By Connie Footman,Special to the Sun Journal

LISBON – The Maine Department of Environmental Protection has notified the town it will have to test the closed and capped Pinewoods Road landfill site only once a year instead of three times a year, at a savings of $5,600.

However, selectmen learned at their meeting this week that the savings may be offset by a requirement that the town increase testing of the wells at 12 private homes on the road. The town is now looking into the possibility of extending town water lines to the homes, about 2,000 feet, Town Manager Curtis Lunt said. A cost/benefit analysis will be conducted. Any decision would be made by town meeting, Lunt added.

In other business, the selectmen:

• Approved having the Conservation Commission submit a grant application to the Maine Outdoor Heritage Foundation to fund a new picnic shelter and nine picnic tables at Beaver Park. That would include a 26-by-26-foot machine storage building, replacing one that collapsed last year. The project would cost $11,000, with the town’s share pegged at $6,840.

• Agreed to ask the Charter Commission to serve as an Ad Hoc Advisory Committee during Lisbon’s transition from a town meeting form of government to a town council.

• Voted to ask the Maine Department of Transportation to set the speed limit at 30 mph on six-tenths of a mile on King Road, as recommended by the police chief. Currently, it’s unposted, meaning the limit is 45 mph.

• Heard an update on the $850,000 wastewater treatment plant upgrade for the removal of grit and rags. The building is nearly complete. The project is expected to be done in February under budget and on schedule.

• Set Dec. 13 for the annual joint meeting of the Board of Selectmen and the School Committee.

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