📰BIDDEFORD | Bobby Mills, Let's Talk About the Budget

April 15, 2026, As budget discussions continue in the City of Biddeford, residents continue to voice their concerns to city leaders both in-person and by email.

With that being said, former Biddeford City Councilor Bobby Mills asked us to share a letter that he sent to the City Council pertaining to the "social service budget" and funding essential services.

Mills letter reads:

"Let’s talk about the social service budget.

I am not discounting any organization or member at all.

We’ve had to tackle the social service budget over all the years I was on the city council and it’s always been a struggle on who to fund and who not to fund.

So just to put a little reasoning in your thought process while in this budget session - We are not dealing with free money - This is the taxpayers money.

Many taxpayers don’t want money going to some of these organizations and I think that’s often left out in the thought process. It’s no different than getting a fundraiser email or something in the mail - you could choose to donate to it or not. So asking for 1 million+ in a budget for social service funding, is totally unreasonable.

It doesn’t matter what organization that you stand for or you believe in, not everyone believes in it, therefore taxpayers money as a whole shouldn’t be used to fund the budget of social service agencies.

Again, people can choose to donate individually to these organizations.

One of the things I struggled with as a city councilor was funding organizations where the executive director was making millions of dollars in pay, when they were asking for donations from our social service fund. I want to stress to everyone that taxpayers money should be used discreetly and responsibly for funding our services such as police, fire, and roads.

They’re of the upmost importance in any community, especially ours."

Sincerely, 

Bob Mills

--Bobby Mills is a resident of Biddeford and is currently running to both serve on the Biddeford Charter Commission, as well as the York County Treasurer.

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