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Article: Piscataquis County budget plan proposes 7 percent increase
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- Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
- Article date:
- October 27, 2005
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DOVER-FOXCROFT - A proposed Piscataquis County budget that
reflects a nearly 7 percent increase in spending over last year is
ready for scrutiny by the county's budget advisory committee.
The committee was to have met Tuesday night to preview the nearly
$3.9 million budget for the county and the proposed $1.1 million
budget for unorganized territory. Inclement weather, however, kept
all but two of the committee members away. The meeting has been
rescheduled to Nov. 2.
"This [county] budget is as low as we could bring it in and still
provide the promised pay raises and cover increases in fuel costs,"
County Manager Mike Henderson said Wednesday.
If the proposed budget is adopted, it would ...