BETHEL — The Board of Selectmen on Monday will continue discussion on a resident’s request for an easement to park on town property being considered for a veterans monument.

The board meeting begins at 7 p.m. Sept. 29 at the Town Office.

Interim Town Manager Steve Eldridge said the town acquired the lot for nonpayment of taxes and was in the process of allowing an Honor Roll Committee to build a new veterans memorial on it.

Debra Mills, of 126 Main St., who lives next to the property, sent a letter to selectmen saying she has used part of the property as a parking space for “quite some time and hopes to do so in the future.”

She said she has no other parking options except for on the street.

She asked selectmen to allow her to park on the lot into 2015 and place an article on the 2015 town meeting warrant asking for an easement.

Selectmen agreed to give Mills two weeks to explore alternatives and research her options.

Several members of the Veterans Memorial Committee were dissatisfied that it has taken the selectmen so long to solve the property issue. One resident said he was worried that fundraising support for the memorial would fizzle out if they didn’t get started on the project soon.

Other items on the agenda include:

* Discussion with Diano Circo about a trust for public land.

* Approval of equipment leases.

* Bingham Forest timber bid.

* Discussion on de-watering truck.

* Discussion on sewer revenues.

mdaigle@sunjournal.com

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