DIXFIELD — Construction on the town garage and the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund are among the agenda items for the selectmen's meeting Monday, Feb. 25.
Interim Town Manager Eugene Skibitsky said Friday afternoon that following the recent snowstorms, the town garage was left with “a pretty bad roof leak.
“The 15 inches of snow that came in a couple of weeks ago did a number on us, and after the weather warmed up, the snow melted and caused a nasty leak,” Skibitsky explained. “We're going to decide what we want to do and see if we can get someone in there to assess the structure and possibly fix it.”
In other business, Skibitsky said the board will also discuss the possibility of submitting an application for the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund.
“It's a state fund that allows us to get financing at competitive rates,” Skibitsky said. “There's $600,000 involved, and it would allow us to do work on the water lines on Pine Street, High Street, Dix Street and Coburn Avenue. We'd be looking at a major project.”
Skibitsky clarified that the funds apply to only “water aspects of construction,” and ultimate approval “must come from the town.”
“I'll be taking it before the selectmen to see what they think, and we'll go from there,” he said.
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Where did the $10,000 for the roof of the Dixfield Public Works building go ? It was brought up to the select board that a few years back, $10,000 for roof work had been budgeted and accepted by voters at the town meeting.
When you look at the spending in Dixfield you will see that in the last 4 years the school rsu 10 budget went up 3% and the municipal budget went up by over 35%
Ok so it seems that $10,000 was budgeted for roof work, and $250,000 was secured for town sewer. Isn't there a town audit of where the money went? Or was the board members not forth coming with all the paperwork? I think that would be an excellent question to table at a public town meeting, wouldn't you?
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