Government at a glance

Board: Minot selectmen

Met: Tuesday night

Impact fees

Issue: Selectmen decided it’s time for the annual review of the town’s Development Impact Fee program.

The scoop: The town has been collecting those fees for the past five years. The town collects $2,800 with each housing permit issued: $2,000 for the school, $500 for public safety, and $300 for recreation. The total collected so far is approaching $300,000.

Up next: Selectmen directed Town Administrator Arlan Saunders to call a meeting of the Impact Fee Review Committee to discuss the program in general and specific uses for the funds.

Code enforcement

The issue: Problems with an apparent illegal junkyard on Harris Road appear to be coming to a head.

The scoop: Selectmen heard a report, that as late as last week, 21 vehicles were counted on the property. This is despite a third notice being sent to the owner of the property and Code Enforcement Officer Ken Pratt talking with town attorney Jamie Belleau about it and the legal process has started.

Salt bid

The issue: Minot joined the Androscoggin Valley Council of Governments’ bid for road salt again this year, and when the results came in Morton Salt won the bid at a price of $63.03 per ton.

The scoop: A year ago, the bid price was $73.46 per ton.

What’s next: Minot will save $8,320 on its annual allotment of road salt.

Cemetery expansion

The issue: To meet the need for more cemetery space, the town purchased 16 acres next to the Center Minot Cemetery and is now developing three acres.

The scoop: Saunders told selectmen that thanks to “a lot of local support” the project is way ahead of schedule and he expects the three acres to be loamed and graded, and the two main roads off Center Minot Hill Road into the cemetery, to be completed this fall. He cited Jim Pittman’s donation of the use of a loam screen, excavator and a bulldozer for keeping the project way under budget.