PORTLAND, Maine —
The first question on Augusta residents’ ballots in November will be whether to approve the city taking out a bond of more than $7 million.
The money, which will be paid off over the course of 30 years, will go toward roads, a fire engine, the completion of a community pool and the Augusta Civic Center.
According to City Manager Jared Mills, bond approval has been on Augusta ballots each of the last three years.
“If we were to just try to pay out of the tax base for that, that would be a lot of money and a lot of tax increase,” Mills said. “But we’re able to borrow and make payments on that over a number of years.”
Mills said that $1.8 million of the total bond will go towards the Civic Center. The money will go toward bleachers on the lower level of the basketball court and switchgear engineering.
According to a Mainebiz report, the Civic Center held the…
