FARMINGTON — The Board of Selectmen unanimously agreed Tuesday to place a two-hour limit on use of parking spaces in a lot on Front Street adjacent to the Franklin Savings Bank stairway.
In 2011, the town entered in to a license with the bank for the 14-space lot providing public parking from 7 a.m. to midnight on the bank owned property.
The town assumed responsibility for litter and some snow removal but no time restrictions were set, Town Manager Richard Davis, said.
Upon a request from Franklin Savings and several Front Street businesses, the board agreed to set the two hour limit. Farmington Police Department will assume responsibility for enforcing the limit along with other parking limits downtown, Davis said.
In other business, the board awarded bids for Public Works Department Projects including those for Porter Hill Road engineering, roadside ditching and road reclamation and paving.
Dirigo Engineering of Fairfield was awarded a $7,000 bid for roadway design services for the Porter Hill Road.
Of the eight bids received, ranging from $24,300 down to the $7,000 bid, Dirigo was the lowest, Davis said. The town has also worked with them on other projects, he added.
Only one bid for roadside ditching this summer was received. Bruce A. Manzer Inc. of Anson bid $14,940 for 40 hours of roadside ditching per town specifications, he said. The Board awarded the bid to Manzer.
They also awarded the bid for road reclamation and paving to Bruce A. Manzer Inc. at prices stated for paver-laid, gravel, geo-textile and reclamation or grinding.
Public Works Director Denis Castonguay has submitted his intention to retire as of Dec. 4, Davis said. Davis plans to put a hiring committee together this summer to seek a replacement.
Davis also reminded the board of a Compost Sale from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. this Saturday, June 12, at the Farmington Compost Cooperative.
The site is located on the Dump Road, off Route 2 and near the Farmington Transfer Station and Farmington Recycling Center.
“It is a good product,” Davis said. “Some of it is food compost from the University of Maine at Farmington.”
The product was used for recent plantings at the Whittier Road erosion site, he said.
Loading of the compost will be provided. For a tractor bucket, the cost is $12 or two buckets for $20, he said.
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