The Peru Finance Committee will meet at 6:00 pm on the following Wednesdays: November 15, 2023 December 13, 2023 January 17, 2024 Meetings will be held in the meeting room at the Town Office.

For information regarding elections on Tuesday, November 7, 2023, the following links are provided by the Secretary of State’s Office: To request absentee ballots, etc., visit the Secretary of State website. For full details and explanations of the questions on the ballot, read “Maine Citizen’s Guide to the Referendum Election.” Reminder: Absentee ballots are available through November 2, 2023.

We are currently seeking volunteers to serve on the following: Finance Committee Recreation Committee Ordinance Committee Cemetery Committee If interested, please see or contact Select Board Secretary at (207)562-2150 or secretary@townofperumaine.org

LD 290 “Property Tax Stabilization for Senior Citizens” Repealed by State Legislature The “Property Tax Stabilization for Senior Citizens” program has been repealed by the Legislature in response to concerns regarding inequity and reimbursement costs. Any taxpayer whose application was submitted prior to December 1, 2022, and approved, will still receive the “freeze” on their 2023 property tax bill (due dates of September 2023 and February 2024). Since the program has ended, there will be NO RE-APPLICATION PROCESS. Taxpayers may qualify for the expanded Property Tax Fairness Credit and the Senior Property Tax Deferral programs. Information and applications for both…

The Town of Peru has an opening for Health Officer. This is currently a volunteer position and requires State certification. Please contact Jess at (207)562-2150 for details. We are seeking volunteers for the following committees: Recreation Committee, Ordinance Committee, Cemetery Committee. These are volunteer positions.

The 2021-2022 town report is now available here, or hard copies are available at the town office.

For citizens of Peru who had significant damage to their property from the recent storms, please complete this Maine Emergency Management Agency survey and return to Jess at the town office (secretary@townofperumaine.org) or Brad (peruroadcommissioner@gmail.com) by May 10th.