LIVERMORE – Complaints on snow removal topped the agenda for town officials Monday night.
A Bean Street resident, Kathleen Armstrong, was on hand to tell the board about her problems with plowing, in particular about last week’s heavy storm.
“If I don’t get out to work, I don’t get paid,” she said, noting that her road had not been plowed on Friday until 11:45 a.m. “If my plow guy hadn’t done it (plowed the road) I wouldn’t have gotten out in a timely manner.”
Selectperson Brenda Merrill said she couldn’t get out of her road either, and explained that last week was an unusual circumstance when a truck broke down at the beginning of the storm.
However, Armstrong revealed that the problem was not a new one but one she had all last winter, also. “I called last year and nothing was done. I’m not asking for special treatment, I just want fair treatment,” she told the board.
“My road should be maintained the same as any other road. As part of Livermore I want what everybody else gets.”
Craig D. Gray of Hahn Road, expressed his displeasure by billing the town $300 for snowplowing on Feb. 10 and 11, noting he had done Hahn Road twice and half of Sanders Road, as well.
The board took no action on his bill. “It was a big storm and we just don’t have the equipment,” said Selectman Tom Berry, noting that the crew has to get some sleep, too.
Due to the breakdown, David D. Small was asked to help with the storm, using his equipment, an effort appreciated by the board.
Monday’s meeting opened with a hearing on a malt and vinous liquor license for the restaurant being operated by Old Farm Enterprises LLC at the former Lakeshore Motel.
No comments were received and the board approved the application. The eatery will be open for breakfast and lunch from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. daily and for supper from 4-9 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays.
Administrator Kurt Schaub reported that the final Androscoggin County budget was approved Feb. 3 by the budget committee without public comment despite a standing-room-only crowd. This budget reduces sheriff patrols in rural communities.
The town office will be closed on Friday, Feb. 18, so the staff can attend a training session on the Inland Fisheries and Wildlife’s computerized licensing system.
The board will begin its Feb. 28 meeting with a public hearing on the Pre-Disaster Hazard Mitigation Plan to identify trouble spots the town would like to have worked on.
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