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Staffing Turnover a Challenge for City’s Human Resources Department 

By Zendelle Bouchard  The city of Sanford has several staffing vacancies, but is doing well compared with other area municipalities, according to the city’s Human Resources Director Stacy Howes. However, she said the pace of turnover in many departments is a big challenge for her staff.  At the City Council’s budget workshop on Feb. 13, 2024, Howes told the Council the city currently has 199 full-time and four part-time employees, with twelve positions currently vacant. This does not include seasonal,…
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School News

School Budget Approved   A small cohort of voters approved a $61 million school budget Tuesday by an 80-20 percent margin, according to Sue H. Cote, City Clerk and Registrar of Voters. The turnout of 488 voters represented just 3 percent of the registered voters in the city, according to Ms. Cote. The spending plan is 2.3% more than the current budget, which equates to a 34-cent increase on the mil rate from $14.80 to $15.14 (as of 5/16/23) per thousand…
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School Committee 6/5/23 Meeting Summary 

The School Committee met June 5, 2023. Chairperson Paula Cote and Vice Chairperson Amy Sevigny were absent due to family commitments.  Jennifer Davie served as Chairperson.   The minutes of previous meetings, workshops and executive sessions were approved.  There were no public comments and no communications.  Naming Rights  The Sanford Schools Legacy Foundation requested approval of naming rights for the baseball practice field on Alumni Boulevard and a chemistry lab in honor of John Cochin. Mr. Cochin had a lengthy career…
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Council Recommends Eliminating Budget Committee

At its regular meeting on August 2, 2022, the Sanford City Council was set to continue its review of the Charter Review Committee’s recommendations for amendments to the City’s Charter. At the July 19 meeting, the Council got through most of the recommendations, and approved sending almost all of them to voter referendum in November (see this story). The final remaining item to discuss was the Charter Review Committee’s recommended amendments to Section VI, which included increasing the size of…
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Charter Amendments Proposed

The Charter Review Committee (CRC) will hold a public hearing on June 9, 2022 at 6:00 p.m. for input on the proposed changes to Sanford’s City Charter. Some of the changes will clean up or clarify language in the Charter, while others are of a more substantive nature. The biggest proposed change to the Charter is to expand the Budget Committee from seven to seventeen members. The Budget Committee would include all seven members of the City Council and five…
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