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Litchfield, Sabattus, Wales voters reject RSU4 budget for 3rd time: Some call for more administrative cuts

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34568c8bae0bc3439f9c06a73eea0ec3bbce854bab60ebfa8e30d47c71d2cfcc6829c17a90be664cby Aysia Reed, WGMEWed, October 4th 2023, 11:48 PM UTCLitchfield, Sabattus and Wales voters rejected the RSU4 budget for the third time. (WGME)WALES (WGME) -- Litchfield, Sabattus and Wales voters will be heading back to the polls after rejecting the RSU4 budget proposal for the third time.In Tuesday's vote, 524 people voted "No" and 271 voted "Yes."This third proposal is $21.8 million dollars, making it 2.2 percent higher than last year's budget.Sabattus resident Timothy Noel believes it's too costly."I just think people are really tired of their taxes continuously going up every time they ask for money," Noel said.The district says the tax increase on this budget, based on a $200,000 house, would be: $127 in Litchfield, $156 in Wales and $196 in Sabattus.The proposal also cut five teaching positions and one edtech."Any position that was up for reduction was done in a thoughtful way and least amount of impact over all," RSU4 Superintendent Katy Grondin said. "And just saying what can we do with positions that we had open, that we were having trouble finding candidates for and deciding not to fill."Noel says he wants to see more cuts."Administrative cuts would be best," Noel said.School leaders say they received letters with similar sentiments from voters arguing the district should cut administration pay.One voter says she voted "Yes" on the last budget and thinks this proposal is just the bare bones."It's been about taxes, we cut it back so taxes could be a little lower, now its about administration," RSU4 Board of Directors Chair Jill Bouchard said. Bouchard says one issue could be voter turnout.Only 800 showed up at the polls this week."We can't hear what you're saying if you're not voting or coming to the meetings," Bouchard said.A fourth school budget proposal will be discussed at a board meeting on October 11. Loading ...

34568c8bae0bc3439f9c06a73eea0ec3bbce854bab60ebfa8e30d47c71d2cfcc6829c17a90be664cby Aysia Reed, WGMEWed, October 4th 2023, 11:48 PM UTCLitchfield, Sabattus and Wales voters rejected the RSU4 budget for the third time. (WGME)WALES (WGME) -- Litchfield, Sabattus and Wales voters will be heading back to the polls after rejecting the RSU4 budget proposal for the third time.In Tuesday's vote, 524 people voted "No" and 271 voted "Yes."This third proposal is $21.8 million dollars, making it 2.2 percent higher than last year's budget.Sabattus resident Timothy Noel believes it's too costly."I just...

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