York County’s budget process has concluded with a unanimous vote in favor of the $25.1 million spending plan.
Following a public hearing June 10, the York County Budget Committee voted to transmit the budget back to commissioners unchanged from the document that body sent to them, effectively ending the process.
There was no comment during the hearing, which drew a handful of county employees and one member
of the public.
The budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1 contains no new positions.
At $25.1 million, the budget is up 7.38 percent. About $21.5 million is to be raised by taxes to the county’s 29 municipalities, up 9.6 percent, or $1.8 million, from the current year.
County officials have attributed the increase to the cost of wages, benefits, contracted services, inflation, – and a decrease of about $100,000 in revenue projections.
York County Budget Committee member Jonathan Martell of Sanford, who had proposed reductions at an earlier meeting, said he thought there was still room” for a few cuts,” but in the end, voted in favor of the spending plan.
Member Rebecca Bowley of Hollis said she’s like to see additional information for next year’s budget deliberations, but indicated the process went well.
“I think the commissioners and the department heads have done a wonderful job in trying to keep costs down,” Bowley said. “Thank you.”
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