SUMNER — Selectmen learned Tuesday night that if the town wants to get up to 50 percent of the cost of cleaning up after the 2009 tornado, Road Commissioner Jim Keach and Fire Chief Bob Stewart have to turn in figures that reflect in-kind time, according to Town Clerk Susan Runes.

In-kind time is hours spent by volunteers on disaster responses. The money may be returned to the town’s General Fund and would come from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The funds are to reimburse the town for emergency management expenses.

Town officials expect that this would be enough to get the town a standby emergency generator for the town office and the Fire Department at no cost to the town.

Selectmen opened two bids for winter road maintenance. The low bid went to Clifford Lowe for $572,045.45. The other bidder was Maynard and Sons for $595,654.80.

In other news, selectmen were informed that on April 19 Clear Sky energy will be submitting an application to the Planning Board to put a windmill farm on Kitridge Road that runs to the West Paris line.

There was considerable discussion about rebating taxes for someone who had taken his property out of tree growth in July 2010. Administrative assistant to the selectmen, Cynthia Norton, said a state official said one thing while tax appraiser John O’Donnell said another.

The state official said the property tax should still reflect tree growth until the next year, since the withdrawal was after April 1, 2010. O’Donnell said the property should be taxed without the tree growth status. Norton said she would talk to state tax officials again to clarify.

A veteran’s exemption was denied to Ronald Jones because he was claiming residency in Waldoboro as well as Sumner, but had been voting in Waldoboro.