| | | Sec. 1. President of each University of Maine campus directed to meet with host | | municipalities. Resolved: That the president of each university in | | the University of Maine System shall arrange to meet with the | | municipal officers of the host municipality of each campus | | within that university, or the officers' designee, to | | negotiate a reasonable and appropriate system of financial | | support for municipal services directly provided to each | | campus. The negotiations must, at a minimum, include the | | following elements: |
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| | | 1. A reasonable calculation of the value of municipal | | services directly provided each year to each campus within the | | university, including: road maintenance, construction and | | other transportation services; police, fire protection, | | emergency rescue and other public safety services; solid waste | | collection, disposal and recycling services; and any other | | municipal services, benefits or resources provided directly to | | the campus, excluding any utility-type services that are | | provided to the campus and all other users according to a use- | | based fee or rate schedule; |
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| | | 2. A reasonable calculation of all compensation provided by | | the university to the host municipality of each campus for the | | services considered in the calculation required under | | subsection 1, whether according to a traditional or historic | | financial contribution, a formal or informal payment in lieu | | of taxes, or otherwise; and |
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| | | 3. An agreement about the degree to which the university | | should contribute financially to the host municipality of each | | campus in compensation or partial compensation for the | | municipal services that are directly provided to it. In the | | event the parties to the negotiation are unable to reach an | | agreement with respect to the university's appropriate | | contribution, the respective position of each party to the | | negotiation must be recorded; and be it further |
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| | | Sec. 2. Report. Resolved: That the president of each university of | | the University of Maine System shall prepare a report | | including all the calculations generated, agreements reached | | or positions recorded pursuant to section 1 and shall submit | | the report on or before January 1, 2004 to the Chancellor of | | the University of Maine System and the Joint Standing | | Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs; and be it further |
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| | | Sec. 3. Authority to report out legislation. Resolved: That the Joint | | Standing Committee on Education and Cultural Affairs may | | report out to the Second Regular Session of the 121st | | Legislature legislation related to the University of Maine | | System's financial contribution to the municipalities in which | | its campuses are located for the purposes of providing | | compensation for municipal services directly provided to the | | campuses. |
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