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December 9 Agenda Item 8
Attachments:
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Size: 20K
Last Updated: 2013/12/5
Size: 617K
Last Updated: 2013/10/22
Size: 685K
Last Updated: 2013/10/11
Size: 114K
Last Updated: 2013/10/10
Size: 750K
Last Updated: 2013/10/9
Subject:
Ordinance to amend the Code of Ordinances, Chapter 6 General Assistance.

A public comment period will not be included with this item because a public hearing was held regarding this matter at an earlier date.

ACTION: Council action is anticipated.
Summary:
In 2008, the Town Attorney recommended that the Town adopt the MMA General Assistance Model Ordinance in place of the Town's General Assistance ordinance, as it was more thorough and consistent with current practices and State Statutes.

The Maine Municipal Association has now issued an update to the model General Assistance Ordinance. This 2013 edition of the ordinance incorporates legislative changes made to the General Assistance law since 2005, which was the last time MMA’s model ordinance was comprehensively updated.

The required annual updates to the GA maximums are also included in this update.

An introduction letter and a copy of the proposed ordinance language are attached.  The Town's current GA Ordinance can be accessed at this website: Click here or visit http://library.municode.com/HTML/12125/level2/PTIICOOR_CH6GEAS.html