LISBON – Selectmen gave final approval Wednesday night for a Dec. 14 referendum on forming a community school district with Durham.

Also approved was an application for a $1,400 Project Canopy grant from the Maine Forestry Service to inventory trees on town property and to plant trees. The town will provide a 50 percent match with in-kind labor.

The Charter Commission was authorized to pay up to $5,000 to Skelton, Taintor and Abbott for legal expenses incurred in writing a town charter.

Town Manager Curtis Lunt reported that the Department of Transportation will hold a public hearing at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 8, at the Lisbon Community School on Mill Street to discuss its plans to reconstruct Route 9 to the Sabattus town line.

Lunt reminded residents that a special town meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Nov. 10 at the town office. One article will ask voters to accept two roads that were turned down by voters in September, and the other will change the Board of Appeals to a seven-member panel, instead of five with alternates as it is now.

He also noted there will be a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Sabattus turnpike interchange at 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 12.

After hearing complaints from three residents about sewer problems in the area of Park and Winter streets, it was agreed that the town would make emergency repairs now and permanent repairs in the spring. Because it is a three-party private system that was not installed by the town, the parties will be asked to pay half the cost of the project, estimated to total between $10,000 and $12,000. The agreement provides that the new lines will be connected to the town system.