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This Week’s Public Notices

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS CITY OF SANFORD Regarding The Designation of a Municipal Tax Increment Financing District Known as the “Central Park Residences Municipal Development and Tax Increment Financing District” and an Amendment to the “Sanford Downtown Municipal Development and Tax Increment Financing District” Notice is hereby given that the City of Sanford, Maine will hold two public hearings on April 19, 2022 at 6pm, via remote hearing described below, for the purpose of receiving public comments on the following items pursuant…

Fate of Budget Committee Under Review

The Charter Review Committee met April 4, 2022, and continued reviewing the City Charter. In addition to the Committee members, Superintendent of Schools Matt Nelson, School Committee member Jonathan Mapes and City Clerk Sue Cote were present. Article IV (City Manager) and Article V (Board of Education) were gone over without much discussion. Before diving into the individual sections of Article VI (Budget), the Committee members had an overarching discussion of the powers and composition of the Budget Committee, which…

School Budget Set for Voter Referendum in June

At its meeting on April 5, 2022, the Sanford City Council heard a presentation by Wesley Davie, Chair of the Budget Committee, on the recommended municipal and school budgets for fiscal year 2022/23. After voting unanimously to table the municipal budget until it could be discussed further at a workshop, the Council took up the School Department budget. The recommended School budget included appropriations of $58,894,561 and Capital Reserve spending of $363,995, against revenue of $43,780,711, leaving $15,477,845 to be…

This Week’s Public Notices: April 3, 2022

NOTICE TO CLAIM COVERED PROPERTY, DANGEROUS BUILDING For 1 JOHN STREET identified as Tax Map L17, Lot 30 and further described in a Deed recorded in the York County Registry of Deeds at Book 14992, Page 821 and Mortgages recorded at Book 14992, Page 842 and Book 16902, Page 533, the owner and parties in interest are hereby notified, pursuant to 30-A M.R.S.A § 3106 that within twenty one (21) days of April 8, 2022, all covered property, including all…

York County Emergency Preparedness Survey

The York County Emergency Management Agency is working with the University of New England to gather data to answer the question: How prepared are York County residents for a disaster? They are trying to reach as many York County residents as possible in order to create a large sample size for the research. The data collected will assist local and county emergency managers with improving disaster/emergency preparedness messaging and programs for the community. The survey should take approximately 10 minutes and…

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