Our Voice : Citizens For a Better Lebanon Maine

I wanted to follow-up to the article in the newspaper that appeared about “Ballot changes cause conflict between selectmen, committee”.
The budget committee and its recommendations are not a waste of time, the opinion is still on the ballot and the recommendation of the majority of the group is still on there, just like it was [...]

[Read more →]

Budget Committee met this past Monday to vote their will on each of the upcoming Referendums for the Town. All Selectmen were present to vote their recommendations as well. The meeting lasted roughly an 1:48.
Meeting Highlights:

[Read more →]

Budget Committee met to review ballot items…
Meeting Highlights:
Selectmen Cole was in attendance – Meeting lasted 2:28 min

[Read more →]

Meeting Highlights:
No Selectmen were in attendance at the meeting,  Meeting lasted about 2 hours

[Read more →]

Meeting Highlights:
Selectmen Patch and Selectmen Cole were in attendance. Meeting Length appx 2:21 min

[Read more →]

Meeting Highlights:
This weeks meeting focused on a discussion of prior budgets and the review of some changed Budgets from the Selectmen.

[Read more →]

Meeting Highlights:

Budget Committee discusses the extreme delays on receiving budgets. All budget have been late and it has been over three weeks and still no general government budget.
Disappointment was expressed over the lack of cuts in budgets for all the budgets presented. Everyone is making cuts but the towns budgets don’t reflect this.
The need to [...]

[Read more →]

This week the Budget Committee reviewed the Rescue Department budget at the Blaisdell Station.

[Read more →]

Meeting Highlights:

[Read more →]

The Video and Research pages have been updated. This includes the preliminary Town and School budgets

[Read more →]

Budget Committee meets to review the Transfer Station

[Read more →]

The Budget Committee met to review the Recreation Budget and also had a visit by the School Superintendent Paul Andrade, and School Board member Joanne Potter to discuss the upcoming Budget for the schools. 

[Read more →]

Meeting Highlights:
This week the Budget Committee reviews the Code Enforcement Officer (CEO) and Road Commissioners Budgets.
I would like to mention there were Three residents who came and observed. It is great to see people taking an interest in seeing for themselves how things are run and monies are handled. We need more involvement and support…

[Read more →]

Fellow Residents, I sit hear typing this post with a sense of consternation, aggravation and dismay. I would like You to take a moment to reflect and ask yourself a couple questions…
What do You expect of your Budget Committee and the Budget process?
What do You see as the Budget Committee’s  purpose and function?
What amount of [...]

[Read more →]

The Budget Committee met last evening to review the Fire Department budget.

[Read more →]

The Budget Committee met last evening to review the Planning Board and Library budgets.

[Read more →]

Meeting Highlights:

Minutes were read and approved
The Budget Committee had not met in two weeks due to lack of Budgets being available from Selectmen.

[Read more →]

Meeting Highlights:

[Read more →]

An informational meeting was scheduled at the Firehouse tonight for the Budget Committee to learn more about the Fire Departments needs for a new Engine. Being a Budget Committee member I was concerned if the meeting was still occurring since this morning when I checked the town website I didn’t see any notice.

[Read more →]

Meeting Highlights:
This was the first meeting of the new Budget Committee since the election in June. Business commenced with the election of  a Chairperson

[Read more →]

Meeting Highlights:

Selectmen Churchard explained a desire to relax the Conflict of Interest Policy on 4/7/09 (15 days ago). She has spoken with the Town Attorney to see if the language can be simplified and she is working to get a new draft completed for review. The current policy will remain in effect until such a [...]

[Read more →]

This meeting represents the Warrant Article review. The Budget Committee goes down through each of the Warrant Articles asking questions of Selectmen and getting clarification on each of the items.There are 47 Warrant Articles in total.

[Read more →]