LIVERMORE FALLS — Selectmen voted Monday to remove a guardrail along a right of way at the Treat Memorial Library.
The guardrail is between the office of Leavitt Whittemore Realty Group and the library.
Selectmen directed Town Manager Kristal Flagg to discuss the matter with Karen Whittemore, owner of the firm.
In another matter, selectmen opted not to open the transfer station on Friday, Nov. 25, since it was closed on Thursday for the holiday. It will open on Saturday as usual.
The board also voted to sell 0.03 of an acre to Paul Chretien of Park Street for $100. The land is owned by the town and is landlocked so the town cannot access it. The land is behind the town’s transfer station lot and Central Maine Power Co.’s land and before Chretien’s land, Flagg said.
The town not only gains $100 in the deal but also gets the piece of land on the tax roll, she said.
During the public session of the board meeting, resident Ron Chadwick brought up that the walk/bike path on Foundry Road had been tagged with paint. He also said a piece of lattice work on the town gazebo was kicked in and flags and poles stolen.
Police Chief Ernest Steward said the damage was reported the previous week by a Gazebo Committee member.
In other business, Flagg reported to the board that Warren Smith, a Highway Department employee, won the contract for surplus items at the department, including tires and old chain saws.
Smith bid $857 for the 11 items, she said. Highway Department foreman Bill Nichols also bid but only on the tires for $31. Smith’s bid was higher for the tires than Nichols’, she said.
The items were advertised for sale in the Livermore Falls Advertiser.
Selectmen also voted to go with Wright-Pierce for the engineering and design work to extend the Foundry Road walk/bike path. The firm worked with the town previously and had all the information available, Flagg said.
The firm’s bid was $14,253, she said.
The town had received a grant for about $16,400 for this phase of the expansion project.
Flagg said she and Nichols figured the preliminary cost for this phase would be $18,553.20.
dperry@sunjournal.com
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