HARTFORD – Selectmen are asking residents who have not received their 2005 tax bill to call the town office.

Acting Town Clerk Zoe Cowett told selectmen Thursday that many tax bills are being returned because of incorrect addresses. Others apparently were never printed, and many were mailed to E911 physical addresses, which are not necessarily mailing addresses, she said. Still others were not received because they were sent to people’s summer addresses here, not their winter addresses elsewhere, Cowett explained.

Asked why some bills were not printed, Cowett explained that former Town Clerk Monica Mailly was busy at the time with the November election, and she resigned around the same time.

Cowett, who was the deputy clerk, was appointed by selectmen to cover the emergency.

Board Chairman Scott Swain asked Cowett to search old tax commitment books to try and get addresses.

Resident Bob Calawa suggested sending letters to all residents who have not paid their taxes to see if they received bills. The board also voted to give those who can verify they did not get their bills a 30-day break on interest charges for late payment.

The board voted to give Cowett a raise to $10.50 an hour, retroactive to her appointment in early November.

Cowett and Lianne Bedard have applied for the temporary position of town clerk until an election at the annual town meeting in June. The board tabled a decision on appointing one of them until the next meeting.

Swain gave the board copies of the Americans with Disability Act report of the town office and town hall. The town was cited for failure to meet handicap requirements to both buildings, inadequate parking and problems with door entrances. Swain asked board members to study the report and try to come up with approximate costs and grant ideas for fixing the problems.

Swain also asked and received board support for researching the possibilities of regionalization with the town of Buckfield. He had been approached by Buckfield Town Manager Glen Holmes and wanted to see exactly what Buckfield had in mind for government regionalization.

Selectman Lee Holman said she thought regionalizing solid waste would be a way for the town to save money.

Kevin Ryan of the Waste Committee said the dump was closed for the year but there is a problem of cleaning up metal waste. Swain told him and Holman to decide the best way to get rid of the waste and get it done.