LIVERMORE FALLS — Selectmen voted 3-2 Monday to approve wage increases for non-union employees, Town Manager Jim Chaousis said Tuesday.

Opposing the increases that were included in the budget were Selectmen Alphonso Barker and Ken Pelletier, he said.

The wages consisting of a 2 percent increase and longevity, were increased for Susan Sapiel, clerk in the Sewer Department office, from $13.42 to $13.69; Kent Mitchell, Sewer Department superintendent, from $24.10 to $24.58; Ernest Steward Jr., police chief, from $23.93 to $24.41; Amanda Leclerc, police secretary, from $13.05 to $13.51; Dawn Young, tax collector, from $15.71 to $16.03; and Kristal Flagg, town clerk/treasurer, from $20.51 to $20.92.

Selectmen also approved appointments to the Budget Committee in staggered terms from one to three years. Appointed were Mellette Pepin, Scott Roberts, John Ross, Ron Chadwick, Ronnie Sanborn and George Cummings, according to Chaousis’ information sheet.

There are five open positions including, one, one year term; one, three-year term; and one two-year term. Chaousis said he is waiting for two past Budget Committee members to confirm they would return.

Selectmen also re-appointed Fran Szostek and Scott Roberts to the Planning Board. There are two open positions: one expires June 30, 2013, and the other that expires on June 30, 2011.

Kristal Flagg was appointed to the Spruce Mountain Board until June 30, 2012.

A bid policy that was proposed at the last meeting, will be finely tuned and resubmitted to the Board of Selectmen with some changes to the language, Chaousis said.

The board had a consensus that the policy should be more thoroughly written, he said.

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