Superintendent Jeff Porter says proposed RSU 51/MSAD 51 budget will go to voters June 9

Jeff Porter, superintendent of RSU 51/MSAD 51, told attendees at a district budget meeting that the board's actions that night will set the school district's proposed budget and that the proposal will be placed before voters at the polls on Tuesday, June 9.

Porter thanked the board of directors, the finance committee, the finance director and the finance office for their work in preparing the proposed budget for consideration. He said the meeting was intentionally not being recorded or broadcast "because there's voting going on in the room, and we don't need that to be bridal," adding that attendees must be present in order to participate. Porter opened the meeting by reciting the district's mission to guide students to enthusiasm for learning, responsibility for their education and academic excellence.

The meeting included the traditional opening formalities: Porter's welcome, recognition of staff and a recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance. No formal motions or votes were recorded in the provided transcript excerpt. The immediate next procedural step described by Porter is that the board's decision that evening will determine the budget language sent to the electorate for the June 9 vote.

There were no statutory citations, ordinance references, motions, or vote tallies in the transcript excerpt provided. Additional public discussion, staff presentations or formal board votes (if they occurred later in the meeting) are not reflected in this excerpt and are therefore "not specified."