JAY – Selectmen are scheduled to discuss a job description for a part-time building inspector when they meet Monday. They’ll also consider putting a question before voters to see if they want to post some roads year-round to heavy truck traffic.

The meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 14, at the Jay-Niles Memorial Library in North Jay.

The town doesn’t have a building inspector but does have an environmental code officer, who is funded through permit fees under Jay’s Environmental Control and Improvement Ordinance. That includes air emission and water permits granted to industries.

Environmental Code Enforcement Officer Shiloh Ring brought the state’s requirement of having a building inspector for a town with more than 2,000 people to the board last August.

She had been notified by a representative of the Maine Office of the Fire Marshal about the requirement after he came to talk to a building inspector about a complaint received about a building in town.

Ring said at the time that whoever fills the position needs to know how to determine when a building is safe in regard to fire.

Town Manager Ruth Marden said she has a couple of job descriptions for selectmen to review for a building inspector position and she needs to know if selectmen want her to factor funds in to next year’s budget for the job.

It is anticipated the position would be two days a week with a wage in the range of $15 to $18 an hour, Marden said.

The inspector would check on dangerous buildings, deal with junkyards and plumbing inspector duties, Marden said.

Town Clerk Ronda Palmer has been trying to help Ring out with junkyards and other items, without being compensated, but both have a large workload as it is.

Marden said she will also ask selectmen for direction about posting weight limits on four roads in town, including Hyde and Macomber Hill, year-round.

The issue heavy trucks on those roads was brought up a while ago, Marden said, and she needs to know if selectmen want an article addressing it to go before voters in June.

The board will also get an update on where the town is on timber harvesting on town-owned property.