Four individuals are vying for a pair of Warren select board seats for the June 8 municipal election. Michael Doucette, John Crabtree and Richard Butler are pursuing Seat 3, while Jan Macdonald is pursuing Seat 4.
Penobscot Bay Pilot has posed questions to each candidate, providing the opportunity for the public to better understand their position on issues important to the town and region.
Please provide a concise biography of yourself.
I attended grade school in South Hope and graduated from Camden High School. I joined the Army and was sent to Korea. I spent 25 years with the Maine Game Warden Service, retiring as a lieutenant.
ARTICLE 2: Special Education $7,809,600.00
ARTICLE 3: Career and Technical Education $39,300.00
ARTICLE 4: Other Instruction $632,850.00
ARTICLE 5: Student and Staff Support $2,833,300.00
ARTICLE 6: System Administration $828,500.00
ARTICLE 7: School Administration $1,636,200.00
ARTICLE 8: Transportation and Buses $1,593,600.00
ARTICLE 9: Facilities Maintenance $3,311,350.00
ARTICLE 10: Debt Service and Other Commitments $2,465,600.00
ARTICLE 11: All Other Expenditures $100,000.00
ARTICLE 12, State Subsidy and Local Tax Revenues: The School Board recommends that the RSU appropriate the amounts set forth below for the total cost of funding public education from kindergarten to grade 12 as described in the Essential Programs and Services Funding Act and raise and assess the amounts set forth below as each municipality’s contribution to the total cost of funding public education from kindergarten to grade 12 as described in the Essential Programs and Services Funding Ac
Cost-sharing for Palermo includes $1,977,991.82 for the RSU 12 municipal assessment for education.
Savings in the budget include three retirements, reduction of support staff due to student changes, no increase to the health insurance, tuition costs projected to go down slightly and an adult education collaborative with MSAD 40. In the future, FY 2023, probably future savings include a solar farm.
Article 1
Special Education: $4,658,432 (up $328,017)
CTE Instruction: $0
Student and Staff Support: $1,011,302 (up $16,949)
System Administration: $622,917 (up $25,452)
School Administration: $815,533 (up $7,925)
Transportation and Buses: $1,428,647 (up $11,282)
Facilities and Maintenance: $1,736,965 (up $13,213)
Debt Service: $1,550,517 (down $50,0001)
Food Service: $50,000 (no change)
Total: $24,477,842 (up $689,552)
Article 2, RSU Adult Education Program
Shall the RSU be authorized to appropriate $53,744 for adult education and raise $29,130 as the lo
Election Day for this school budget is Tuesday, June 8.
To view a breakdown of revenues and funds to be raised over the last couple of years, click
Article 1, School Budget: Shall the Town appropriate the sum of $3,699,521 and raise the sum of $3,366,030.94 for the 2021-2022 school budget?
The school and budget committees recommend a YES vote.
The Town of Lincolnville school budget submitted in this Article 1 totals $3,699,521. It includes locally raised funds in the amount of $3,366,030.94, to be assessed in accordance with state law. The locally raised amount exceeds the State’s Essential Programs and Services funding model by $806,265.42.
This budget includes these cost centers and amounts:
Below are a pair of highlights of what will be voted on June 22.
To view the complete town warrant, see the attached PDF document. Articles 7-29 will be voted on June 22. Articles 2-6 will be voted on during the June 8 municipal election.
Warrant Article Highlights
Article 8: To see if the Town will authorize the Board of Selectmen to convey to Hope’s state legislators, members of Congress, Governor and the President of the United States the town hereby calls upon our federal elected representatives to enact carbon-pricing legislation to protect Maine from the costs and environmental risks of continued climate inaction. To protect households, we support Cash-Back Carbon Pricing that charges fossil fuel producers for their carbon pollution and rebates the money collected to all residents on an equal basis with monthly dividend checks.