LIVERMORE FALLS — Selectmen unanimously voted Monday to remove Guy Palmieri from the Planning Board because he has missed four meetings.

Palmieri has served on the board for about a decade and was the chairman until Monday night. He has a right to appeal the decision, select board Chairman Bill Demaray said.

He said Palmieri has not attended three meetings and a mandated training session. Selectmen recently required that the Planning Board and other boards in town attend a training session with the town attorney to go over duties and powers.

According to the ordinance, Demaray said, missing four meetings automatically removes someone from the board. Demaray previously said that members of the Planning Board who did not attend the training would be dismissed. He amended that later to say that if someone had a legitimate excuse, the board would consider excusing that person.

Palmieri hasn’t answered calls or emails from Town Manager Kristal Flagg, Demaray said.

Planning Board members are appointed by selectmen and volunteer their service to the town. Selectmen are paid a stipend for their service.

Palmieri reached by the Sun Journal after the meeting, said he wasn’t really sure what to say.

“I don’t know what to think here anymore,” he said. “Actually, I think that all of the members of the Planning Board have been very, poorly treated. I don’t know what they’re trying to prove … I don’t appreciate, and question whether the selectmen should be giving ultimatums, and making it mandatory to go to a training session.”

He previously asked former Code Enforcement Officer Rob Overton to check into changing the makeup of the Planning Board from seven to five members so a quorum of three could conduct business. Overton left for another job in the fall of 2010.

There were a couple meetings where there wasn’t a quorum at the board and no business could be conducted.

Demaray has also suggested the makeup of the Planning Board be changed to make it easier for the board to do business.

In other business Monday, selectmen voted not to award the bid to put a roof over the compactors at the transfer station.

The bids came in at $58,360 from Chretien Construction of Livermore and $59,100 from Crappott Inc. of Livermore Falls.

When the town first started looking at the project, it was estimated to cost $20,000 to $30,000, Town Manager Flagg said. The cost of steel has tripled since then, she said.

These figures are only good for 60 days.

They could possibly take $25,000 out of the account for the project, she said, but they still wouldn’t have enough money.

Demaray said they couldn’t award a contract for the construction if they didn’t have the money. They’ll have to look for other options, he said.

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