Augusta public schools present proposed 2021-2022 budget, with no tax increase, to city councilors
While the city school department includes a 0.35% spending increase, no additional taxes will be required to meet the revenue needs for next school year s budget.
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AUGUSTA City officials heard what the school department had planned for spending for next year and applauded them for crafting a 2021-2022 budget that included no tax increase.
School Board Chairperson Amanda Olson said the budget, approved unanimously by the board in March, is the “smoothest” she has seen in her time on the school board. Councilors did not recommend any cuts to the $33.43 million budget, a 0.35% increase in spending from the current fiscal year.
Augusta may declare 2 homes, commercial garage ‘dangerous’
Properties on Mount Vernon Avenue and South Grove Street, have problems including missing sections of roof.
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A building at 57 South Grove St. on Thursday in Augusta. A section of roof near the door has collapsed. Joe Phelan/Kennebec Journal
AUGUSTA City councilors expressed support for a staff recommendation that three vacant, run-down buildings should be deemed dangerous buildings, potentially clearing the way for the city to have them demolished.
The properties are a former commercial garage at 195 Mount Vernon Ave., and residential homes at 57 South Grove St. and 7 South Grove St.
“With each of these, we’ve given the owners time, in some cases years, to make improvements and nothing has happened,” Robert Overton, director of code enforcement, told city councilors Thursday.
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Augusta City Council votes to pursue Willow Street site for new police station
Former supermarket site chosen over downtown Water Street spot and Union Street site, next to existing station.
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AUGUSTA The Augusta City Council has unanimously voted to authorize negotiations with the owner and tenant of the old Willow Street Hannaford property to buy the site and use it to build a new police station.
On Thursday, councilors backed up that discussion with a 7-0 vote to authorize City Manager William Bridgeo to negotiate with the owner of the property, JOFKAM Co., according to city assessing records, and the property’s current tenant, Hannaford, which holds a lease on the vacant building for the next five years.
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