LIVERMORE — Selectman on Tuesday approved installing new lights on Keith Street near Brettuns Pond town beach.

Highway Foreman Roger Ferland and Administrative Assistant Carrie Judd met April 3 with Central Maine Power Co. representatives to review lighting options on the street, board Chairman Mark Chretien said.

CMP provided information on the types of LED lights they offer.

Mongoose lights — considered best for roadways and parking lots — have a tilt feature projecting light up to 50 feet from the pole. The only size is 93-129 watts with an estimated annual cost of $272.

Floodlights — considered ideal for parking lots, building security, building facades, storage yards and other areas needing directional lighting — are available in 64-85 watts for an estimated $154 annually, 96-128 watts for $168, and 207-261 watts for roughly $275.

Chris Hobbs, who lives on Keith Street, has agreed to allow a light on his property. In August he told selectpersons his cameras show people spending the night at the town beach.

Selectpersons agreed on the mongoose style and that Ferland could accept the low bid on the tree removal as long as it was under $2,500, based on the town’s purchasing policy.

“As long as it is under $2,500, have the cheapest one do it, get it done,” Selectperson Scott Richmond said.

Selectperson Randy Ouellette asked which trees had to be cut.

“There are four of them that are going to be cut,” Ferland said. “One is a small maple on the lawn where we are coming across to Route 4. There’s a maple on the edge of the road that is probably 12 inches around and then there are two dangerous trees. There is one pine you don’t notice until you drive down, get out, walk over there and look back.” The one down the road is dead, has been for a few years, they might just as well be done at the same time, he said.

Jean Castonguay Logging and Excavation in Livermore Falls and Smitty’s Tree Work in Livermore have been asked to submit estimates, Ferland noted.

“That light should be a priority,” Ouellette stated.

“That’s what I was rushing for,” Ferland said.

In other business, the board agreed to allow 30 more days to reach the property owner at 302 Canton Road about unpaid taxes. Several attempts by certified mail and phone calls to relatives were unsuccessful, according to information provided by Treasurer Mary Castonguay.

The owner has been gone all winter and returned a couple weeks ago, Selectperson Jeremy Emerson said.

Another certified letter will be sent and the property visited.

Chretien suggested Judd contact the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Office to arrange for an officer patrolling the area to be there as another public official to witness the visit.

Judd said the Town Office will be closed Monday for Patriot’s Day and April 25 during town meeting voting at Spruce Mountain Primary School.

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