BUCKFIELD – Town Manager Glen Holmes told selectmen Tuesday night that the town has a $7,000 grant to handle old fluorescent lights, mercury switches and computer monitors.

The money would pay for an addition to the waste station next spring.

Holmes said he and Bill Butler, the town’s inspector from the Department of Environmental Protection, viewed the waste transfer station Tuesday, and Butler found that it was basically running well. Holmes is recommending that the addition be placed at the rear of the present building with its own entrance.

The station takes computer monitors, which are weighed with bulky waste, but not the lights and switches. Holmes said he hopes to save money by taking the computers out of the bulky waste.

Holmes said legislation was recently passed to have the cost of computer disposal borne by the manufacturers.

In other business:

• Holmes announced the Sodom Road bridge will be closed from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, Nov. 29, for repairs.

• The board appointed Terry Hayes to serve on the Appeals Board.

• A public hearing for an update on General Assistance will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 7.

• The board appointed Glen Holmes to the Mid-Maine Waste Action Corp.

• The board accepted a $18,500 state grant for the Streaked Mountaineers snowmobile club for trail maintenance.

Selectman Oscar Gammon said the town had been trying to get a Comprehensive Plan for 11 years, and that it’s time to take action. Dick Piper from the Planning Board said the board is having meetings to start the process and anticipates that a public hearing will be scheduled soon.