FARMINGTON – At the meeting on Tuesday afternoon, the Franklin County Commissioners approved the county government and jail budgets for the 2025 fiscal year. At a meeting on April 25, the county Budget Committee approved a budget that included a four percent increase in cost-of-living raises for nonunion employees, compared to a three percent increase that was originally presented by the commissioners. The budget committee changed what was sent to them, making it an “illegal budget,” in Commissioner Terry Brann’s words. They referenced §874 on budget procedures in the Franklin County Budget section of the Maine legislature. The statute reads:…
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