NORWAY – A set of amendments to the Norway-Paris Solid Waste agreement will go into effect after voters approved them at the annual town meeting Monday.

An ad hoc committee recommended the changes after some concerns arose last year regarding the quasi-municipal association charged with the management of solid waste generated in the two towns. The amendments expand the solid waste board to seven members, eliminate the use of alternate members, require fee changes to go before the selectmen in the towns, and establish a manager’s position to oversee employees at the transfer station.

The amendments required approval at both the Norway and Paris town meetings. Paris approved the changes Saturday.

Residents also approved taking $300 from the Herbert Denison Cole Trust Fund to be used for the relocation of the Indian Rock from Route 117 to the Lake Pennesseewassee rest area. Though archaeologists have deemed it apocryphal, legend has it that the rock was used by Indians to grind corn.

The rock was scheduled to be blasted as part of a $1.6 million road reconstruction project on Route 117. Town Manager David Holt said the town plans to put up a sign with the rock describing its background.

Voters approved $241,796 for the Norway Memorial Library after defeating an amendment that would have reduced the amount to equal last year’s appropriation of $239,000. Steve Veazy, treasurer of the library’s board of trustees, said a decrease in funds would have to be taken out of salaries, which would reduce the number of hours the library could operate. Veazy said such a move would be inadvisable, as the library’s use is increasing.

The town accepted amendments to the flood plain ordinance, which Holt said were federally mandated. A decision on amendments to the shoreland zoning ordinance was tabled after Holt said that certified notice had not been sent to all abutting landowners.

An amendment to increase the Highway Department funding to $716,912, the same amount as last year’s appropriation, was defeated. Voters accepted the selectmen’s recommendation to raise $704,979.

In other matters, residents voted to raise $110,869 for the town insurance, a $21,769 increase over last year due to unemployment and workers’ compensation costs; $20,000 for a reserve account toward the purchase of a new fire truck; $425,702 for the Police Department; and $204,450 for the Fire Department.