LIVERMORE FALLS — Selectmen voted Monday to use $18,389 from the transfer station’s revenues to offset the cost of a steel roof over the trash and recycling compactors.

The town will also use the $34,600 in carryover from the transfer station’s budget and will only need to take $1,717 out of the operating budget to cover the cost of the roof, Town Manager Kristal Flagg said.

The town did not expect to make $17,000 on the transfer station’s scrap metal pile, which was sold recently, according to Flagg. That money makes up the bulk of the $18,389. Earlier, the board had been considering holding a special town meeting for voters to consider transferring the remaining $20,200 needed to complete the roof job.

Selectmen also voted to move forward with the project with Chretien Construction of Livermore at a cost of $54,800. Five bids were received and reviewed at an earlier meeting.

The board also adopted a policy that would allow selectmen to review on a case-by-case basis where incoming revenue will go before it goes directly into the general fund. That gives the board the option of offsetting the expense instead of it just going back to the general fund, Select Board Chairman Bill Demaray said.

The board has the option to make that decision, Flagg said.

The action came after resident Ron Chadwick asked the board to be more consistent on the use of revenues.

In another bid matter, selectmen awarded the contract for pointing and sealing the exterior of the municipal building to Maine Waterproofing Co. of Norridgewock for $6,500. The town had received several bids for the project that went up to $69,886. Maine Waterproofing was the lowest bid.

Flagg told selectmen she called references and the town of Norridgewock to see about the company’s work. All gave the company excellent reviews, she said.

In other business, selectmen authorized Flagg to advertise for proposals to use the remaining $1,231.25 returned to the Facade Grant account to improve the fronts of other businesses downtown. The winning applicant would have to match the grant for the work.

After an executive session on another matter, the board voted to authorize Flagg to look into the legalities of town-owned, tax-acquired properties formerly owned by Shane Gray, Flagg said Tuesday.

The properties include one on Campground Road with a trailer and the other on Park Street with a house on it. Between the two, the town is owed $16,910 in back taxes, Flagg said. Gray had entered into a contract in a previous year with the town to pay back taxes but violated the agreement, she said.

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