LISBON SCHOOL BOARD AGENDA - MARCH 11, 2019

SPECIAL LISBON SCHOOL COMMITTEE AGENDA - FEBRUARY 5, 2018

SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEETING - SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Special Town Council Meeting Cancelled

Please take note that tonight's Special Council Meeting is being postponed due to inclement weather and will be rescheduled for Thursday, March 16, 2017 at 6:00 PM

.Submitted by:  Town Manager's Office

SCHOOL COMMITTEE AGENDA - MARCH 13, 2017

SCHOOL AGENDA FOR FEBRUARY 6TH

2017 LISBON SCHOOL BUDGET SCHEDULE

EDITOR'S NOTE:  SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE.  TLR WILL POST ALL CHANGES AS SOON AS THEY ARE RECEIVED.

RECAP SPECIAL TOWN COUNCIL MEETING – MAY 10TH

Tonight the Town Council joined the Superintendent and the School Board at Lisbon Community School to discuss the School Department’s 2016-2017 proposed budgets and their Capital Improvement Plan.  It was a Public Hearing for residents to speak out about the proposed budget.

 At the Public Hearing, both parent and students spoke out about the Art program and their teachers being cut as part of the proposal.  The majority of speakers only wanted to talk about the Art program and the loss of the two teachers.

 After everyone had an opportunity to speak, Chairman Bickford thanked the School Department for its dedicated work on the budget.  According to Chairman Bickford, he was pleased with what the School Department presented.  Other Councilors agreed and spoke on how pleased they were that everyone was working together.

As far as the Capital Improvement Plan, there was only one resident that asked a question and Superintendent Green answered it.

Larry Fillmore

TOWN BUDGET

I never thought I would say this but I am disappointed in the new members of the town council.

Seems like it did not take them long to join the 'good old boy's club' and green light everything

on the towns', Ryan Leighton and Brooks', want list. 

 

Just to let you know. I will be voting NO, TOO LOW on the school budget in June.

 

When school scores are published and Lisbon scores are low, you are so ready to blame

Mr.. Green and the school committee. You are running the schools by setting school budget

ultimatums, yet the sky's the limit on the town budget. 

 

 

Dot Fitzgerald

A Lisbon Concerned Citizen   

 

RECAP TOWN COUNCIL MEETING/WORKSHOP – APRIL 12TH

Last night, the Town Council held a meeting/workshop.  The meeting was held behind closed doors with the Town Attorney in Executive Session.  When the session was over and they came out there were two motions made and approved.  What they are is hard to tell, for sure, because Councilor Kolbe read a prepared statement from the Attorney.

The meeting was adjourned and the Council moved into a workshop to discuss the School and Municipal Capital Improvement Plans. 

1.    Tracy Austin presented the School Municipal Improvement 5-Year Plan.

2.    Edward Karass presented the Municipal Improvement Plan.

3.    Next the following municipal department’s budget proposal were discussed and not in this order.

a.   Administration increased $999.00.

b.   Finance increased $4,329.00.

c.    Town Clerk increased $3,548.00.

d.   Codes increased $2,357.00.

e.   Assessing decreased $3,790.00.

f.      Economic Development increased $11,327.00.

The total increase for the entire Municipal Budget, by my figures, is $676,878.00.  My figures are different than the Town Manager’s figure of $677,373.00 by $495.00.

Now the real work begins!!!!

Larry Fillmore

PORTLAND PRESS HEARLD: Commentary: Most Mainers won’t capitalize from questionable tax break

The governor wants to take $1.4 million from education to help pay for the MCIC program.

By Erik JorgensenSpecial to the Press Herald

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The tax conformity debate in the State House boils down to this: Democrats are fighting an unproven tax giveaway that would come at the expense of Maine students and taxpayers.
Democrats and Republicans are in complete agreement that Maine should fully conform to the federal tax code for the next two years. We are delighted that Republicans can agree with President Obama and other Democrats that the middle class and small businesses deserve the tax breaks in the federal tax code.

TO READ MORE: http://www.pressherald.com/2016/02/18/commentary-most-mainers-wont-capitalize-from-questionable-tax-break/

Vote "Yes" on the School Budget To Stop the Insanity

I can see no logical reason for anyone to vote "NO" in the upcoming School Budget vote .The budget has already been  committed and can't be changed so any further elections are a moot point. The only thing a "NO" vote will do is trigger another election that will cost Lisbon another $3,000 in election costs.

What is the point of this ?  Is the School trying to increase the tension between the School Department and the town?  Are they doing this to set the stage for next years Budget Battle? Are they trying to take money away from another town department?Possibly they want the money from the winter salt budget or they want to take money from the Library.  Who knows

This is a hostage situation pure and simple. The Schools "Special Interest Group" is telling the town "If you don't give us what we want we will keep voting "NO" and cost the town another 3 grand every time the no vote triggers another election." This behavior serves no purpose other than punishing the taxpayers of lisbon for not giving in to their demands. 

Recently I have seen professionally made signs around town advocating a "NO TO Low" vote as well as a "Yes vote". This development is disturbing because it implies that people are planning on using this years tactics again next year. Why would anyone spend hundreds of dollars on signs for just one years vote?  

If this is going to be the Schools new tactic for overiding the Councils legitimate control over them, It may be time to restrict the number of times we vote on the School's budget before the budget reverts back to a previous budget.

Vote YES to stop this insanity.

Respectfully
Joe Hill

LSJ: Lisbon council passes proposed school budget

Laurie St. Pierre, Special to the Sun Journal  

 

Lewiston-Auburn |

Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at 11:45 pm

LISBON – In a 5-2 vote Tuesday night, the Town Council approved a proposed school budget of just over $15 million, which is $234,188 less than the School Committee recommended.
 

    

For the fourth time this year, voters will go to the polls Nov. 3 to decide on a spending plan for 2015-16.

They rejected a $14.93 million budget June 9 and a $14.88 million budget Aug. 11, with the majority saying it was not enough money. The third vote Sept. 22 rejected a $15 million budget.

TO READ MORE: http://www.sunjournal.com/news/lewiston-auburn/2015/10/20/lisbon-council-passes-proposed-school-budget/1804759

TIMES RECORD: Fourth school budget comes up

Public hearing slated for tonight

BY DARCIE MOORE

Times Record Staff

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The Lisbon Town Council will hold a public hearing tonight on the fourth proposed school spending plan proposed by the school committee for the 2015-16 fiscal year.

The council meeting starts at 7 p.m. at the town office.

This year, the council amended and reduced three earlier proposed budgets by the Lisbon School Committee, all of which have been rejected by voters in budget validation referendums since June. A majority of voters in each referendum indicated the opposition to the budget was because education spending proposed by the council was too low.

The school committee has proposed a $15,441,270 spending plan, including adult education, and would reduce taxes by $93,889.

TO READ MORE: http://www.timesrecord.com/news/2015-10-20/Front_Page/Fourth_school_budget_comes_up.html

A Citizen Writes: From my perspective‏

    

 FROM MY PERSPECTIVE

 

Superintendent Richard Green and the School Committee met the town council's ultimatum to lower their budget by $600,000.  In order to do that they, Mr. Green and the School Committee, propose to use some of the savings from the construction of the gymnasium bond so as to not

raise real estate taxes.

 

Evidently the majority of Lisbon residents see nothing wrong with that as they have voted not once,

but twice, that the school budget is too low.

   

Mr. Green has gone over and above, to find ways to keep costs down and still keep the quality of education and services for the Town of Lisbon and it's students. Yet some members of the Town Council are not happy.

 

It would appear that Councilors Pesce, Bickford, Metivier, Crafts and Brunelle want to see  your taxes and mine increase. If they get their way Mr. Green would have to make more cuts in the education of our students, cuts in services, and most likely cuts in sports and art programs.

The quality of education would go down, but most important, the morale of the students would be

affected. 

 

The only way to resolve is this is that the town council agree to the proposed school budget at the next public hearing.   

  

The Lisbon High School gymnasium is almost completed, below the amount that was expected, at a cost savings to the people, and will be a wonderful addition to the town.

 

THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN, BUT TOWN COUNCILOR CHAIR DILLON PESCE, CO-CHAIR  ROGER BICKFORD, COUNCILORS CHRIS BRUNELLE,  DALE CRAFTS, AND ERIC METIVER REFUSE TO LISTEN! ! !

 

Dot Fitzgerald

A Very Concerned Lisbon Citizen

 

 

 

    

GreatFallsTV: Lisbon Town Council Meeting July 21st, 2015 Public Hearing with School Committee

Part One

Part Two

 

Part Three

ATTENTION & ATTENTION & ATTENTION

ROUND 2

TOWN COUNCIL VS SCHOOL BOARD

2015-2016 SCHOOL BUDGET

LISBON COMMUNITY SCHOOL

JULY 21, 2015

7:00 PM