HARRISON – Voters at a special town meeting on Tuesday authorized a land sale, passed a mooring ordinance and handled two financial matters.

About 50 people attended the meeting held at the town office.

Rather than grant an easement to the Caswell Library Association, as originally requested, voters decided to sell a triangular piece of property to the group for $1.

The property, having a base of about 25 feet and two sides each of about 90 feet, bordered the parking lot at the library’s new location.

Town Manager Michael Thorne said the association wanted the property for future expansion.

Thorne said he was pleased that the voters passed a mooring regulation ordinance giving the town authority to hire a harbor master and regulate placement of moorings on all Harrison lakes.

He said the biggest problem with moorings was on Long Lake.

“More and more moorings had been showing up in the past two years,” Thorne said. “Before this ordinance, they could put moorings anyplace they wanted.

“They caused congestion and created a dangerous situation for boats trying to get in and out,” he said.

Voters also approved covering an overdraft of $9,261 to cover remodeling costs of the new town office.

The remodeling budget had been about $100,000.

Thorne said the overrun was created by many small costs, including adding more counter space and replacing tile in the clerk’s office and higher electrical costs.

Voters also approved taking $69,250 from anticipated tax revenues to make payments on a loan that reduced town debt and helped pay for two snowplows.

At the June town meeting, selectmen were authorized to borrow up to $300,000 to pay off the towns long-term existing debt and pay toward the vehicles.

Thorne said he had hoped to get the loan late enough this fiscal year to include the payments in the next town budget.

“I didn’t anticipate closing on the loan this early in the fiscal year,” Thorne said. “But, we needed to buy the trucks early. This meant that we needed to make eight months of payments, but did not have authorization.”

Thorne said he traditionally underestimates the anticipated revenues.

“We anticipated $275,000 in excise tax last year and took in $375,000,” Thorne said.

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