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PARIS The Select Board voted unanimously to remove Gary Mayer from the Planning Board during a brief meeting Monday evening.
Town officials said Mayer had attended just two meetings and none since early May. The board was told that he had not responded to any notifications or emails about meetings.
His spot on the Planning Board was given to alternate David Knox, who was appointed by a 5-0 vote. The board will now look for a new alternate member.
In other business, Town Manager Dawn Noyes announced that the town will receive $2,623 refund from the Maine Municipal Association for workman compensation for its safety record.
Read Article With seven of eight towns in School Administrative District SAD 17 reporting, voters seemed to overwhelmingly approve the proposed $43.7 million budget for the 2021-22 fiscal year. Tuesday night returns show 754 votes in favor and 346 opposed.
Also on the ballot Tuesday was the district’s $471,078 adult education budget and Vocational Region 11’s $3.76 million budget. Both passed easily adult education with 72% of 1,152 votes cast and vocational with 75% of 1,151 ballots.
Results are unofficial until certified by election officials.
The school budget results, by town, were: Harrison, 126 yes, 58 no; Hebron, 27-6; Norway, 100-25; Otisfield, 32-9; Oxford, 194-118; Paris, 252-125; and Waterford, 23-5. West Paris tallies were not available Tuesday night.
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PARIS Political newcomer Walter Perry defeated Rusty Brackett on Tuesday for a seat on the Select Board, denying the board chairman a third term.
Perry, a teacher, coach and science department chairman at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School, mounted a spirited campaign against the incumbent. Perry finished with 225 votes, compared to 165 for Brackett, who had been on the Select Board since 2016.
Brackett received the endorsement of Town Manager Dawn Noyes, who cited that the present board worked well together and she hoped it would remain intact. Perry thought the endorsement, written on town stationary, was inappropriate, especially when he said it reflected support by the entire town.
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Paris selectmen Monday approved this sketch of the proposed monument marking the Norway-Paris town line on Route 26. It was created by students at Oxford Hills Technical School in Paris.
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PARIS Kathy Richardson, the only observer at Monday’s Board of Selectmen meeting, praised the board for its diligence and hard work in improving the community, but wondered what it could do to better to promote their efforts to residents.
Richardson complained that their good work is not getting wide attention. As an example, she said a fellow resident recently complained that Paris Hill Road was in dire need of repairs, even though construction and paving on the road has been going on for weeks.