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Woolwich to vote on $2.2 million spending plan; tax impact unknown
The largest driver of the proposed budget is a $100,000 addition to begin saving for the town to conduct a property re-evaluation.
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Woolwich residents will be asked to approve a $2.2 million municipal spending plan at a special town meeting Wednesday, May 26, at 6 p.m. at Woolwich Central School.
The proposed $2,207,194 municipal budget is $252,179 higher than last year’s $1,955,015 budget, showing a 12.9% increase.
Town officials don’t yet know how the proposed budget would impact the town’s property tax rate, which now sits at $15.40 per $1,000 of valuation, said Town Administrator Kim Dalton. This means a Woolwich home valued at $200,000 receives a $3,080 property tax bill.
Proposed Bath budget could raise taxes 1.6%
Included in the budget is funding to provide 18 body cameras for Bath police.
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Bath taxpayers could see a 1.61% tax increase if city councilors approve a proposed $17.28 million budget next month. That would equate to an $70 increase in taxes on a home valued at $200,000.
The proposed budget shows a nearly $228,000 increase, or 0.73%, over last year’s budget, according to Finance Director Juli Millett.
One of the city’s most recent purchases include 18 body cameras for Bath police patrol officers. The city plans to spend $17,000 on a contract with Axon, a law enforcement equipment manufacturer. The contract will last five years and total $80,000.
COVID-19 outbreaks reported at Brunswick, Bath schools
COVID-19 outbreaks have been reported at Bath Middle School and Harriet Beecher Stowe Elementary School in Brunswick.
The Maine Center for Disease Control defines an outbreak as three or more cases of COVID-19 within a 14-day period.
Regional School Unit 1 Superintendent Patrick Manuel announced the outbreak status in Bath Monday afternoon.
“These cases are not epidemiologically linked,” Manuel wrote in an email to the community. “The CDC has informed us that this uptick in cases is due to community spread outside of school. There is no evidence of spread within the school building; therefore, the school will remain open to in-person learning.”
COVID-19 cases increasing in southern Midcoast Maine
Both Lincoln and Sagadahoc counties seven-day new case average stayed in the single digits in March and much of April, but started climbing late last month.
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COVID-19 cases are trending up in the southern Midcoast specifically in Lincoln and Sagadahoc counties as the state’s vaccination efforts press on.
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported 78 positive and probable new cases of COVID-19 in Lincoln County between April 27 and May 3 the highest seven-day average of new cases the county has ever seen.
At least 30 of the active cases can be attributed to Two Bridges Regional Jail in Wiscasset. Last week, the facility reported that 27 residents and three staff members had contracted COVID-19, leading the Maine CDC to declare an outbreak at the facility.