LIVERMORE FALLS — Selectmen voted Monday to take $600 from the code enforcement officers training account and $350 from contingency to get detailed maps made of the town for the Planning Board.

Selectmen have directed the Planning Board to draft new ordinances and the town needs to have detailed maps that show where the village area is using geographical information systems.

One ordinance is a fireworks ordinance. Another is a property maintenance ordinance. Both ordinances would have to go to voters before they are enacted.

Selectmen have asked the Planning Board to develop an ordinance to put restrictions on fireworks in the village area, Town Manager Kristal Flagg said.

The Building Lots Standards Ordinance already define where the village area is, Code Enforcement Officer James Butler said.

Main-Land Development Consultants Inc. is willing to make maps including one of the town and an overlay of the village area, he said. The estimate is $950.

The village area is considered from the Jay line in Chisholm Square to Route 17 to where the power lines cross the road, to Moose Hill Road and the Church Street area.

The Planning Board does not have an account to pay for items such as maps, Butler said.

It would be good for the board to have some money to work with as they do planning for the town, he said.

The board does collect some fees including from permits and certain applications, Butler said.

Selectman Louise Chabot said the town needs to have a clear area of where the restrictions would be established, the ordinance would not pass at town meeting.

Flagg said there is $600 in the code enforcement officer’s budget for training. That money has not been used this year.

Butler said he was hired as a full-time code enforcement officer and that the town is paying for his training. He would not need Livermore Falls to pay for training because he will already be getting the training.

Flagg said that other employees may not be using all the training money in their accounts and that could help pay for the remainder of the map cost.

Selectmen Chairman Bill Demaray said the money could not be moved between different accounts. He suggested the $350 come from contingency.

In another matter, Flagg said the Town Office will need to be closed on Tuesday, Nov. 6, for voting.

The town will be trying out a new ballot-counting machine that is being issued by the state.

Flagg also updated selectmen on a utility shed that will be built on town property near the Town Office.

She called several places and a representative of Dexter Supply said it had a person who would build a 10-foot by 12-foot shed on site for $1,900.

The shed would be used to store sand and bags of environmentally and pet-friendly salt for the walkways. The snowblower and lawnmower would also be stored there as well. Currently the equipment is at the Wastewater Treatment Plant and anytime it is needed someone has to go get it with a truck.

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