For those who could not attend Thursday’s information session on the 2025 budget, a copy of the PowerPoint presentation is now available. The presentation describes the major contributors to the overall budget and how the budget is proposed to be funded.
And the presentation provides an estimate of the 2025 property tax impact, assuming all of the “money” articles to be voted on at Town Meeting are approved: an 8.7% increase in property taxes.
The printed 2024 Annual Reports, with the 2025 Annual Town Meeting warrant, have been printed and are available for pick-up at the Town Hall.
Want to have a pre-Town Meeting peek at what your 2025 property taxes might be?
The Blue Hill Select Board will hold a public meeting on Thursday, March 27 at 6:00pm in the Town Hall auditorium to address these matters. If you haven’t already seen the 2024 Annual Report and 2025 Warrant, please download a copy.
Continue reading “Town Meeting and 2025 Property Tax Preview”Public input will be solicited at the March 17 Select Board meeting on the town’s plan to replace the four “finger floats” at the South Blue Hill wharf. All interested members of the public are invited to join, in person or remotely, to express their views on the plan.
Continue reading “Public Consultation: Finger Floats”For those who were unable to attend last week’s Public Input meeting with respect to the proposed abandonment of Toddy Pond Dam, attached is a video of the event.
A public information and feedback session will be held on Wednesday, February 12 to:
Feedback from this session will inform the Blue Hill Select Board, and the other three towns abutting Toddy Pond, as to the community’s views on:
All members of the community are invited to attend to share their input.
For more information about the developments surrounding Toddy Pond, please visit this page.
Although the 2025 budget won’t be set until our Annual Town Meeting in April, the developments around what to do with the Toddy Pond dam have caused the four abutting towns to develop a survey of residents and waterfront property owners to better understand whether and, if so, how much municipal funds (i.e., property taxes) should be used to support the future ownership and operating costs of the dams.
We are looking for the broadest possible representation of Blue Hill voters (and others’) views on this matter via a very short survey.
This is the latest in a series of bi-weekly “joint statements” reporting on progress to resolving the proposed abandonment of three dams, one of which has created Toddy Pond as currently known.
Representatives from the 5 Town Dam Committee met at the Bucksport Town Office on Wednesday, January 18 to discuss new developments regarding Bucksport Mill LLC’s petition to abandon the Toddy, Alamoosook, and Silver Lake dams.
Continue reading “Toddy Pond Dam: 1/20 Joint Statement”