RUMFORD — A public hearing on possibly extending the wind development moratorium will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 18, in Rumford Falls Auditorium. The regular Board of Selectmen meeting will follow at 7 p.m.

The current six-month moratorium ends on Saturday, Nov. 27. It was enacted to give town officials time to study issues involved with wind farms and to perhaps draft an ordinance to regulate such development.

That ordinance, which was widely believed to ban wind farm projects, was defeated on Nov. 2 by a tally of 1,339 against the ordinance and 1,048 in favor of it.

Now selectmen need to decide if they’ll ask voters at a future special town meeting to approve or disapprove of extending the moratorium for another six months or so. The board is scheduled to vote on this issue in the meeting that follows the hearing.

Other new business agenda topics include:

* Len Greaney’s request for more memorials at Veterans’ Park.

* The Civil Air Patrol’s Wreaths Across America Program.

* Approval of the Gateway Demolition Project bid.

* Approval to post a “No Engine Brake” sign on Wyman Hill Road.

* Approval of a quit claim deed for 566 Prospect Ave.

* Approval of a liquor license application and special amusement permit for Black Mountain ski resort.

* A request from Black Mountain about the delay in getting voter-approved town funding to the resort.

At the board’s Nov. 4 meeting, Greaney initially pitched his idea to find funding for four new memorials to place in the park and honor River Valley veterans who served in different wartime conflicts.

Also at that meeting, Capt. Joseph Roberts of the 37th Composite Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol of Rumford sought permission from those in charge of town cemeteries to bring the national Wreaths Across America program to the River Valley. He also asked if sponsorships could be obtained at $15 each to then place wreaths on the graves of veterans in St. John’s Cemetery in Rumford.

Both Greaney and Roberts were told to return to the board this Thursday when their proposals could be placed on the agenda for action by selectmen.

The demolition project is for the tax-acquired, three-story building at 438 Waldo St. Seven bids ranging from $19,400 to $46,350 were opened on Monday by Town Manager Carlo Puiia. Selectmen will be asked to choose one for the job.

The latter Black Mountain topic about the funding delay pertains to the desire of resort officials to explain why they need the money, Puiia said.

“Normally, they would have received their money in the middle of October, and here we are in the middle of November,” he said. “Normally, they would have the money and that would be used for startup costs.”

The delay is due to a lawsuit filed earlier this year with the Oxford County Superior Court in Paris that claims Black Mountain violated town law by circumventing a defeat of their request for town funding via the initiated-articles process by petitioning for another vote.

A majority of town voters recently approved the request, but on Nov. 1 the judge hearing the case gave the litigants 30 days to prepare. Until a decision is rendered, Puiia said he couldn’t give the resort its funding.

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