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Thursday, January 21, 2016

SUN JOURNAL: County officials seek dismissal of lawsuit

CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS, Staff Writer

Lewiston-Auburn |
Wednesday, January 20, 2016 at 9:15 pm

AUBURN — An attorney for Androscoggin County officials sought in court Wednesday to have a judge throw out a lawsuit accusing the Androscoggin County Board of Commissioners of improperly approving the 2015 county budget in which they gave themselves raises and benefits.

At issue is a dispute over commissioners' authority to give final budget approval and their vote in November 2014, setting their yearly salaries at $5,000, and $5,550 for the chairwoman, which is $2,000 more per commissioner than approved by the county Budget Committee. Commissioners also restored their health benefits, valued at $8,400 annually, after the Budget Committee eliminated them.