TURNER — Taxes in Turner will be going up, Selectmen said on Monday. The tax rate will be set at the board’s next regular meeting, Monday, Aug. 1.

Selectmen also decided to hold future regular selectmen’s meetings at 6:30 p.m. on the first and third Monday of each month.

Town Manager Eva Leavitt said the appraiser was nearing the end of his work and has found at least $450,000 in new value added to the town. Selectmen want to take as much as is prudent from the town reserves and to keep the overlay low. The overlay is the amount above the voted budget that selectmen can include in the tax rate to cover unexpected expenses. They asked Leavitt to work up projections based on taking $200,000 and, separately, $250,000 from the reserves with a $20,000 overlay.

Selectmen Chairman Angelo Terrieri said he was not interested in taking a larger amount from reserves and increasing the overlay to make up for it. The other selectmen agreed, stating that the final tax rate was the important thing.

In other business, two contractors, Rampart Bituminous and Glidden Excavating and Paving, had attractive prices on their bids for road work. Selectmen realized that they could afford additional paving and they agreed to negotiate with these two contractors for additional work. Selectman Kurt Youland commented that the initial scope called for less than one mile of paving and at that rate, it would take more than 80 years to repave all Turner roads.

They will involve the Road Committee on the expanded scope of work, then award a contract at a special selectman’s meeting at 6 p.m. on Monday, July 25. No other business is on the agenda for that night.

The town has received complaints about kids gathering to jump off the Main Street Bridge over the Nezenscot River and obstructing traffic. Their parked cars cause a problem and there is fear one of them might be hit. Selectmen considered establishing a “no parking” zone in the area.

Youland objected to trying to dissuade the kids since he felt jumping off the bridge was part of growing up. Several of the selectmen owned up to having taken their turn at the sport. Ralph Caldwell commented that probably the only six pack he ever bought he bought to pay off a bet to a buddy who had jumped from the top of the bridge. Terrieri said they were spending a lot of time discussing a problem that would soon go away by itself as cold weather sets in. They decided to take no action.