Government

Public hearing on town budget Tues. May 12 at 6:30 pm

The budget committee will hold a public hearing to receive comment on the proposed FY21 municipal budget on Tuesday May 12 at 6:30 pm via Zoom. The current draft budget can be accessed here.

Anyone wishing to speak or follow along via Zoom must send an email with their name and street address to Sharlene Myers at smyers@newgloucester.com for Zoom information. Login details will be sent to you. Comments will likely be limited to 3 minutes.

If you wish to send written comments on the budget, email them to Sharlene Myers @smyers@newgloucester.com.   All emails will be forwarded to the budget committee.

The May 12 meeting is the only formal public budget hearing currently scheduled to occur before town meeting, now tentatively set for Monday June 15.

The budget committee is expected to finalize its proposed budget immediately following the hearing. Its recommendations then go to the select board for consideration as the board determines budget articles for the town meeting warrant.

For a recap of the budget committee’s most recent workshop, click here.

| Peter Bragdon chairs a budget committee workshop from home | Screenshot from Zoom |