KINGFIELD – Selectmen discussed ideas for the old school superintendent’s office at their meeting Monday night.

Although the town will not vote on accepting the building from SAD 58 until March, First Selectman John Dill said he would like to form a committee to research the options and make recommendations to the community. If the voters choose to accept the building, the town will not take possession of it until July 1, 2005.

Some of the ideas tossed around were a professional building, town office or church. Currently, the building is being used by a Baptist group.

The town office is adjacent to the building and is quite cramped, according to Dill. Bill Brown, the town’s tax assessor, works out of his home, he said.

Dill would like to see five or six residents volunteer for the committee to investigate the cost of repairing the building’s roof and replacing the furnace and windows. He also would like the committee to brainstorm ideas and make recommendations to the town in time for the town meeting in March.

Officials from the towns of SAD 58 and the school district’s superintendent were also invited to attend an informational meeting about the Palesky tax-cap proposal Sept. 30 in Kingfield. A representative from the Maine Municipal Association will lead the discussion. The public is also welcome to attend.

“We need to discuss how this (tax cap) will affect the towns of SAD 58,” Dill said.

Seventy-seven percent of Kingfield’s taxes go to SAD 58, he said. If the proposal passes, the town’s tax revenue of more than $986,000 would drop to $647,000. Currently, $761,000 of the town’s taxes go to the school district. The school district would necessarily be effected.

“I’m not opposed to reducing property taxes, this just isn’t the way to do it,” Dill said in an interview Tuesday.

Other items discussed the hazardous waste day scheduled Oct. 1. The Kingfield-New Portland transfer station will accept hazardous waste from 10 a.m. to noon that day. Materials include oil-based paints, items containing mercury, batteries and battery acid, brake fluid, anti-freeze, motor oil and household cleaners. Materials will be accepted in containers no larger than five gallons; no commercial waste will be accepted. The transfer station accepts computers, televisions and other electronics, he said.

The Maine Department of Transportation presented the town with a report compiled by a private consultant to help with traffic on Route 27. Seventeen pages of recommendations included adding crosswalks, landscaping, trees and signs. Most of the funds for the improvements would come from the town budget, Dill said. Currently, $3,500 in the budget has been set aside for signs along the corridor to warn motorists of narrowing roads and truckers not to use engine brakes. Another committee will be formed to recommend road improvements to the town.