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LIVERMORE FALLS – Voters will consider paying to get rid of a town-owned dangerous building Monday at a special town meeting. They’ll also be asked to ratify existing overdrafts in fiscal 2008 and buy a snowmobile for the Jug Hill Snowmobile Club.

The meeting starts at 6:30 p.m., April 6, at the town office.

Selectmen are asking voters to transfer $25,000 from surplus to the general account to take care of the costs related to tearing down a vacant, burned-out building at 90 Main St. The board declared the building “dangerous” in December and has since acquired the property for nonpayment of taxes. Two juveniles were accused of torching the structure in March 2008 and the former owner had no insurance on it.

Expenses associated with the building are $9,850 to remove hazardous materials, $9,105 to demolish and remove the debris and $6,045 for the tipping fee to dispose of the debris.

Voters will be asked to transfer nearly $25,000 from the town’s undesignated fund balance to get rid of hazardous materials, demolish the building, remove debris from the property and cover tipping fees.

The Jug Hill Riders Snowmobile Club is asking voters for $8,537 to buy a 2009 Ski Doo snowmobile for the club to replace one of two older machines used to groom trails here.

By having the town buy the machine, the club will save about $500 in sales tax, club President Tim Fournier said in February. The club’s debt would be paid by excise taxes generated by snowmobile registrations at about $1,200 a year until the cost of the snowmobile is paid off.

The overdrafts to be considered are for debt service, $33, which is due to interest accumulated on the fire truck loan at the time of payoff, and building for a total of $6,705 due to the increase in gas, repairs and heating fuel.


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