PARIS – Selectmen learned Monday they’ll need to hold a special town meeting to deal with an item that was mistakenly left off the June town meeting warrant.

Town Manager Steve McAllister said early warrant drafts included the request for voter approval for renewal of the Norway-Paris Solid Waste Agreement. Somehow, however, when the final warrant was drafted, the NPSW agreement question got dropped from the warrant.

Voters in Norway approved the agreement at their June town meeting, and Paris voters must also approve the document before it becomes official, McAllister said.

Selectmen agreed to hold the special town meeting at 7 p.m. Aug. 11, prior to their regular selectmen’s meeting.

Norway-Paris Solid Waste operates a transfer station on Brown Street and a stump dump on Route 117. The agreement, which was created when NPSW was formed 21 years ago, defines how the corporation functions in serving the two towns.

The agreement expired about a year ago, and both towns agreed to extensions. Voters will be asked to renew the agreement, which has undergone minor revisions by the NPSW Board of Directors.

In other action Monday, selectmen unanimously elected Gerald Kilgore Jr. to serve as board chairman for the coming year. Nancy Record was elected vice-chairman, also by a unanimous vote.

They also agreed to share the cost of road-striping equipment with the town of Norway and possibly SAD 17, and have the town’s road crew do the road-striping instead of contracting the job out. Town Manager Steve McAllister said the $4,660 cost, if split three ways, would mean a $1,553 town expense.

The regionalization of the road striping is expected to save money for both towns and the school district, he said. Norway and Paris also share equipment to make road signs, an arrangement that saves both towns from having to contract out the service and pay $15 apiece for someone else to make the signs.

Selectmen also:

• Tabled a quote from Androscoggin Valley Council of Governments to provide assistance in updating data in the Comprehensive Plan for $4,500. AVCOG would also coordinate public participation efforts and work with the town’s Comprehensive Planning Committee. The town has $1,700 available for updating the plan, and the board wants the committee to go over the quote before taking any action.

• Accepted, on behalf of the fire department, $29,189.61 in grant money from the federal Homeland Security program. Fire Chief Brad Frost said the department hasn’t finalized how to use the money, but is considering the purchase of Level A decontamination suits and Scott air packs.

• Approved the purchase of a Kohler generator for the fire department from New England Electric of Naples for $17,211. Frost said the town did get a cheaper quote, but the Kohler equipment would be compatible with the switching gear at the new fire station.

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