ISSUE: Selectmen signed a contract with the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office to provide emergency dispatch services.

THE SCOOP: According to terms of this year’s contract, Minot will pay $18 per hour for police, fire and rescue dispatch, up a dollar over the last contract. Fire Chief Steve French estimated dispatch services will cost the town just under $2,000 for the year, but noted that future costs, if the county’s four separate dispatch centers are combined into one, could increase to near $20,000.

Road posting

ISSUE: Heavy trucks and equipment damage roads softened by the season’s warm days and cold nights.

THE SCOOP: Road Manager Arlan Saunders has posted town roads to heavy trucks and equipment until further notice. People wishing to run heavy equipment on town roads must contact Saunders at the town office for permits. People granted permission to use posted town roads sign a statement that they accept responsibility for any damage that they cause to the town way.

Ball field

ISSUE: Funding for development of athletic fields in the new Minot Community park.

THE SCOOP: Town Administrator Rhonda Irish announced that, after a preliminary application, the town has been invited to apply for a grant from Major League Baseball and Baseball Players Association’s Baseball Tomorrow Fund. Grant funds would supplement the $50,000 March town meeting voters raised for development of a regulation Babe Ruth field in the park.

Truck bid

ISSUE: Selectmen approved ordering a new 1-ton truck from O’Connor GMC of Augusta.

THE SCOOP: O’Connor’s bid of $23,518 was the lowest of four the town received. Delivery is expected in about 12 weeks, according to Saunders because of the truck’s new body style.

– Winslow Durgin