Town Clerk’s report (calendar year 2017)
Births, 67 total:
Bar Harbor residents, 29
Non-residents, 38
Deaths, 85 total:
Bar Harbor residents, 66
Non-residents, 19
Marriages, 121 total:
Bar Harbor residents, 17
Non-residents, 104
Registered voters (September 2018)
4,454 total registered voters
1,967 Democrats
833 Republicans
179 Green Independent Party
10 Libertarians
1,465 not enrolled in any party
Tax Collector’s report
Outstanding real estate taxes as of June 30, 2017
43 accounts (35 taxpayers), $175,243.79
Bar Harbor Fire Department annual report (calendar year 2017)
Type of call Number
Structure fires 6
Vehicle fires 1
Fire other than structures 31
Woods and brush fires 4
Unattended outside fires 8
Assist EMS 21
Motor vehicle accidents 43
Water rescue 2
Hazardous material incidents 12
Carbon monoxide incidents 15
Electrical related incidents 31
Sprinkler system/water related incidents 7
Smoke/odor investigation, including ventilation
of structures 36
Assist Lifeflight 52
Elevator rescue 5
Public service assist 48
Mutual aid 7
Response to fire alarms 247
Emergency EMS calls 939
Non-emergency EMS calls 146
Out of town transfers 69
Total 1,734
Bar Harbor Police Department annual report (calendar year 2017)
Type of call Number
Aid motorist 39
Animal complaint 188
Assault 30
Burglary 13
Check well being 153
Citizen assist 301
Citizen dispute 73
Dead body 7
Domestic 30
Disorderly conduct 153
Drug violation 10
False alarm 206
False 911 call 507
Found property 410
Fraud 21
Harassment 52
Information 229
Intoxicated person 72
Mental health issue 13
Motor vehicle complaint 271
Motor vehicle crash 408
Operating under the influence 85
Parking complaint 171
Robbery 1
Serve protection order 12
Sex offense 5
Subpoena 109
Suspicious 360
Theft 83
Traffic hazard 66
Trespassing 42
Total 4,120
*This information is described as “a summarized listing of the types of incidents we responded to with totals for each” and is “not inclusive of all incidents.” The report by Chief James K. Willis notes that in 2017, “Officers responded to approximately 4,688 incidents and conducted approximately 1,850 traffic stops in Bar Harbor.”
Annual compensation for town officials (Fiscal Year 2019)
Town manager, $112,482
Town council, $10,800 (cumulative)
Town clerk (hourly wages, including deputy clerk), $108.805
Town clerk (overtime), $6,740
Finance (salaries), $156,328
Finance (hourly wages for three office staff), $132,787
Finance (overtime), $500
Finance (part time), $9,880
Technology division (salaries), $79,133
Technology division (part time broadcast), $6,000
Code enforcement officer (hourly wages), $63,045
Code enforcement officer (overtime), $3,000
Assessing (salaries), $80,192
Assessing (hourly wages), $43,410
Assessing (overtime), $600
Planning director, $66,873
Planning office manager, $40,186
Planning (overtime), $1,500
Fire chief, $87,365
Police chief, $90,374 (shared position with Town of Mount Desert)
Public works director $92,053
Highway superintendent, $75,609
Harbormaster (hourly wages), $56,701
Harbormaster (overtime), $4,977
Trash removal (under the category of “Solid Waste”}, $731,455 cumulative
School appropriation,
County tax, $698,528
Conners-Emerson School, 2018-2019 enrollment
338 students total
Kindergarten: 37 students
1st grade: 31 students
2nd grade: 37 students
3rd grade: 33 students
4th grade: 36 students
5th grade: 35 students
6th grade:39 students
7th grade: 39 students
8th grade: 51 students
Mount Desert Island High School, 2018-2019 enrollment
551 students total
9th grade: 130 students
10th grade: 149 students
11th grade: 127 students
12th grade: 145 students
Mount Desert Island High School, sending municipality enrollment
551 students total
Bar Harbor: 207 students
Cranberry Isles: 3 students
Eastbrook: 1 student
Ellsworth: 4 students
Franklin: 1 student
Frenchboro: 1 student
Hancock: 29 students
Harrington: 2 students
Lamoine: 42 students
Mount Desert: 82 students
Southwest Harbor: 50 students
Swan’s Island: 14 students
Tremont: 65 students
Trenton: 50 students
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