KINGFIELD – A West Kingfield Road resident was given a week by selectmen Monday to remove debris and metal from his property, Administrative Assistant Greg Davis said Thursday.

Two properties, whose owners have been named junkyard violators, recently came under review by the board and Code Enforcement Officer Doug Marble with legal action being considered.

The board decided Monday to give property owner Charles Hinkley, whose son Warren Hinkley lives on the property on West Kingfield Road, until June 23 to make a significant improvement to the property.

“There’s a lot of metal that needs to be removed and debris cleaned up,” Davis said. The board acted on a promise that it would be done this week.

The owner had not shown any progress before a previous May 31 cleanup deadline. Selectmen decided to consult with town attorney Frank Underkuffler about filing a civil land use action against the property owner.

“Since then, an old trailer was burned and two junk cars removed, but it’s not adequate,” Davis said. Cleanup of debris where the trailer burned and removal of the metal framework would make a significant improvement although there’s more to do.”

Starting legal action, if the work is not done, was left up to the discretion of Marble, Davis added.

The owner of the second property, Oscar Robinson of School Street, has made some progress and the board will continue to work with him. He was previously granted a 30-day extension.

In other business, the board also signed a letter of support for a county grant application that, if approved in full, would provide Kingfield Fire Department with about $10,000 in narrow-band digital communications equipment, Davis said.

A federal mandate will require emergency communications be done with narrow-band digital equipment by 2013, he added.

Franklin County Emergency Management is coordinating a grant application from all towns in Franklin County for part of over $4 million in federal funds available statewide, he said.

Each department would get similar grants and receive 20 pagers. Kingfield hopes to also receive one or two narrow-band radios, he said. There are other pieces of equipment included for the county, including a repeater station that would allow emergency officials in different towns to communicate in case of a major disaster, he added.

The board also approved starting the process to acquire funding from the Maine Bond Bank to cover the purchase of a parcel of land from Walter Newell for $270,000 as part of the subsurface wastewater project, a project related to the tax-incentive-financing agreement with Poland Spring Water. The remainder of the $1 million-plus funding will be used for construction of the wastewater system, he said.

After the board approved the hiring of a part-time Wastewater Department helper, Davis hired Francis Ross of New Portland this week to assist Wastewater Superintendent Mike Durant.