MINOT — Selectmen are looking forward to meeting with members of groups that have a stake in the operation of the town’s athletic fields and other recreational facilities.

At the March town meeting it was apparent that, given the development of the new walking trail system, new play fields and programs serving the town’s recreational interests, there is a need for better coordination of the use and management of the facilities.

Selectmen agreed Monday that the meeting should take place at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 7, at the town office. It will bring together members of the town Conservation Committee, the Recreation Committee, the Minot-Hebron Athletic Association, the Minot Summer Enrichment program and the Minot Highway Department.

“There are a number of policy issues to be resolved and there is going to have to be somebody in charge,” Town Administrator Arlan Saunders said.

Selectmen also met with Mid-Maine Waste Action Corp. Executive Director Joe Kazar for a discussion of the operation of the plant on Goldthwaite Road in Auburn.

Selectman Eda Tripp, following the presentation, noted that she was more convinced than ever that turning garbage into productive energy was far superior to just burying it in the ground.

“Just right here that’s enough electricity generated to power 2,000 homes and you can’t tell me that if you put the trash in the ground, it won’t get into the water eventually,” Tripp said.

In other business, selectmen signed a renewal of the contract with the Greater Androscoggin Humane Society to take care of the town’s stray dogs and cats at a price of $3,421.69 for the year. This amount is about $340 less than the town had approved at town meeting. Saunders explained that the reason for this is that the town is charged based on population and the latest U.S. Census figures are a little lower than the original projection.

Selectmen also accepted the minutes for town meeting, approved an agreement for the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office to continue providing the town’s 911 dispatch services for the year and accepted the resignation of John Gould from the town Conservation Committee.

In his report, Highway Foreman Scott Parker told selectmen that the winter indeed had been a little harder than anticipated and that he had been forced to purchase an extra 400 cubic yards of sand in order to finish the year.