Public hearing

The Belgrade Board of Selectpersons will conduct a public hearing at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 19, to hear public comment and answer questions about two secret-ballot questions on the June 14 ballot. Those questions are as follows: 

• To see if the town will vote to decrease the size of the Board of Parks and Recreation from 10 members with 2 alternates to 7 voting members with two non-voting members consisting of a youth representative and a seasonal representative; this article will replace Article No. 56 of the 2002 town warrant. 
• To see if the Town of Belgrade will vote to join the Maine Public Employees Retirement System (MainePERS) as a participating local district effective July 1, 2022, for its full-time firefighters and emergency medical service employees under Special Plan 3C with the limited period open enrollment provision. All other employees are excluded from participation at this time. The Town will allow the purchase of credit for the firefighters' and emergency medical service employees' past employment with the town and authorizes the Selectboard to make an agreement with the firefighters/emergency medical services employees regarding how the town will share in the cost for this purchase. The town authorizes the Town Manager and the Selectboard chair to jointly sign the agreement between the town and the Maine Public Employees Retirement System. 

The notice of the public hearing is posted below.