PERU – Selectmen on Monday night called for a town meeting June 28 to vote again on increasing the property tax limit by more than $125,000.

The meeting is set for 6 p.m. at the Peru Elementary School.

Selectmen said they thought the article would pass — it was defeated at the polls last week — if they explained the necessity of it.

Town Clerk Vera Parent said some residents felt the voters had spoken and any effort to bring the article up for another vote would be “shoving it down our throats.” However, she pointed out, she thinks voters did not understand the question.

Voters approved all money articles for the $793,409 budget, but apparently did not understand that they had to approve exceeding the LD1 property tax limit to fund them, she said.

Parent said state law provided the selectmen with two options. They could redo the budget and take it back to the voters for approval, or they could bring the article back to the voters.

Parent said that several years ago the town substantially cut its road budget because the town had approved a bond to cover road construction. A major part of the increase that forced the budget over the LD1 limit was restoring these cuts to provide for paving. Approving the article will set a new base line for budgets in future years, she said.

Code Enforcement Officer Jack Plumley said that the Paradis brothers had received a new building permit from the Planning Board and that they were now in compliance with their permit.

The brothers said they inadvertently violated their original permit when they redesigned their roof to better shed snow. The selectmen levied a $500 fine against them to cover the expenses of the CEO and Planning Board.

Selectmen were generally in favor of the request to rent the auditorium of the closed Peru Elementary School made by Tom Morton and Larry Whittington. Details must be worked out. They plan to move their martial arts school in September. They presently have about 25 students ranging in age from seven to 40.

The larger venue will permit them to expand the school and add classes for handicapped students. Morton, a fourth degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do and a special education teacher in Lewiston, has previously taught martial arts to children in wheelchairs.