The Maine Municipal Association created a website designed to provide municipal officials, the public and members of the media information and news about the impact of the state of Maine’s 2014-15 Budget as proposed and the reactions to it.

MMA updates the site on a regular basis. If you are interested in the proposed state budget, local government finances or municipal collaboration, please check out the site at: www.memun.org (upper left; link says “Tracking the 2014-15 Maine State Budget”) or www.memun.org/MaineTaxShift/.

The website is comprised of five topic areas: Key Facts, this section outlines in easy-to-understand language what the proposed budget calls for and how it would affect towns, cities, property owners, small businesses and renters; Impact Data & Analysis, the section provides detailed, municipality by municipality data about the effects of various changes contained in the proposed budget; Resolutions & Local Action, many municipalities are adopting resolutions and taking other actions regarding the proposed state budget; Municipal Collaboration, for decades, municipal leaders in Maine have worked together to deliver high-quality government services in a cost-effective manner. This section offers hundreds of examples; In the News, News media around the state are reporting on, and offering opinions about, the proposed budget.

For more information contact Eric Conrad, Director of Communication & Educational Services, at: 207-623-8428.