HARTFORD – Plans for the new sand/salt shed were reviewed by selectmen Thursday night.
Community Dynamics Corp. Vice President John J. Cleveland presented plans and a draft bid package to the board. The package includes request for a 3,500-cubic-foot shed with an alternate 2,500-cubic-foot one.
Delays in developing the bid package have made scheduling critical. Even if a completed package is ready to approve at the next selectmen’s meeting on July 6 and only three weeks are allowed for bid submission, it will be difficult to have the facility completed in time to use this year, board Chairman David Bowen said.
Cleveland said 90 to 120 days should be sufficient for construction.
A contract is already in place for the coming winter’s sand supply. The building must be completed no later than Dec. 1 or the sand will need to be stockpiled in the open again, Selectman Lee Holman said.
There is no money left in the road budget for the year ending July 1. Volunteers have worked on unplugging culverts in order to protect the town roads during the current rainy weather.
Animal Control Officer Rick Houghton was asked if he could do anything about a den of foxes that have set up within 30 feet of a resident’s back deck. The resident is concerned because he has a small child and a cat.
A state game warden told Holman that if the animals were an immediate threat they could be killed, otherwise a professional trapper could catch and relocate them.
Houghton said he is scheduled to take the trappers training and will be certified for capturing nuisance animals.
Jack Plumley was appointed code enforcement officer; Kay Hawkins was appointed licensed plumbing inspector; Chuck Merritt was appointed constable; and Norm St. Pierre was appointed emergency management director and fire marshal.
Requests to use the town hall were considered. In the past this has been a controversial issue in Hartford.
A request to use the building as a church was granted to Kay Hawkins, an ordained minister of the Pinpoint of Light Spiritualist Center, and to Bonny Maddox for poultry club meetings. These uses meet the town requirement of being connected to the town and nonprofit. They will have to reschedule their events if a resident wants to hire the hall for a private event such as a bridal shower.
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