WILTON – Selectmen will consider awarding a bid to construct a replacement septic system under a state grant program when the board meets at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the town office.

The the Maine Department of Environmental Protection’s Small Community Grant Program provides money to municipalities to help replace malfunctioning septic systems that are polluting a water body or causing a public nuisance. The grants can be used to fund from 25 to 100 percent of the design and construction costs, depending on the income of the owners of the property and the property’s use.

Grant applications have to be submitted by the town and the property owner’s income for the previous year must be $40,000 or less. Businesses may also qualify for the program if their gross profit for the previous year was $40,000 or less. Participants of the program are required to give an easement to the town to allow the construction and inspection of the system.

The grant is not available for septic systems for new homes, and any home constructed since October 1974 must have evidence that a septic system was previously installed that complied with the Maine Subsurface Wastewater Disposal Rules

In other business, officials will hear a quarterly report from Police Chief James Parker.

They will also hear a presentation from Janine Winn, executive director for Sexual Assault Victims Emergency Services Inc.

Selectmen will consider signing liquor license renewals for Athena’s Restaurant and William Gore, and sign a quit claim deed for three paid sewer liens.

Town Manager Peter Nielsen will discuss the 2002-03 town audit report and introduce William Rice as the part-time office worker.