PERU — Selectmen on Monday increased the number of people from seven to nine who will serve on an ad hoc committee that will devise rules for use of the former Peru Elementary School.
Board Chairman Jim Pulsifer said having more members should provide a wider variety of voices, and a better chance that a sufficient number will turn out for meetings.
The ad hoc committee comprises two selectmen to be chosen later, Peru Historical Society member Bob Dolloff, Recreation Committee member Jessica Carrier, and at-large members former SAD 21 director Danny Wing, Dirigo Elementary School teacher Nick Waugh, former School Study Committee member Anne Waugh, public work’s employee Rick Vaughn, and former Selectman Dick Powell.
Pulsifer said selectmen will likely set a date for an initial meeting of the committee at their next meeting Feb. 22.
Peru Elementary School was closed a couple of years ago when the new Dirigo Elementary School was built.
In a related matter, Pulsifer said the board is applying to the State Fire Marshal’s Office for a list of modifications that must be made to the building since its use has changed.
He said the board will ask for two sets of required changes.
One will be for municipal purposes only. The other will be for leasing sections of the building for businesses or other nonmunicipal entities.
The Feb. 22 meeting will begin an hour earlier than usual, at 5 p.m., so that the board can begin work on the 2010-11 budget.
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