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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
LISBON CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS
Charter Communications Notification - Effective March 29, 2018
Please see attached letter.
SUBMITTED BY: TOWN OF LISBON
Wednesday, April 4, 2018
LISBON PUBLIC HEARING
Public Hearing Notice - New Victualers
Notice is hereby given that the Lisbon Town Council intends to hold a public hearing on Tuesday, April 17, 2018 at 7:00 PM
in the Town Office Public Meeting Room to hear comments on a new
Victualer’s for Tyson LaVerdiere & Jason LaVerdiere d/b/a The Flux
Restaurant, 10 Main Street, in Lisbon Falls, ME. The public is invited
to attend.
SUBMITTED BY: TOWN OF LISBON
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
Tuesday, April 3, 2018
Monday, April 2, 2018
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
LISBON GRAND OPENINGS
New Lisbon Businesses Grand Openings & Ribbon Cuttings
Walt's Place - Family Fun Center - Saturday, March 31, 2018 - 2:00 p.m.
Flux Restaruant & Bar - Thursday, April 12, 2018 - 11:00 a.m.
SUBMITTED BY: TOWN OF LISBON
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