DIXFIELD — The Select Board will revisit a proposal March 9 to add a fee and a fine to the Street Naming and House Numbering Ordinance, which voters amended last month.
Town Manager Alicia Conn said the meeting will be held at 5:30 p.m. downstairs at the Ludden Memorial Library, 42 Main St.
The board will discuss a one-time charge of $100 to pay for initial sign installation when applying for a street name and a $10 per day fine for houses or properties with nonconforming or nonexisting numbers.
At the Feb. 23 special town meeting, voters adopted the following amendments to the ordinance:
• The Select Board shall designate an addressing officer, who is responsible for and authorized to provide all required addressing and database information to the state agency responsible for the implementation of Enhanced 9-1-1 service.
• The town shall install and maintain street signs. The cost of private road signs shall be the responsibility of the party requesting a road name.
• All house/property numbers shall be not less than 4 inches high and in contrasting color to the background.
This ordinance will be administered by the town manager.
The Select Board is authorized to assign road names on existing and proposed roads.
Voters removed the requirement that all residents and other occupants post the assigned number and road name next to their telephone for emergency reference.
Voters also authorized the Select Board to use $500 in interest from the Ione Harlow Dixfield Community Fund for restoration of a historic curtain for the Dixfield Historical Society. Conn said the article was amended to include an additional $500 for the required fireproofing. She said there is about $51,758 in the fund.

Members of the Historical Society are hoping to raise $7,000 for the restoration of the former Mystic Grange curtain, which will be given to Dirigo High School.
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