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Showing posts with label Town Council. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Town Council. Show all posts
Sunday, April 22, 2018
Tuesday, April 17, 2018
WASTED TIME
I just review the Town Council Workshop conducted on April 10, 2018 and was very upset over the length of the workshop. Councilor Fern LaRochelle, I believe, is incapable of asking a simple question. Mr. LaRochelle has to go into a dissertation on EVERY question. I do not know if Mr. LaRochelle is really that dumb or he just likes to hear himself talk. I have known Mr. LaRochelle for several years and do not find him to be stupid so I guess he just likes to hear himself talk. I believe he thinks the more he talks the more important he is.
Thursday, April 5, 2018
TOWN COUNCIL MANIPULATED OVER AND OVER AGAIN!
For the past few years, our Town Council has been manipulated by the Town Manager, Diane Barnes, when it comes to the Municipal budget. Every year Mrs. Barnes comes in with an outrageous Municipal budget like this year adding $1.9 million dollars to last year’s budget knowing fully well this will never get approval in its entirety. This is the shell game our Town Manager has been playing for years.
Here is how it works! To understand this you need to first understand the primarily principle of economics which is:
REVENUE + TAX INCREASE = EXPENDITURES
Wednesday, April 4, 2018
LISBON PUBLIC NOTICE
Public Hearing Notice
Amend Chapter 70, Zoning Ordinances, Division 13.-District Uses, sec. 70-531 Table of Land Uses
Notice is hereby given that the Lisbon Town Council intends to hold public hearings on April 17, 2018 at 7:00 PM
in the Town Office Public Meeting Room. They will hear comments on the
Amendments to Chapter 70, Zoning Ordinances, Division 13.- District
Uses, sec. 70-531 Table of Land Uses. A copy is on file at the Clerk’s
office and online. The public is invited to attend.
The Council also intends to hold the following public hearings on April 17 to hear comments on new Victualer's Licenses for the Flux Restaurant,10 Main Street, Lisbon Falls; Walts Place, 13 Village Street, Lisbon; EZ Marts of Maine d/b/a X-Tra Mart, 10 Frost Hill Ave, Lisbon Falls; and Richard George d/b/a Subway, 568 Lisbon Street, Lisbon Falls..
The Council also intends to hold the following public hearings on April 17 to hear comments on new Victualer's Licenses for the Flux Restaurant,10 Main Street, Lisbon Falls; Walts Place, 13 Village Street, Lisbon; EZ Marts of Maine d/b/a X-Tra Mart, 10 Frost Hill Ave, Lisbon Falls; and Richard George d/b/a Subway, 568 Lisbon Street, Lisbon Falls..
SUBMITTED BY: TOWN OF LISBON
Saturday, March 31, 2018
A REVIEW OF TOWN COUNCIL WORKSHOP – PART 2
Friday, March 30, 2018
A REVIEW OF TOWN COUNCIL WORKSHOP – PART 1
Larry Fillmore
Thursday, March 29, 2018
REVIEW OF BUDGET WORKSHOP
On Tuesday March 27 I
attended the marathon town budget workshop.
I was the only member of
the public that attended.
Prior to said meeting I
printed the new budget so I could follow along.
I strongly suggest that
each and every member of the community and taxpayer
obtain a copy of said
budget and read it.
At the budget meeting I
asked about the part time person in the Assessing
department, and the salary
for the Waste Water Treatment Plant.
I was told that various
towns in Maine, similar in population were called and that
some of those town had part
time and some had full time assistants, and that
was
the salary paid to heads of
Waste Water
Plants.
I always assumed that each
and every town and city, not only in Maine but across
the country was different
and unique.
It would seem that I am wrong.
It would seem, according to
Town Manager Diane Barns, that that salaries of
department heads in the
town of Lisbon need to compare to each and every
town of equal population in
the Great State of Maine, no matter how many and
types of businesses or
industry, income of residents and tax payers; if homes
and businesses compare
in value.
As I said, each and every
town and community is unique, we and not them.
Note: read and pay
attention to the articles Larry Fillmore has witten in the Lisbon
Reporter
on the Town Budget. Be
informed.
Note: We, the citizens of
Lisbon, can vote on the school budget, but cannot vote on the town
budget.
We have to rely on the
common sense, or lack of, of members of our town
Council.
SUBMITTED BY: DOT FITZGERALD
CONCERNED CITIZEN
WHEN DOES COMMON SENSE COME IN???
I would like to know “When Common Sense is applied to the proposed budget?” I am just am country boy from Freeport, Maine but I have handled many many budgets in my career. The basic principle of budgeting is that you cannot spend more than you make. You see this basic principle applied daily in every household budget in the world with the exception of Lisbon, Maine.
Town Manager $95,047.00 $96,482.00 $1,435.00
Assessing Director
58,565.00 59,452.00 887.00
Code Enforcement 73,090.00 77,777.00 4,687.00
Finance Director 75,394.00 77,228.00 1,834.00
Town Clerk Director
54,217.00 56,560.00 2,343.00
Chief of Police 76,130.00 77,270.00 1,140.00
Fire Chief 69,797.00 75,005.00 5,208.00
EMS Director 1,523.00 1,546.00 23.00
Public Works Director
42,246.00 75,005.00
32,759.00
Solid Waste Director 21,123.00
0.00 -21,123.00
Recreation Director
61,014.00 61,922.00 908.00
Library Director 51,788.00 54,089.00 2,301.00
General Assistance Dir
10,353.00 10,508.00 155.00
Economic Director
53,878.00 57,276.00 3,398.00
Treatment Plant Dir
21,123.00 82,717.00 61,594.00
TOTAL $97,549.00
Wednesday, March 28, 2018
WHO IS LOOKING OUT FOR THE PEOPLE????
I have been reviewing the proposed 2018-2019 Municipal budget, which currently has a $1,900,000.00 increase over last year’s budget. I am going to show some outstanding differences.
Town Manager $95,047.00 $96,482.00 $1,435.00
Assessing Director
58,565.00 59,452.00 887.00
Code Enforcement 73,090.00 77,777.00 4,687.00
Finance Director 75,394.00 77,228.00 1,834.00
Town Clerk Director
54,217.00 56,560.00 2,343.00
Chief of Police 76,130.00
77,270.00 1,140.00
Fire Chief 69,797.00 75,005.00 5,208.00
EMS Director 1,523.00 1,546.00 23.00
Public Works Director
42,246.00 75,005.00
32,759.00
Solid Waste Director 21,123.00
0.00 -21,123.00
Recreation Director
61,014.00 61,922.00 908.00
Library Director 51,788.00 54,089.00 2,301.00
General Assistance Dir 10,353.00
10,508.00 155.00
Economic Director
53,878.00 57,276.00 3,398.00
Treatment Plant Dir 21,123.00 82,717.00 61,594.00
TOTAL $97,549.00
Ryan Leighton
Public Works Director $42,246.00
Solid Waste Director 21,123.00
Treatment Plant Director 21,123.00
TOTAL $84,492.00 in 2018
(Not bad for an individual
with no qualification for any position)
Monday, March 26, 2018
WHY??????????????????
Friday, March 23, 2018
Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Tuesday, March 20, 2018
Monday, March 19, 2018
LISBON ROADS AND STREETS
Sunday, March 18, 2018
Tuesday, March 13, 2018
LISBON TOWN COUNCIL MEETING CANCELLED
NOTICE: Council Workshop March 13 Cancelled due to the storm
School Budget Presentation
Tormorrow night's Council Workshop for March 13 has been cancelled. It has been rescheduled to March 21 at 7:00 PM.
SUBMITTED BY: TOWN OF LISBON
Monday, March 12, 2018
LISBON PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE
Public Hearing Notice
AMend Chapter 46 Streets, Sidewalks, & Other Public Places, Art I-In General And to Amend Chapter 34 Sewer Ordinance
Notice is hereby given that the Lisbon Town Council intends to hold a public hearing on March 20, 2018 at 7:00 PM
in the Town Office Public Meeting Room to hear comments on an amendment
to Chapter 46, Streets, Sidewalks, and Other public places, Article 1
In General and to amend Chapter 34 Sewer Ordinance. Copies are
available at the Town Clerk's Office and on this website. The public is
invited to attend.
Twila Lycette, Lisbon Town Clerk
Twila Lycette, Lisbon Town Clerk
SUBMITTED BY: TOWN OF LISBON
Wednesday, March 7, 2018
EXCUSES, EXCUSES, EXCUSES
Approximately three weeks ago, I could not find the Town Council agenda for the following Tuesday’s meeting. I called the Town Manager, Diane Barnes, and asked her for the location. She informed me that the Town had changed the location on the Town website. I asked her why the website was only partly changed and she informed me that it was because a contract stopped and that the person who was responsible for the website was on vacation that week.
Larry Fillmore
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