đź“°BIDDEFORD | Councilor Expresses Budget Cut Concerns | Library or Essential Services (Police)
- Apr 14
- 1 min read
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April 14, 2026, At last night's Budget Committee meeting, At-large Councilor Lisa Vadnais addressed fellow councilors outlining hey concerns contrasting cuts to essential services and municipal city funding requests.
"All these people, the essential services in our city, taking the amount of cuts that we're doing, it just doesn't seem right to give a million dollars to the library when we're taking from the police department... and the fire department... and the public's works department.
These are essential to run our city right now, and this year, in particular, because we're struggling with the budget, we're focused more on our central services... I really feel really uncomfortable taking away from essential services when we're not really sure what we're asking for seeds of hope."
Hear Councilor Vadnais highlighted comments below:
**REMINDER: The Second Public Hearing on the budget will be held TONIGHT, Tuesday, April 14 at 5:30 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers and via Microsoft Teams.
By visiting www.biddefordmaine.org/fy27budget, you can review key FY27 Budget information, including detailed budget requests for each department and videos of all budget presentations.
You can find meeting agendas and Teams links for all Budget Committee meetings on the City's Agenda Portal: https://biddefordme.portal.civicclerk.com/
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