Kennebunkport Sets 1975 Budget at $508000 Plus
Kennebunkport voters approved a 1975 town budget of 508,068 a rise of 26 100 over 1974 with 357 896 raised by assessment. They created an ad hoc committee to study alternatives to SAD 71 approved water district hydrant rent increase and funded an elm tree preservation fund. A regional sanitary district was authorized with Kennebunk and Arundel for solid waste management.
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Peter Kingsley
Kennebunkport
Udget
Harry Rogers
Arundel,Lee
Elm Tree Preservation Fund
Selectmen
Rogers
Budget Board
Richard Wormwood
Grace Howard
Robert Brown
Wormwood
David Walley
Carter Radley
York County Community
Harold Smith
Kennebunk and Arundel
Parson Field
Beryl Bilderback
Committee To Seek SAD 71 Alternative
Kennebunkport residents vote to form a five member committee to study SAD 71 and possible creation of a new district with Arundel or inclusion of Arundel, prompted by a potential $700 000 increase in 1975 for education funding under LD 1994.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Kingsley
Kennebunkport
Arundel
David Walley
Inside the Journal Today's Chuckle
A brief humor note from the column plays on a familiar saying about saving. It wittily links thrift to taxation and invites the reader to consider everyday money quirks.
Old Dump Staggers Saco With Costly Pollution Fix
DEP officials tell Saco city leaders the old dump contaminates water for the Cousens family and may affect 15 area households. Proposals include removing the dump, lowering the water table, a plastic bowl, or a clay wall, with costs up to $300,000. DEP and city officials agree on a soils investigation before action and seek state and federal help.
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Susan Morrison
Saco
Department of Environmental Protection
DEP
James Atwell
E.C. Jordan Co
E.C. Jordan
Portland
Sandy Brook
John Dexter
William Adams
Dexter
Cousens
Gardner Hunt
Middle Income Tax Rate Up Sharply, Report Says
Washington report says middle income families paid 11.8 percent in total taxes in 1953 rising to 23.4 percent by 1974 as public spending grew faster than the economy. It notes higher salaries for public workers and faster gains in federal earnings versus private sectors, with agricultural and related jobs also rising sharply.
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Washington
Simon Says Tax Cut Slants Relief to Low Incomes
Treasury Secretary William E. Simon testified that the House tax cut of 21.3 billion dollars overly favors lower income families. He urged adopting Ford's plan, which would direct 57 percent of benefits to earners under twenty thousand and only 15 percent to those under ten thousand.
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Simon
Washington
Treasury
William E. Simon
House
Ford
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Biddeford Council Rejects Police Wage Increase Reading
Biddeford City Council voted 6 to 4 to reject the second reading of wage increases for police patrolmen. The contract, negotiated with the police union, would have raised starting pay and added step increases and shift differentials. Leaders cited objections to a top step of 171.20 weekly pay for three years and detectives' pay parity with patrolmen.
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Christopher Couch
Biddeford
Police Contract Increases Spark Union Tension And Mediation
The city and police union agreed a wage rise to 171.20 for top officers with others receiving a 20 raise due to new terms and experience. A union shop clause remains pending council approval while mediation is resolving early negotiations. Fire and public works deals linger, as the seven percent citywide raise persists amid budget pressures.
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Labor Relations Board
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Factory Island
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Maynard Cousens
Maine
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Advisory Commission On Intergovernmental Relations
Congress
Tom Osmers
St. Francis College
Theigh School
Tiger Gymnasium
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Everal Council
Joseph Zuke
Finance Committee
Washington, D.C
Paul Neault
Elm
South Streets
Daniel Cantara
Linwood Davis
Fire Department
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