OXFORD – Voters will be asked at a March town meeting whether to sell the old police station and fire station on King Street.

The question about what to do with the vacant buildings has been left undecided since last winter, when the two town departments relocated to the new Oxford Public Safety Building on Route 26.

There has been some sentiment among selectmen and residents to sell the buildings to the highest bidder. The town’s code enforcement officer maintains both properties are in the shoreland protection zone, which limits their use.

But, at their Thursday meeting, selectmen agreed to let local realtor Tom Kennison of Kennison Real Estate market the old police station.

Several months ago, voters agreed at a special town meeting to allow the Recreation Committee time to come up with a plan for using the fire station. Members of the committee said they were interested in storing summer recreation equipment in the building and perhaps creating a space for recreation activities open to the public.

At Thursday’s selectmen’s meeting, Recreation Committee member Lois Pike said the committee has a plan, but doesn’t feel comfortable moving forward with it until voters make it official that they can use the building.

The recreation plan would cost around $5,000, and those funds would need to be raised in addition to the amount raised annually for the recreation budget.

Town Manager Mike Huston said there will be two, and perhaps three, warrant items dealing with the properties at the March town meeting. One will ask if voters want to list the police station for sale. Another will ask if they want to list the old fire station for sale.

If voters decide to keep the properties, a separate warrant item will ask them what they want to do with them, he said.

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