JAY — Selectpersons voted Monday to accept a bid of $12,000 from Central Maine Disposal of Fairfield to clean up two residences on Route 17 in North Jay that violate the state’s junkyard law.

There were four bids ranging from $5,000 to $48,000 to clean up the property.

The town has been working since 1999 to get the property in compliance with the law, Code Enforcement Ronda Palmer said last month.

The front property is owned by the heirs of Leroy Pollis and the back piece is owned by Darren Pollis, Leroy’s son. There are several mobile homes in disrepair and some have fallen in on themselves, Palmer previously said. There are piles of metal mixed with mattresses, about 50 tires and other junk.

The family was given until May 1 to clean the property.

The town has spent an estimated $11,000 in legal fees and expects to spend about $3,500 more by the time it is finished, Town Manager Shiloh LaFreniere said in March.

The town won a court order to abate the property and to recover the cost from the property owners.

Wilton previously hired a contractor to clean up Darren Pollis’ brother, Duane Pollis’, property in Wilton but the cleanup was stopped in November because the homeowner refused to let the contractor on the property.

Cleanup needs to be done by July 31.

The contractor is responsible to remove all junk, including tires, unregistered vehicles, mobile homes or parts of them, and piles of miscellaneous items.

Only metal items may be disposed of at the Jay Transfer Station. The contractor is responsible for disposal of the junk.

dperry@sunmedialgroup.net

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