County, towns wrestle with cost for essential services for unorganized territories
FARMINGTON – The Franklin County Commissioners are tasked with providing essential services in the unorganized territories (UT) within the county. Historically these services are provided by the neighboring towns through a contract between the county and the municipality. In a meeting Thursday afternoon, the commissioners and the county administrator met with officials from several service communities to discuss increases in the cost of services for the UT. Because the budgets for the UT have to be approved by the state legislature, the deadlines are substantially earlier than local town budgets. The county is working on the UT budget for fiscal
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