WILTON – Planners took no action on how they will replace alternate George Mosher, who resigned earlier this month. They did look at two applications already on file and said they will probably not advertise the position in order to save money.

Keith Swett, who normally chairs the board but has been taking on some of the code enforcement officer duties since Katharine Shoaps resigned, said Town manager Peter Nielsen called Mosher after noticing he had not been attending the Planning Board meetings. Swett said Mosher resigned by phone, effective Dec. 6.

Though Nielsen attempted to get a signed letter of resignation from Mosher, so far the town has not received one, Swett said. Swett, who also serves as a selectman, said selectmen plan to accept the resignation at their Dec. 21 meeting.

Residents Irving Faunce and Charles Lavin applied for the position earlier this year. Planners reviewed those applications and spoke with Faunce at Thursday’s meeting.

Faunce has lived in Wilton since July, but said he has visited the community for the past 10 years. His wife is a Wilton native. He previously lived in Kennebunkport.

Faunce is a licensed nursing home administrator with 20 years of management experience in the health care field. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Colby College. He has served as city councilor and mayor of the town of Gardiner. He also served on the SAD 11 board for nine years and is a current board member of the Maine Department of Environmental Protection.

Faunce said he considers himself to be a fair, open-minded person with no particular agenda. He said he feels there will be more development pressure, and he would like to help the town deal with that and other issues.

“I think the Planning Board will be very important in that process,” he said.

Lavin has lived in Wilton for three years. He holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and a master’s degree in theoretical and applied mechanics. Lavin was a professional ski instructor for 28 years.

Lavin worked at Beloit Corp. in Beloit, Wis., for 20 years. He is currently employed at International Paper in Jay.

While Lavin has no previous municipal experience, he said in his application that he would like to offer his assistance to the town by bringing his perspective of having lived elsewhere and his worldwide travels.

Planners also voted to elect member Peter Chamberlain as the board’s secretary.

In other business, planners discussed a mistake made in an article at the annual town meeting in June. Table A of the zoning ordinance table was intended to be amended to state that licensed junkyards and automobile graveyard businesses would be allowed in commercial zones by Planning Board approval. Instead it currently simply reads “yes.”

Swett said the mistake cannot be corrected without another town vote. He advised the board to look over all other zoning tables for similar mistakes before bringing the corrections back to voters.

Planners also approved a use permit for Bass/Nichols Expo for automobile and new and used trailer sales. Swett said the permit is a “technicality” so the business can obtain state dealership license plates.