PARIS – Selectmen this week resolved a variety of municipal matters while also approving a second town meeting for later this month.

The board OK’d holding a special town meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, June 25, at the Paris Fire Station regarding a $500,000 Community Development Block Grant awarded to the Paris Utility District. In a February letter, the state Office of Community Development in Augusta approved the PUD’s application for the CDBG public infrastructure program.

According to Town Manager Sharon Jackson, acceptance of the grant requires a public hearing and special town meeting. Selectmen’s Chairwoman Barbara Payne said the PUD did not submit the information in time for the issue to go to the annual town meeting, which will take place at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 16, at the fire station.

Selectmen also approved five anti-discrimination policy statements that needed to be updated and submitted with the grant paperwork within two years of the grant submission. Jackson said some of the statements have not been updated since 1996.

“They won’t give you the grant if you don’t do it,” Selectman Raymond Glover said.

While signing the statements, the board thanked Selectman William Merrill for his service to the town from 1998 to this year. Merrill did not run in Tuesday’s election, and Monday marked his final selectmen’s meeting.

After an executive session, selectmen appointed Kevin McGillicuddy as an assessor from Aug. 1 of this year to Jan. 31. Earlier in the evening, they appointed Ernest T. Swanson as a full member of the appeals board for a five-year term.

“Congratulations, and thank you for taking the opportunity to serve,” Payne told Swanson.

Jackson announced the appointment of Stacey Tibbetts as the town’s new parks and recreation director. She also said the town had received 78 resumes as of Monday to replace Tausha McAllister, who resigned as a front desk clerk at the town office.

The board unanimously agreed to sign a pact between the town and Teamsters Local Union 340 for the Paris Police Department.

Selectmen decided to deny a request from the Oxford Hills Project Graduation, which had asked earlier this month for a monetary donation from the town to put on a chemical-free celebration for graduating seniors. According to the request, it costs approximately $10,000 to put on the event each year.

“We can’t spend money unless it’s been budgeted,” Glover said.

Jackson and Glover were reappointed to the Androscoggin Valley Council of Governments General Assembly.

The residents’ comments portion of the meeting dominated the meeting Monday as residents accused town officials of recruiting police to remove signs from utility poles promoting David Ivey and Glen Young for selectmen. According to state law, fliers may not be attached to utility poles because of utility workers’ safety.