TOWN OF EAST MILLINOCKET
~ WARRANT ~
JUNE 2022
To Cameron T. McDunnah or any Constable in the Town of East Millinocket, Penobscot County, State of Maine.
GREETING:
In the name of the State of Maine, you are hereby required to notify and warn the voters of East Millinocket, in said County qualified by law to vote in Town affairs, to meet at Schenck High School in said Town on the 21st day of June, A.D. 2022, at Six O’clock in the afternoon to act on Articles numbered l through 63 all of the said Articles being set out below, to wit:
ARTICLE 1
To choose a MODERATOR to preside at said meeting.
ARTICLE 2
To see if the Town will vote to fix the 2022 taxes due and payable as follows: the first half to be due thirty (30) days from the commitment date, with interest to begin on the thirty-first (31) day at 6% per annum; the second half to be due February 16, 2023 with interest to begin February 17, 2023 at 6% per annum; and to pay interest on overpayments of real and personal property at a rate of 4%. All checks drawn on Maine banks will be credited as of date of payment. All out-of-state bank checks will be credited when collected from the bank.
and
To see if the Town will vote to set the interest rate to be paid by the Town on ABATED TAXES at 4% pursuant to 36 M.R.S.A. Section 506-A.
ARTICLE 3
To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Tax Collector to accept PREPAYMENT OF TAXES not yet committed pursuant to 36 M.R.S.A. 506.
ARTICLE 4
To see if the Town will vote to authorize the EXPENDITURE of INCOME REVENUES in each department account as approved by the Board of Selectmen.
ARTICLE 5
To see if the Town will vote to CARRY FORWARD from all departments, all unexpended vacation salaries for salaried and non-salaried positions and adequate amounts from temporary salaries to pay for vacancies during fiscal year 2021/2022.
ARTICLE 6
To see if the Town will vote to carry forward unexpended 2021/2022 OPERATIONAL BALANCES to be expended in the 2022/2023 OPERATIONAL BUDGET as follows:
Hot Top Account
Public Safety Building Repair
Town Celebration
Administration Insurance Reimbursement
Administration Capital Improvement
Municipal Building Improvement Account
Community/Economic Development Account
Library Donations and Memorials
DARE Account
Police Mobile Data Unit Grant
Rudman Library Grant
Miscellaneous Library Revenues
Library Steven King Automation Grant
Recreation Donation Accounts
Little Dribblers Account
Senior Citizen Meals Account
Festival of Trees Account
Children’s Christmas Party
Administration Computer Accounts
Anti-Tobacco Grant
Gloria C. MacKenzie Grant Accounts
GNP Redevelopment and Grant Accounts
Industrial Park Accounts (to Public Works Equipment Reserve)
ARPA funding
Police Patch Project Funds
ARTICLE 7
To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and authorize the Municipal Officers to place FIFTY PERCENT of the INTEREST earned, net of bank fees and charges in the town sweep checking account to the EAST MILLINOCKET SCHOOL BUILDING AND EQUIPMENT REPAIR-REPLACEMENT-IMPROVEMENT RESERVE ACCOUNT and to authorize the Municipal Officers to expend funds as deemed necessary and recommended by the East Millinocket School Board.
ARTICLE 8
To see if the Town will vote to donate the sum of money refunded by the State from SNOWMOBILE REGISTRATIONS to the EAST BRANCH SNO-ROVERS CLUB to promote snowmobiling for residents of East Millinocket.
2021/2022= $860.60
ARTICLE 9
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or appropriate from departmental revenues and authorize the Officers to spend $102,660 for FIRE OPERATIONS.
2022 _ ____ 2023_
Local Taxes $ 83,601 93,160
Revenues 6,700 9,500
TOTAL $ 90,301 102,660
ARTICLE 10
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and authorize the Officers to spend $368,717 for POLICE OPERATIONS.
2022 2023
Local Taxes $ 330,199 367,202
Revenues 515 1,515
TOTAL $ 330,714 368,717
ARTICLE 11
To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from departmental revenue and authorize the Officers to spend $197,684 for MEDWAY POLICE OPERATIONS.
2022 2023
Revenues $ 182,684 197,684
ARTICLE 12
To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from departmental revenue and authorize the Officers to spend $789,518 for MILLINOCKET POLICE OPERATIONS.
2022 2023
Revenues $ 610,874 789,518
ARTICLE 13
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or appropriate from departmental revenues and authorize the Officers to spend $124,456 for RECREATION OPERATIONS.
2022 2023
Local Taxes $ 95,652 107,956
Revenue 16,490 16,500
TOTAL $112,142 124,456
ARTICLE 14
To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from departmental revenue and authorize the Officers to spend $39,803 for MILLINOCKET/MEDWAY RECREATION CONTRACT SERVICE.
2022________ 2023
Revenues $ 39,803 39,803
ARTICLE 15
To see if the Town will vote to establish from the unexpended Recreation Contract Service Account and authorize the Officers to fund and spend as deemed necessary up to $6,528 from the 2022/2023 Recreation Contract Service Account for the East Millinocket Recreation Equipment Repair/Replacement Reserve Account.
ARTICLE 16
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or appropriate from departmental revenues and authorize the Officers to spend $26,700 for CEMETERY OPERATIONS.
2022 2023
Local Taxes $ 21,815 23,800
Revenue 2,800 2,900
TOTAL $ 24,615 26,700
ARTICLE 17
To see what sum the Town of East Millinocket will appropriate and authorize
the School Board to expend for REGULAR INSTRUCTION.
(Last year $2,020,871) Recommended $2,034,312
ARTICLE 18
To see what sum the Town of East Millinocket will appropriate and authorize
the School Board to expend for SPECIAL EDUCATION.
(Last year $546,796) Recommended $643,744
ARTICLE 19
To see what sum the Town of East Millinocket will appropriate and authorize the
School Board to expend for CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION.
(Last year $13,446) Recommended $13,074
ARTICLE 20
To see what sum the Town of East Millinocket will appropriate and authorize the School Board to expend for OTHER INSTRUCTION.
(Last year $173,947) Recommended $177,896
ARTICLE 21
To see what sum the Town of East Millinocket will appropriate and authorize the
School Board to expend for STUDENT AND STAFF SUPPORT.
(Last year $294,419) Recommended $303,239
ARTICLE 22
To see what sum the Town of East Millinocket will appropriate and authorize the
School Board to expend for SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION.
(Last year $209,633) Recommended $224,194
ARTICLE 23
To see what sum the Town of East Millinocket will appropriate and authorize the
School Board to expend for SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION.
(Last year $258,474) Recommended $306,110
ARTICLE 24
To see what sum the Town of East Millinocket will appropriate and authorize the
School Board to expend for STUDENT TRANSPORTATION.
(Last year $55,718) Recommended $60,903
ARTICLE 25
To see what sum the Town of East Millinocket will appropriate and authorize the
School Board to expend for FACILITIES MAINTENANCE.
(Last year $408,703) Recommended $476,040
ARTICLE 26
To see what sum the Town will appropriate and authorize the School Board to
Expend for OTHER EXPENDITURES.
(Last year $22,500) Recommended $22,000
THE NEXT ARTICLES (27-29) REQUIRE A RECORDED VOTE, ONLY ARTICLE 28 REQUIRES A WRITTEN VOTE
ARTICLE 27
To see what sum the Town of East Millinocket will appropriate for the total cost of funding public education from Kindergarten to grade 12 as described in the Essential Programs and Services Funding Act ($2,223,084.83) and to see what Sum the Town will raise as the Town’s contribution to the total cost of funding public education from kindergarten to grade 12 as described in the Essential Programs and Services Funding Act in accordance with the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, Section 15688.
Recommended $460,790 Yes _________ No __________
The school administrative unit’s contribution to the total cost of funding public education from Pre-kindergarten to grade 12 as described in the Essential Programs and Services Funding Act is the amount of money determined by state law to be the minimum amount that a municipality must raise in order to receive the full amount of state dollars.
ARTICLE 28
Written vote required
To see what sum the Town of East Millinocket will raise and appropriate
(Recommended $942,856) in additional local funds which exceeds the State’s
Essential Programs and Services funding model by $942,856 as required to
fund the budget recommended by the School Board.
Recommended $ 942,856 Yes _________ No __________
The school board recommends $942,856 for the following reasons:
The EPS formula does not reflect the actual cost of funding education in rural
areas where education may cost more because of its smaller size as compared to
larger city schools. Therefore, monies will provide revenues to fully fund
programs and operate schools as well as areas excluded under EPS such as 504,
co-curricular activities, improvements and repair, etc.
Note: The additional local funds are those locally raised funds over and above the school administrative unit’s contribution to the total cost of funding public education from kindergarten to grade 12 as described in the Essential Programs and Services Funding Act and local amounts for the annual payment on non-state-funded debt service that will help achieve the Town of East Millinocket budget for educational programs.
ARTICLE 29
To see what sum the Town of East Millinocket will authorize the School Board to
expend for the fiscal year July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023, from school
administrative unit’s contribution to the total cost of funding public education
from kindergarten to grade 12 as described in the Essential Programs and
Services Funding Act, non-state funded school construction projects, additional
local funds for school purposes under the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A,
section 15690, unexpended balances, tuition receipts, local appropriations, state
subsidy and other receipts for the support of schools.
Recommended $4,261,512 Yes _________ No __________
Note: This is a required summary article of the total school budget. It is the total of Articles #17 through #26
ARTICLE 30
Existing School Reserve Accounts: Transfer and Expend
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Reserve Account
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Current Balance
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Recommended Transfer Amount
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Expend Not to Exceed
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Capital Maintenance
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69,685
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10,000
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79,685
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Special Education
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90,000
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10,000
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100,000
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Fuel Cost Stabilization
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70,000
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20,000
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90,000
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Regular Instruction
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50,000
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10,000
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60,000
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Technology
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20,000
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10,000
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30,000
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Food Service
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20,000
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10,000
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30,000
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Shall the School Committee be authorized to transfer up to the stated amounts in the above table from unexpended balances to the Respective Reserve Accounts and to expend said Reserves for the purposes that such Reserves were created, in an amount not to exceed the amount stated in the above table for the 2022-2023 school year?
THE NEXT ARTICLES (31-34) REQUIRE A RECORDED VOTE:
ARTICLE 31
Shall the regional Northern Penobscot Tech Region III career and technical education operating budget as approved by the cooperative board for the year beginning July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023 be approved in the amount of $2,013,862.81, and shall East Millinocket raise $13,073.65 as its debt service local share of Northern Penobscot Tech Region III?
This article is a recorded count of the Town of East Millinocket vote on the
Northern Penobscot Region III total budget for 2022-2023. (In article 19 East
Millinocket approved its share of $13,074)
Yes _________ No __________
ARTICLE 32
Shall the Northern Penobscot Tech Region III approve a budget for adult education in the amount of $43,900 for the year beginning July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023 with authorization to expend any additional, incidental, or miscellaneous receipts in the interest and well-being of its adult education program, and shall East Millinocket raise $1,225.66 as its local share of the adult education budget for the career and technical education region.
This article is a recorded count of the Town of East Millinocket vote on the Northern Penobscot Region III total adult education budget for 2022-2023.
Yes _________ No __________
ARTICLE 33
Shall the Cooperative Board of the Northern Penobscot Career and Technical Education Region III be authorized to expend funds in the Capital Reserve Account for the purpose that such reserve account was created and in an amount not to exceed the lesser of $127,442.38 or the balance of such reserve account for the year beginning July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023?
Yes _________ No ________
ARTICLE 34
Shall the Cooperative Board of the Northern Penobscot Career and Technical Education Region III be authorized to expend funds in the Salary/Benefits Reserve Account for the purpose that such reserve account was created and in an amount not to exceed the lesser of $70,000 or the balance of such reserve account for the year beginning July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023?
Yes _________ No ________
ARTICLE 35
Shall the East Millinocket School Board be authorized to expend other sums as may be received from federal and state grants or programs or other sources during the fiscal year for school purposes, provided that such grants, programs or other sources do not require the expenditure of other funds not previously appropriated.
ARTICLE 36
Shall the East Millinocket School Board be authorized to transfer an excess of
5% between cost centers, not to exceed the total spending allocation for the
2022-2023 school year, to balance accounts.
ARTICLE 37
To see if the Town will appropriate and authorize the Officers to spend $14,136 from LOCAL ROADS ASSISTANCE monies, $500 from Miscellaneous revenues, $100,000 from surplus, and $45,364 from Local Taxes for the HOT TOP PROGRAM ACCOUNT.
2022 2023
Revenue $ 14,636 14,636
Surplus 50,000 100,000
Local Taxes 45,364 45,364
TOTAL $ 110,000 160,000
ARTICLE 38
To see if the Town will vote to appropriate $280,000 from Local Excise Tax and $90,185 from Local Taxes and authorize the Officers to spend $370,185 for PUBLIC WORKS OPERATIONS.
2022 2023
Revenue $ 0 0
Local Taxes 69,135 90,185
Excise Tax 265,000 280,000
TOTAL $ 334,135 370,185
ARTICLE 39
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or appropriate from departmental revenue and authorize the Officers to spend $164,519 for SOLID WASTE OPERATIONS.
2022 2023
Local Taxes $ 149,063 153,519
Revenue 7,500 11,000
TOTAL $ 156,563 164,519
ARTICLE 40
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or appropriate from departmental revenue and authorize the Officers to spend $5,488 for CODE ENFORCEMENT/ZONING OPERATIONS.
2022 2023
Local Taxes $ 4,888 4,788
Revenues 600 700
TOTAL $ 5,488 5,488
ARTICLE 41
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and authorize the Officers to spend $247,723 for PROTECTIVE SERVICES.
2022 2023
Local Taxes $ 238,723 247,723
ARTICLE 42
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and authorize the Officers to spend $5,000 for ASSESSING OPERATIONS.
2022 2023
Local Taxes $ 5,000 5,000
ARTICLE 43
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or appropriate from departmental revenues and authorize the Officers to spend $246,550 for ADMINISTRATION OPERATIONS.
2022 2023
Local Taxes $ 171,206 184,650
Revenues 61,100 61,900
TOTAL $ 232,306 246,550
ARTICLE 44
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and authorize the Officers to spend $110,500 for COUNTY TAX.
2022 2023
Local Taxes $ 103,775 110,500
ARTICLE 45
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and/or appropriate from State reimbursements and authorize the Officers to spend $6,500 for GENERAL ASSISTANCE.
2022 2023
Local Taxes $ 2,100 2,100
Revenues 4,400 4,400
TOTAL $ 6,500 6,500
ARTICLE 46
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and authorize the Officers to spend $328,531 for EMPLOYER FUNDS.
2022 2023
Local Taxes $ 318,714 328,531
ARTICLE 47
To see if the Town will vote to appropriate and/or appropriate from departmental revenue and authorize the Officers to spend $11,150 for the INDUSTRIAL PARK.
2022 2023
Revenue $ 11,100 11,150
ARTICLE 48
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and authorize the Officers to spend $123,866 for Capital Improvements (Street Sweeper Lease Payment $41,199; Plow Truck Payment $42,867; Recreation Shed repairs $12,400 and $13,400; and Cemetery Gator $14,000).
2022 2023
Local Taxes $ 86,199 123,866
Revenues 0 0
TOTAL $ 86,199 123,866
ARTICLE 49
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and authorize the Officers to spend $3,000 for OTHER AGENCIES.
2022 2023
Local Taxes $ 1,000 3,000
Revenues 0 0
TOTAL $ 1,000 3,000
ARTICLE 50
To see if the Town will vote to appropriate from departmental revenues and authorize the Officers to spend $5,000 for SUMMERFEST TOWN CELEBRATION.
2022 2023
Revenues $ 5,000 5,000
TOTAL $ 5,000 5,000
ARTICLE 51
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and authorize the Officers to spend $6,150 for a Tax Increment Financing Agreement which was adopted during a special town meeting held on June 11, 2019.
2022 2023
Local Taxes $ 6,150 6,150
Revenues 0 0
TOTAL $ 6,150 6,150
ARTICLE 52
To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate and authorize the Officers to spend $1,000 for SPECIAL PROJECTS.
2022 2023
Local Taxes $ 0 1,000
Revenues 0 0
TOTAL $ 0 1,000
ARTICLE 53
To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Treasurer, at the request of the Selectmen, to waive the foreclosure of any tax lien certificate created by the Town’s filing of notices of real estate liens, filed on February 16, 2022 for the collection of real estate taxes for the 2020 tax year.
ARTICLE 54
To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen and the Treasurer to procure temporary loans (TAX ANTICIPATION NOTES) in anticipation of and to be paid from taxes and governmental grant revenues for the municipal year 2022/2023 and to execute notes evidencing such loans on behalf of the Town upon such terms as they deem advantageous to the Town.
ARTICLE 55
To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen, on behalf of the Town, to sell and dispose of any real estate acquired by the Town (THROUGH UNPAID PROPERTY TAX LIENS) for nonpayment of taxes thereon, or other obligations due to the Town and on such terms as they deem advisable and to execute quit claim deeds for such property. Except that the Selectmen shall use the special sale process required by 36 M.R.S.A. §943-C for qualifying homestead property if they choose to sell it to anyone other than the former owner(s).
ARTICLE 56
To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen on behalf of the Town, to sell and dispose of vehicles and equipment owned by the Town on such terms, as they deem advisable.
ARTICLE 57
To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Selectmen on behalf of the Town, to sell and dispose of Town owned Real Estate within the Town, and /or to sell or lease Town owned Real Estate located within the Katahdin Regional Industrial Park, on such terms, as they deem advisable.
ARTICLE 58
To see if the Town will vote to appropriate funds accepted by the municipal officers pursuant to the criminal forfeiture law (15 M.R.S.A. §5826) to the police department equipment replacement reserve account.
(ARTICLE 59 - 63 REQUIRES A RECORDED VOTE)
ARTICLE 59
Shall the Town vote to decrease the Select Board, Assessors and Overseers from five members to three members, elected to 3-year terms; this change, if approved to become effective at the November 2022 annual town election, at which time only one board member shall be elected to a new 3-year term; in addition, at the 2023 annual election only one board member shall be elected for a new 3-year term; thereafter at each annual election one board member shall be elected for a new 3-year term.
YES _______ NO _______
ARTICLE 60
Shall the Town vote to adopt the provisions of 5 M.R.S. §18252-C as enacted by PL 2021, Chapter 286 as allowed by MainePERS Rule Chapter 803 for its non-participating employees with optional membership who previously declined to participate in MainePERS (“eligible employees”) and to comply with the following requirements:
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- To offer by July 1, 2022 the opportunity to join MainePERS prospectively to all its eligible employees who were employed for more than 5 years as of November 1, 2021, to advise these employees that this will be their only opportunity to join, and to provide MainePERS with documentation of each eligible employee’s election; and
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- Beginning in 2022, to annually offer eligible employees who have been employed for less than 5 years, and in 2022 eligible employees who had reached 5 years of employment between November 1, 2021 and November 1, 2022, the opportunity to join MainePERS on a prospective basis during an open enrollment period from September 1st through November 1st and to provide MainePERS with documentation of each election made by eligible employees under this provision: and
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- To withhold employee contributions for employees who join under this provision on an after-tax basis and to remit them to MainePERS: and
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- To authorize Angela Cote, Administrative Assistant to the Board of Selectmen to sign the Amended Agreement between the Town of East Millinocket and the Maine Public Employees Retirement System.
YES _______ NO _______
ARTICLE 61
Shall the Town vote to authorize the Treasurer to create a new reserve account for the purpose of providing Maine Criminal Justice Academy Training for the Police Department.
YES _______ NO _______
ARTICLE 62
Shall the Town vote to authorize the Treasurer to place any unexpended funds from the Millinocket Police Contract and Medway Police Contract fiscal for the 2021/2022 fiscal year operating budgets into the newly created Maine Criminal Justice Academy Reserve Fund.
YES _______ NO _______
ARTICLE 63
Shall the East Millinocket Board of Selectmen be authorized to expend other sums as may be received from federal and state grants or programs or other sources during the fiscal year, provided that such grants, programs or other sources do not require the expenditure of other funds not previously appropriated.
YES _______ NO _______
Notice is hereby given that the Registrar of Voters will be in the Town Clerk’s Office during regular office hours to correct the list of voters and receive applications for new registrations.
Given under our hands this 24th day of May 2022, A.D.
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MICHAEL H. MICHAUD, CHAIRMAN
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KYLE L. LEATHERS, VICE-CHAIR
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CLINT LINSCOTT
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ANTHONY D. MOSCONE
EAST MILLINOCKET BOARD OF SELECTMEN
A true copy of the warrant,
Attest:
Melissa S. McDunnah, Deputy Town Clerk of East Millinocket.
RETURN OF THE WARRANT
STATE OF MAINE
PENOBSCOT COUNTY, ss
EAST MILLINOCKET, MAINE May 24, 2022
Pursuant to the within warrant to me directed, I have notified and warned the inhabitants of said Town, qualified as herein expressed, to meet at said time and place, and for the purposed therein named, by posting an attested copy of said warrant at
THE EAST MILLINOCKET MUNICIPAL BUILDING
THE UNITED STATES POST OFFICE
EASTMILL FEDERAL CREDIT UNION
ELLIS FAMILY MARKET
in said town, being public and conspicuous places in said town, on the 24th day of May 2022, A.D. being at least seven days before the meeting.
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Constable
Then personally appeared before me the above-named __________________________________________________, known to me, and swore that the representations set forth in the above Return of Warrant are true of his/her own knowledge; and acknowledged the signature appearing thereon to be his/hers, and that he/she executed the Return of his/her own free will and who signed the above Return in my presence.
Date: _____________________ _____________________________________
Notary Public
(Notary Seal) _____________________________________
Printed Name of Notary Public
My Commission Expires: _______________