OXFORD — Selectmen approved a $37,746 bid from Oxford County Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram in South Paris for a 2025 Dodge Durango SUV for the Police Department.

It will be delivered in early May to replace a six-year-old cruiser totaled in a crash with a motorcycle last summer.

Town Manager Adam Garland said he received bids from three other dealers — Adamson Industries Corp. of Haverhill, Massachusetts, Quirk Auto Group of Augusta and Commander Fleet of  Ronkonkoma, New York — with prices ranging from $42,800 for a base SUV to a fully-outfitted 2024 Durango for $69,300.

The department has $9,175 its budget to put toward the SUV. The $28,571 balance will be covered by the town’s reserve account.

In other business, the board approved property tax abatement requests totaling $7,785.77 and rejected one, based on the recommendation of assessor Colleen Halse.

Garland told selectmen that the lien list for properties with outstanding property taxes is complete and will be presented at a future meeting.

Recreation Department Director Kayla Laird requested that youth summer day camp fee for residents be increased from $75 to $100 a week for 2025 season to pay counselors with seniority more than minimum wage. Her proposal was to pay $16 an hour to first-year counselors, $17 an hour to second-year counselors and $18 an hour to those who have worked for the program since it began in 2023.

The board was reluctant to approve Laird’s request without more financial data, especially since nonresident rates would remain flat at $150 a week.

Selectperson Sharon Jackson said pay raises to seasonal recreation department staff needs to be comparable to what other town employees receive in the next fiscal year.

Minimum wage in 2023 was $13.80 and rose to $14.15 in 2024.

Maine’s 2025 minimum wage is $14.65 a hour, an increase of 3.5% from last year. Setting the hourly wage for counselors at $18 would result in a 27% raise.

All board members said they would not support any fee increase if it would only affect Oxford residents.

Last year, about 80 of the 110 registrants were from Oxford.

Selectmen requested that Laird provide a more detailed revenue and wage analysis for the 2025 summer season before they vote on an increase.