LIVERMORE FALLS — The Town of Livermore Falls has been cited by the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) for two violations at the transfer station.

Town Manager Kristal Flagg said on Monday that in a recent visit by a DEP official, the town was cited for not having its metal pile and compost piles on metal pads. Since the violations were discovered, the town has not been taking compost.

Selectmen are seeking prices for a container to house the metal, or for a concrete pad, both of which would address the violation. She noted that while the concrete pad would be more expensive up front, the metal container would have to be hauled away when it was filled with metal and thus the cost would add up over time.

“We will be contacting people that harvest metal,” she said.

Flagg added that the town is still taking metal at the transfer station.

At their July 21 meeting, selectmen hired Rene Cloutier to be an assistant transfer station attendant to Carroll Bowie. Flagg said Cloutier would be helping Bowie on Saturdays.

Selectmen approved a $212,564 three-year loan for highway department equipment from Franklin Savings Bank, with an interest rate of 2.64 percent. Flagg said that Androscoggin Bank had also submitted a quote of 2.68 percent for the three-year note.

There will be annual payments on the equipment.

Selectmen have talked to a forester to come up with a forest management plan and have the trees thinned out on town-owned land on Diamond Road.

“We’d be looking at getting the wood harvested. It’s rotting away,” said Flagg.

She said that only Livermore Falls loggers would be asked to bid for the wood harvest.

Planning Board member Robin Beck was at the last selectmen’s meeting and talked about the Planning Board’s surveys for the town’s Comprehensive Plan, which were passed out during History Night in May. Forty percent of the townspeople who returned surveys emphasized that they would like to see traditional activities such as the Apple Pumpkin Festival, History Night, and music at the Livermore Falls gazebo continue. Additionally, 16 percent of respondents said they were concerned about empty storefronts, and seven percent wanted to see more local employers, said Flagg.

Selectmen appointed Beck and Meredith Carver to two-year terms on the Planning Board. They appointed Darryl Brown and William Demaray to one-year alternate positions on the Planning Board. Demaray was also appointed to the Fire Department Committee.

The next Livermore Falls selectmen’s meeting will be Tuesday, Aug. 4 at 6:30 p.m.

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