Use Modernized e-Filing (MeF) for City taxes. Make an appointment to pay City taxes or a water bill in person. Returning members include Jones, Township Clerk Peter Gialamas and Township Assessor Susan Moylan-Krey, all of whom were elected in 2017 as Republicans, but ran as Democrats on the April 6 ballot. A new Democratic-controlled board, elected on April 6, will be sworn into office in May. 23 meeting.ĭuring their time on the township board, Sweeney, Carrabotta and McKenzie have supported measures to lower annual tax levies and cut the township budget.Īpril 27 is the final regular meeting of the current Maine Township Board after four years marked by conflict and in-fighting among its largely Republican members. “You can be within the confines of the law and still have too much money in reserves, and that’s where we’re at,” Carrabotta said during the Feb. The law states that township funds cannot “exceed an amount equal to or greater than two-and-a-half times the annual average expenditure of the previous three fiscal years.” Some of those in support said the township has too much money in reserves, even if it has not yet exceeded what is allowed under the law.Ī state law passed in 2017 sets caps on how much money townships can keep in reserves. In February, all board members except Morask voted in favor of the $2.2 million abatement when it was presented by Sweeney. This would need to occur at the board’s next regular meeting, which was scheduled for April 27, she said. Several days after Pioneer Press questioned Township Attorney Keri-Lyn Krafthefer about the missing vote, Krafthefer acknowledged that the board must still vote on the tax abatement ordinance it had agreed to reconsider. 
In an April 6 email to citizens and supporters, Trustee David Carrabotta, who had supported the $2.2 million tax abatement, announced its passage by a 3-2 vote, even though a new vote had not taken place and the abatement had failed.Ĭarrabotta did not respond to messages inquiring about the vote. The vote to reconsider passed 3-2, but the board did not re-vote on the failed motion to abate $2.2 million in property taxes.
Eventually, McKenzie made a motion to reconsider the tax abatement motion that had failed.
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