JAY – Voters will be asked Monday, Aug. 26, if they would transfer up to $100,000 from the town’s undesignated fund to remove old fuel tanks, and buy and install a new fuel island, including an underground tank.

The current fuel island and tanks at the Highway Garage are antiquated and need to be replaced, Town Manager Ruth Cushman previously said.

The existing island provides for diesel fuel but selectpersons are considering both gas and diesel at the garage to service all town vehicles. Gas was provided previously but now gas-operated vehicles, including police cruisers, have to go to a filling station that closes at 9 p.m.

Cost proposals from companies to provide the tanks, installation and associated items were not due as of Monday when selectpersons signed the warrant for the special town meeting. The proposals will be discussed at the Aug. 26 board meeting.

The town meeting will be held at 6 p.m. at the Town Office and will be followed by a regular board meeting.

The town has about $5.75 million in its undesignated fund, Cushman said. Some of that will also be used to lower the tax commitment, she said.

If voters approve transferring the $100,000 or so, it would still leave the town with three months of operating costs that auditors recommend towns have in case of emergencies, she said. It takes about $1.33 million a month to run the town, she said.

Voters will also be asked to consider borrowing up to $865,000 to improve sewer lines and associated equipment during a Maine Department of Transportation road improvement project on Route 4.

The state is proposing to reconstruct about 1.25 miles of the road from Pineau Street north to just south of Tweedie Street in Jay.

If Jay’s sewer infrastructure is found to be solid once the road is opened and not in danger of failing, it will not be replaced, Cushman previously said. There are known sewer-related issues that need to be taken care of when the work is being done, she said.

This project continues improvement of Route 4 from what was done in 2011 and 2012 that stopped at Pineau Street.

Voters will also consider amending the town’s Administrative Ordinance to bring it up to date. The Board of Selectmen want to make its board more gender neutral by becoming a “select board” or Board of Selectpersons. The ordinance was initially adopted in January 2003. Several items are outdated, including when the board meets, the agenda format and prohibiting selectpersons from sitting on committees. The ordinance still refers to the Jay School Committee, which became defunct as of July 1, 2011. The Jay schools consolidated with those in Livermore and Livermore Falls at that time to become RSU 73.

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