LIVERMORE — Selectpersons Tuesday night, Sept. 20, held a special meeting where a hearing date was set on the possibility of closing part of Wyman Road to winter maintenance.

There is one home on that road, Administrative Assistant Aaron Miller said. The town warrant has an article every year that gives [Selectpersons] the authority to designate certain roads or portions of roads to be closed for winter maintenance, he noted. Discontinuance of a road to winter maintenance must be done by Oct. 1 with a public hearing beforehand with at least seven days prior notice, he added.

“It is a challenge to take care of that road,” Miller said. Many years ago a subdivision was proposed but never came to fruition, he noted.

The town attorney has looked at the issue, agrees Selectpersons have the right to close the road, Miller stated. Closure to winter maintenance can’t exceed 10 years, he noted.

“With three or four cars parked down there, it is pretty tight,” Highway Foreman Roger Ferland said. “There is no room to turn around.”

The address for the property is 88 Federal Road, it is not listed as Wyman Road, Ferland added.

Selectpersons Jeremy Emerson, Randy Ouellette and Scott Richmond voted in favor of closing the road to winter maintenance. Selectperson Chair Mark Chretien abstained and Selectperson Brett Deyling was absent.

Selectpersons also decided next steps after a plow truck driver candidate backed out.

The candidate’s employer offered $3.50 an hour more and a company truck next summer, Chretien said. “We can’t match that,” he added.

Emerson noted Jay pays its plow truck drivers $22.50 an hour. Livermore Falls pays $20.70 an hour.

Richmond said he figured Livermore would need to pay between $21 and $22 an hour.

Going up to at least $23 an hour with experience was suggested by Chretien.

“We’ve got to have competitive wages,” Richmond said.

“We’ve got no choice,” Emerson noted.

Selectpersons agreed the position will be advertised again offering a scale of $18-23 per hour based on experience.

In other business Selectpersons unanimously approved the $5,378.75 bid from Manzer’s Fine Grade and Earthwork in Anson to replace three culverts on the River Road. The culverts to be replaced will be provided by the town.

 

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