KINGFIELD – Selectmen decided Monday night to continue efforts to get easements that would allow the town access along a section of the Carrabassett River.

The town snowplow makes a single path on the throughway between the private properties and the Carrabassett River for emergency access. The town owns a lot where it dumps excess snow.

Legally, the town should not spend taxpayer money to plow private property.

The Village Enhancement Committee made several suggestions in the past few years to provide additional public parking and improve an area owned by several business and residents. Since then, additional spaces have been secured by the town at the Grand Central Station building next to the Herbert Grand Hotel.

Selectmen expressed frustration with the lack of a response to requests for any sort of mutual agreement.

“We were trying to get together to do something cohesive, but they could not even come together to give us an answer that they wanted to do it,” Selectman Wade Browne said.

Administrative Assistant Leanna Targett said Longfellow’s Restaurant owner John Goldfrank protested the town’s original proposed wording of an agreement with the property owners.

Others, Targett said, had agreed to consider having the town improve the property along the river if some small adjustments were made to the final agreement.

Many owners seemed unsure of the rights they might be giving up if they allowed more parking and development of the area as a riverfront trailhead.

Targett said she has a written agreement with three of the property owners, but the town has no obligation to plow or improve the throughway until all property owners are willing to develop an easement.

“This should not be called a lease,” Selectmen Brian Hatfield said. “This should be called a public easement.”

In other business, selectmen reviewed a proposal by Greg Seikman, a summer intern who updated the town’s website. The town has used the services of Computers Plus, owned by James Benoit, of Kingfield and has been satisfied with the service, Targett said.

Selectmen authorized Targett to retain Benoit for all information technology services, including the website. They also agreed that businesses and organizations could have limited access to offer basic information on the website. Businesses will not be able to advertise, but they will be able to list their location and contact information. Organizations will have the same option but will be responsible for keeping the information correct and updated.

Selectmen addressed continued deterioration of a section of the Tufts Pond Road. Wright-Pierce engineering firm of Topsham visited the site and developed a plan. The Budget Committee will be asked to include up to $2,700 to pay for the plan.

Selectmen approved a one-year service agreement with Wilbur Plumbing and Heating for municipal buildings.

Selectmen also authorized Targett to enter a one-year agreement with the Dead River Co. for heating fuel at $1.99 per gallon.