If someone is late paying their taxes, it is because they couldn’t pay them, not because the interest the town charges wasn’t enough incentive to pay on time, Alna Third Selectman Coreysha Stone said Wednesday night, Feb. 14. The board, drafting the.
Because Alna elects its road commissioner, selectmen can neither remove nor discipline him or her, but can handle a roads matter if the commissioner does not, board members said Jan. 31 as they pondered a policy, ordinance, job description, or no.
Alna selectmen agreed Jan. 25 to a tax and revenue anticipation note, or line of credit. Before the 3-0 vote, the plan drew mixed reactions from the public. On questions from resident, fire chief and candidate for road commissioner Michael Trask,.
In 2023, Wiscasset and other towns dealt with how to get and keep workers, improve residents’ and businesses’ internet access and, in Wiscasset’s case, how to protect the wastewater treatment plant from the rising water of climate change.
Alna’s planning board is getting technical help with the mining and blasting ordinance it drafted. Selectmen Dec. 14 authorized spending up to $1,500 for consultant Carol White to review it and maybe take part in the eventual public hearing on it.