HARTFORD — Selectmen on Thursday again tabled a request from Don Haskell for maintenance of a camp road, saying they need to investigate further and have Road Commissioner Jeremy Johnson attend their next meeting.

They all agreed the town could not maintain camp roads.

Haskell, 80, told the board at its meeting March 3 that he was maintaining Haskell Road, which leads to his hunting camp, in lieu of a portion of his taxes years ago, but the town stopped that agreement and failed to cut his taxes or maintain the road. He said he can’t get up the road even with a four-wheel-drive vehicle.

Haskell Road is off Swan Pond Road in the southern part of town.

Selectman Jack Plumley recently attended a workshop on roads, but said he was disappointed that distinguishing between right of way roads, private ways and discontinued roads was not more clearly defined.

He said a few loads of gravel put on Haskell Road in 1996 was an emergency measure and did not constitute town maintenance. He said the town could service a private road once for an emergency and that does not constitute working on the road.

Plumley motioned to send the information on the issue to the Maine Municipal Association or the town’s attorney, but there was no second.

Selectman Zoe Cowett asked how much gravel it would take to make the road passable.

Plumley said it would take a lot of money. He said in the last 30 years the road has actually become abandoned for lack of maintenance.

Chairman Lee Holman said the board had to consider the future use of the southern end of town. “There has been talk of a subdivision development. One family with school-age children will be wanting the road opened in the future for the school bus,” she said. “We need to think about all of this.”

Plumley again motioned to put enough gravel on the road to make it passable as far as the camp and let voters decide what to do with it at the annual town meeting.

Because they could not agree, the board tabled the matter again.

In other business, selectmen reviewed the Beach Ordinance and Holman found a problem with wording, which indicated other towns could purchase parking passes.

“The beach was specifically given to the residents of Hartford and opening it to other towns would not be legal,” she said.

The ordinance was tabled until members of the Recreation Committee could meet with the board.

The board unanimously voted to give the old town office computer to the person who volunteers to do the town newsletter.

Three Seasons Lawncare on Hardscrabble Road in Poland was awarded the contract for mowing the ball field, cemeteries and beach for $5,560. This was not the lowest bid, but Three Seasons has had the contract for four years and the board has been pleased with its work.