MINOT – Selectmen have authorized work to begin on a 70-acre recreation area next to the Minot Consolidated School.
The board released more than $8,000 to buy materials to build a 1,200-foot road from Shaw Hill Road to a parking area for proposed ball fields and walking trails. The town had received the money from the sale of wood harvested on the land.
Selectmen said the Recreation Committee has received offers from volunteers and businesses to help with labor and equipment. The committee is developing a plan for the area and will help oversee it.
In other business, Road Manager Arlan Saunders told selectmen that Hodgdon Well Drilling completed connecting the town garage well to the newly laid water line to the school on Monday.
Selectman Steve French said he has chlorinated and flushed the water line at the school end and has sent samples to be tested. He noted that the flow at the school end of the water line consistently ran at 15 gallons per minute from a 1-inch-diameter hose.
Saunders also told selectmen he expects he and his crew would finish ditching on Center Minot Hill Road this week.
Noting the deep ditches and extensive stone work along the hill from the grange down toward Garfield Road, an area that has been problematic for years, Selectman Eda Tripp said she had received several positive comments on the work.
Selectman Dean Campbell added, “I’ve heard the same. Some saying it’s something we should have done 20 years ago.”
Pike Industries, Saunders said, is tentatively scheduled to begin work on Brighton Hill, Center Minot Hill and Pottle Hill roads Wednesday and start paving Friday. The company will also pave the dirt Cross Road.
Selectmen directed Saunders to inspect Arthur’s Way to make sure the shoulder work is complete, and voted to release Ben Pratt’s escrow account pending a favorable report from Saunders.
The board also adopted a policy governing billing for Fire Department services, directed town attorney James Belleau to seek a three-year extension of the town’s parent contract with Adelphia for cable TV service, and appointed Lisa Bonney to the Recycling Committee.
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