LINCOLNVILLE, Maine — Residents approved a proposal to expand the town office Tuesday by an 806-613 vote.
The referendum gives selectmen approval to take $470,000 from a capital investment reserve account and borrow $220,000 in general obligation bonds to pay for adding a 2,187-square-foot addition to the town office.
Town Administrator David Kinney has said bid packages will be sent out and a contractor selected this winter, with construction to start in the early spring. The renovations and new addition would be completed by next fall.
The project will add $7.73 in taxes annually for a property assessed at $200,000.
Tuesday was the third time residents have voted on an addition or new town office.
Good, now those citizens will get exactly what they are asking for, higher taxes and less to say about how it is spent.