

[25:51] we finished paying on the street sweeper

[25:55] last year was our last payment so then

[25:57] tony needed to upgrade equipment

[25:59] so we leased out uh john deere greater

[26:02] and the amount is as presented 58 000

[26:05] for five years

[26:10] further discussion on article 15

[26:13] all those in favor all those opposed

[26:17] article 15 moves is written

[26:20] article 16.

[26:26] any further discretion or any discussion

[26:28] on article 16

[26:30] yes

[26:35] that's a new snowball

[26:38] any further discussion on 16 all those

[26:42] in favor

[26:43] all those opposed article 16 moves is

[26:47] written article 17

[26:51] to see if the town will vote to raise

[26:52] and appropriate for seven thirty five

[26:54] thousand eight hundred seven dollars

[26:56] for the fire truck lease payment

[26:59] appropriate in 2019

[27:01] 45 807 20 is recommending 35

[27:05] 800 seven dollars

[27:08] first target second

[27:14] in the discussion of article 17 there

[27:18] i told you we were not paying attention

[27:22] how many more years have we had

[27:37] any further discussion on 17

[27:41] all those in favor all those opposed

[27:46] article 17 news is ready

[27:49] to see if the down votes are raised in

[27:50] appropriate december 4 000

[27:52] for general assistance appropriated in

[27:54] 2019

[27:55] four thousand dollars

[27:59] as written

[28:03] eric's seconds there's any discussion on

[28:07] article 18.

[28:10] all those in favor all those are closed

[28:14] article 18 moves is written

[28:18] article 19 to see if the tower votes to

[28:20] raise and appropriate the sum of a

[28:22] hundred thousand dollars

[28:24] there's a motion by cindy the move is

[28:26] written

[28:27] there is a second

[28:42] what is it

[28:56] maine payment for the hydrant

[29:05] any further discussion on 19 all those

[29:09] in favor

[29:10] all those opposed article 19 news is

[29:14] written article 20.

[29:19] there's a move there's a motion on the

[29:20] floor by danny the move is written

[29:23] by cindy is there any discussion

[29:28] all those in favor all those opposed

[29:32] article 20 moon was as written

[29:36] article 21 to see if the town was

[29:39] to raise and appropriate the sum of

[29:40] three hundred and seventy nine thousand

[29:42] seven hundred and forty dollars

[29:43] for the solid waste disposal what was

[29:45] written

[29:47] there's a motion to move is written by

[29:49] cindy

[29:50] is there a second stop second

[29:54] start here

[29:57] any discussion on 21 all those in favor

[30:02] all those opposed article 21 moves as

[30:05] written article 22 to see if the town

[30:09] will vote to raise and appropriate the

[30:10] sum of 45 000 for the streets of

[30:12] electricity

[30:13] street light electricity motion by air

[30:17] to move

[30:18] forward is there a second like dark tag

[30:27] one point uh first of all i want to

[30:30] compliment the towns

[30:31] town council and town manager for

[30:33] converting to led lighting as far as the

[30:36] street lights it's

[30:37] like night and day all over town it's

[30:38] incredible difference so

[30:40] thank you but my question is on those

[30:43] downtown main street victorian

[30:45] light posts um for years and years we

[30:48] had the frosted glass on it and i

[30:50] believe

[30:50] tony and company did a trial experience

[30:53] with some clear glass to make it a

[30:54] little more visible

[30:56] i want to know at what point that

[30:58] project has

[30:59] proven to be successful

[31:03] well we're we're not completely done i

[31:05] don't know if you notice the bucket

[31:06] truck we did right here

[31:08] south side we're coming back yeah and if

[31:10] you go through

[31:11] town at night we notice quite a

[31:13] difference all right you can see where

[31:15] the light

[31:16] the other ones you can't see yeah so the

[31:18] whole thing is going to be converted

[31:19] yes oh wonderful by the end of the week

[31:22] yeah

[31:23] great news okay thank you any further

[31:27] discussion on 22

[31:29] all those in favor all those opposed

[31:32] article 22 moves as read

[31:38] article 23 to see if the time will vote

[31:41] to raise and appropriate the sum of five

[31:42] thousand dollars for tax abatements

[31:45] appropriated in 2019 five thousand

[31:47] dollars

[31:48] budgetary recommends five thousand

[31:50] dollars

[31:53] first from eric second from scott

[31:57] i need a session on article 23

[32:00] all those in favor all those opposed

[32:04] article 23 moves as read article 24

[32:09] to see if the town will vote to raise

[32:10] and appropriate to sound a few thousand

[32:12] dollars

[32:22] is there any discussion

[32:26] all those in favor all those opposed

[32:31] article 24 moves as written

[32:34] article 25 to see if the town will vote

[32:37] to raise and appropriate the sum of

[32:38] seventy thousand

[32:39] four dollars for the ambulance service

[32:41] inc

[32:42] appropriated in 2019 78 539

[32:46] dr kennedy is recommending 78 thousand

[32:48] four dollars

[32:50] saw haley first tag at second

[32:53] and a discussion on under

[33:07] now they own that building in town over

[33:10] here

[33:11] that officer did they pay taxes on that

[33:19] what do you mean they're not paying

[33:21] taxes why no they take that

[33:32] the hospitals schools don't pay taxes on

[33:35] the buildings that they

[33:38] own okay now do they pay taxes on their

[33:41] equipment

[33:42] uh personal property equipment

[33:46] why can't we charge them for that

[33:54] and municipal government churches are

[33:56] all exempt from

[33:57] taxes real estate and personal property

[34:02] they could pay their their share

[34:15] all those in favor all those opposed

[34:28] appropriated in 2019 is recommending

[34:32] 1500.

[34:45] explain first time this year we have

[34:48] that

[34:50] so last year we had the 150th

[34:52] anniversary

[34:54] and we had appropriated five thousand

[34:56] dollars from the town for

[34:57] marketing our 150th anniversary and then

[35:00] we had also appropriate 2500

[35:02] for the 150th committee group so that

[35:06] was 7 500

[35:07] that we had committed to our taxes so we

[35:10] don't have that this year

[35:12] so we decided to add a 1500

[35:15] town marketing so when we do i need to

[35:17] publicize something

[35:18] we have some funds to publicize and work

[35:22] and try to get some business into town

[35:26] or

[35:26] whatever it might be just market

[35:28] ourselves

[35:32] wait for the discussion on 26 all those

[35:36] in favor

[35:37] all those are closed articles

[35:47] [Music]

[35:54] i'll give you a second to review it

[35:57] there any discussion on article 27

[36:01] all those in favor all those are told

[36:04] article 27 moves as written

[36:08] article 28 to see if the town will vote

[36:10] to raise

[36:11] sum of fifty nine thousand fifty five

[36:13] dollars for a town share

[36:14] the operation there's an uh there's a

[36:17] request to move is written

[36:19] by cindy is there a second

[36:23] i can't see john there's a second from

[36:27] john

[36:28] uh any discussion on article 28

[36:32] all those in favor all those opposed

[36:36] article 28 moves as written

[36:40] article 29 to see if the town will vote

[36:44] to transfer the amount not to exceed one

[36:46] million

[36:46] seven hundred and eighty eight thousand

[36:48] twenty dollars and seventy one cents

[36:50] from the revenues listed below to reduce

[36:52] the tax the 2020 tax commitment

[36:55] 2019 revenues i'm

[36:58] going to give you a thank you uh

[37:01] motion to move as written

[37:05] is there a second start haley second

[37:08] any discussion on article 29

[37:12] all those in favor all those opposed

[37:16] article 29 moves as written

[37:21] article 30. there's a motion to move

[37:26] there's by danny there's a second by

[37:27] scott

[37:29] i'll give you folks a second to review

[37:35] any it on article 30.

[37:39] all those in favor all those opposed

[37:43] article 30 moves as written

[37:48] article 31 to see if the town will hope

[37:51] to authorize the town council to

[37:53] transfer year-end unexpected amounts

[37:55] from each municipal department's

[37:57] 2020 approved amount to each municipal

[37:59] department's capital

[38:00] equipment reserve account

[38:12] all those in favor all those opposed

[38:16] 31 moves is ready

[38:21] is it possible for articles 32

[38:24] 33 34

[38:28] 35 and

[38:31] 36 37 since there are no funds

[38:35] mentioned that the duck goes

[38:38] all at once

[38:58] is

[39:00] any discussion on 32 all those in favor

[39:04] all those opposed article 32 moves as

[39:09] written

[39:10] article 33 there's emotion but day

[39:20] all those in favor all those opposed

[39:22] article 33 moves as written

[39:25] article 34

[39:41] it take your time and greet everybody

[39:43] but now

[39:44] there's a motion on the course

[39:47] any further discussion

[39:50] all those in favor all those opposed

[39:54] article 34 moves as written

[39:58] article 35 to see if the town will vote

[40:00] to authorize the town council

[40:02] to appoint new budget committee members

[40:04] to recommend

[40:05] the city made a move to proceed as

[40:08] written

[40:10] for the second start daily second is it

[40:13] is there any

[40:14] discussion on 35

[40:18] all those in favor all those quotes

[40:22] article 35 moves as

[40:26] different article 36

[40:30] to see if the town will vote to

[40:31] authorize the treasurer under the

[40:33] direction of the town council in

[40:34] parentheses one to sell the

[40:36] lease or otherwise dispose of any real

[40:39] estate acquired by the town for

[40:40] non-payment attacks

[40:41] there's a motion on the floor for

[40:43] sending the move as written

[40:45] as a second from scott haley is there

[40:48] any further discussion

[40:49] on 36. all those in favor

[40:54] all those opposed 36 moves as written

[40:59] 37 to see if the town will vote to

[41:02] authorize the treasure

[41:03] under the direction of the town council

[41:05] [Music]

[41:19] first dark target second any further

[41:21] discussion on 37

[41:25] all those in favor all those are closed

[41:29] article 37 moves is good article 38 to

[41:34] see if it's ours

[41:35] we'll vote to set october 1 2020 as the

[41:37] date upon which taxes are due and

[41:39] payable

[41:40] and further vote that taxes not paid on

[41:42] or before september 30 2020 shall

[41:45] occur at a rate established by article

[41:48] 39

[41:51] scott haley's first second city bullying

[41:56] all any discussion on 38

[41:59] all those in favor all those opposed

[42:03] 38 moves is ready 39 article 39

[42:07] to see if the town will go through

[42:08] approved charging

[42:10] taxes

[42:14] for the fiscal year of 2020.

[42:20] second a discussion on 39.

[42:25] all those in favor all those opposed

[42:30] 39 news has read article 40

[42:34] to see if the town will vote to

[42:36] authorize the town manager under the

[42:37] discretion of the town council

[42:39] to apply for grant monies and to extend

[42:42] any monies received for the stated grant

[42:44] purposes

[42:47] flowing first mr lambert second

[42:53] any discussion on 40. all those in favor

[42:58] article 40 proceeds as

[43:01] well all right yeah right

[43:05] article 41 to see if the town will vote

[43:08] to authorize the town council and town

[43:09] treasurer to spend

[43:25] all those opposed 41 means is written

[43:30] article 42 to see if the town will vote

[43:33] to set the interest rate to be paid by

[43:35] the town

[43:35] and a daily taxes at 8 per am for the

[43:39] fiscal year of 2020.

[43:42] first from eric

[43:46] seconds to stop in any

[43:49] discussion on 42.

[43:52] all those in favor all those opposed

[43:56] article 42 says

[44:00] article 43 there's a motion on the floor

[44:04] to move

[44:05] as written is there

[44:21] article 43 moves as written

[44:24] article 44. to see if the votes are

[44:27] authorized the town treasurer under the

[44:29] direction of the town constitute

[44:31] there's a motion on 44 the move is

[44:32] written

[44:34] his language session on 44. ah

[44:37] there's a second from start here sorry

[44:40] any any discussion on 44

[44:45] all those in favor all those opposed

[44:51] article 44 moves is written article 45

[44:55] to see if the talent votes that orders

[44:58] made by the town council constrains the

[45:00] 23 mrsa

[45:01] 2953 the closed roads to winter

[45:04] maintenance

[45:05] and now alter modify such orders

[45:08] and our shall be a final determination

[45:12] stop heading first it's the second

[45:16] eric bluther second only discussion on

[45:19] 45

[45:22] all those in favor all those default

[45:26] article 45 moves as read

[45:30] article 46 to see if the town will vote

[45:32] to authorize the tax collector to accept

[45:34] prepayment of taxes not yet committed

[45:39] uh lloyd first got tagged second

[45:43] and a discussion on 46. all those in

[45:46] favor

[45:48] all those opposed

[45:53] article 46 moves is that

[45:58] 447.

[46:13] all those in favor all those

[46:17] opposed article 47 moves

[46:20] as written

[46:25] there's a motion to adjourn

[46:33] [Music]

[46:40] is there anything is it going to affect

[46:42] it

[46:51] we have seen a decrease in our excise

[46:53] taxes

[46:54] excise tax payments but that is because

[46:57] we haven't had the normal traffic in the

[47:00] town office

[47:02] in the last month people have been

[47:04] coming in so we're recouping

[47:06] our excise tax and

[47:09] we'll only know at the end of the year

[47:11] what next year's budget will bring there

[47:13] may be cuts

[47:14] drastic cuts for next year but right now

[47:16] we're operating off of the 2019

[47:18] funding and like i said earlier in

[47:21] my uh opening we budgeted prior to closing down um

[47:28] due to coverage so our budget was based

[47:31] off of

[47:32] prior to the state executive order

[47:36] increase right now no we're only

[47:40] increasing by point zero zero zero

[47:42] eight eight dollars on any on a hundred

[47:44] thousand dollars

[47:47] we went from 22.36 to 22.44

[47:58] thank you have a good night

[48:18] um

[48:26] signed up

Fort Kent Annual Town Meeting 2020

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