Voters Approve $27 Million Bar Harbor Budget

CARRIE JONES JUN 05, 2024 Share BAR HARBOR—With hardly a pause during their town meeting, Bar Harbor voters passed its budget Tuesday evening, approving a $27,272,143 budget, the same amount as the Warrant Committee’s recommendation. The Town Council had recommended a $27,268,529 budget. This is an approximately $4 million increase from last year’s recommendations. The mill rate last year (current FY24 budget) was .00868, and this … Continue reading Voters Approve $27 Million Bar Harbor Budget

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With Six Abstentions Potential Short-Term Rental Ordinance Recommended by Warrant Committee

Most Warrant Articles Recommended Without Discussion SHAUN FARRAR MAR 21, 2024 Share MOUNT DESERT—Fifteen members of Mount Desert’s twenty-member Warrant Committee finalized the committee’s voting process to recommend, or not, the town’s warrant articles, which will be approved, or not approved, by town voters in early May. The committee approved the warrant articles out of order because there were speakers present to answer potential questions … Continue reading With Six Abstentions Potential Short-Term Rental Ordinance Recommended by Warrant Committee

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Updated: Town Strips Chamber of Wayfinding Funds

Attendees pass slightly revised budget at three-hour town meeting CARRIE JONES JUN 7, 2023 BAR HARBOR—About 175 Bar Harbor town voters and more than a dozen others gathered on a dreary Tuesday night for town meeting at the Conners Emerson gymnasium. The meeting focused on the municipal and school budgets with the main controversy focusing around the Bar Harbor Chamber of Commerce’s wayfinding funds, which … Continue reading Updated: Town Strips Chamber of Wayfinding Funds

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