KENNEBUNK — The town of Kennebunk is proposing a $14.5 million municipal budget for the 2020 fiscal year.

The proposed fiscal year 2020 municipal budget is about a $900,000 increase over the current year’s town budget.

Residents will vote whether to approve the budget during a June 11 town referendum.

The town’s current mil rate is $17.50. The proposed municipal budget would increase the mil rate by 29 cents, which would equate to an $87 annual property tax increase on a $300,000 home. This does not include any possible impact on the tax rate from the Regional School Unit 21 budget or county taxes.

The proposed budget provides funding for a 3 percent increase of police and public service salaries and a two percent increase to all other budgeted staff positions.

The proposed budget includes funding for two new positions — a part-time administrative assistant in community development and a part-time human resources generalist.

The proposed budget also contains about $1.2 million in road projects and a little more than $1 million in funding for capital improvement projects. The proposed major projects include police station maintenance, fire station repairs, vehicle extraction equipment, fire chief’s command truck, plow truck replacement, cardiac compression devices and the demolition of the teen center.

For more information about the proposed town budget, go to www.kennebunkmaine.us/budget.

— Staff Writer Liz Gotthelf can be reached at 780-9015 or by email at [email protected].