BETHEL – Weather permitting, an engineer from a Massachusetts firm is slated to attend the selectmen’s meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 15.

The topic: a discussion of improvements to the sewer system, including repairs to existing infrastructure and a proposed service extension across the Androscoggin River.

Town Manager Scott Cole said the work would be done in conjunction with the Maine Department of Transportation’s Route 2 recreation bridge project. Construction on the bridge, which will parallel the Route 2 bridge over the river, is slated to begin next summer.

The engineer, of Weston and Sampson Engineers, Inc., of Peabody, Mass., is expected to discuss the company’s Dec. 12 proposal for planning level evaluation and design services for sewer replacement on Route 2 near the river.

Additional planning work includes a sewer service extension to the Mayville area north of the river on Route 2.

The recreation bridge may include a utility bay to provide for the extension of water and sewer utilities to the Mayville area.

Weston and Sampson regional manager Peter J. Goodwin said sewers in Mayville would likely require construction of a pump station and main to transport the wastewater across the proposed snowmobile bridge to the south side of the river.

Other agenda items include:

• Amending the personnel policy concerning premium only plan and flexible spending accounts.

• Revisions to the Bethel-Newry agreement for code enforcement and plumbing inspection services.

• Executing a record of perambulation of the Bethel-Rumford town boundary.

• Executing a municipal release deed regarding a 1992 tax lien on the Fadner property.

• Discussion and action on appointments to the Board of Appeals, Budget Committee, Conservation Committee, Recreation Board, and Water District trustees.

Under routine business, a public hearing will be held on a liquor license renewal for Finish Line Pizza.

An executive session is scheduled to discuss a personnel matter and litigation regarding lawsuits against the town.

Cole said one case involves an allegation of malpractice by the town’s ambulance crew more than a year ago.

“We’re on the verge of a nominal settlement,” he added.

The other litigation, however, is pretty much at a standstill, Cole said. That case involves a dispute with a landowner over an alleged discontinued road.

tkarkos@sunjournal.com

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