Franklin County and Sugarloaf Mountain Corp. representatives will meet Tuesday to try and resolve an outstanding repayment of $150,000 for a dam project the company planned to do that never took place.

Franklin County commissioners in March 2020 approved a tax-increment financing district development agreement grant for Sugarloaf to replace the Caribou Pond Dam in Mount Abram Township, an unorganized territory in northern Franklin County.

It was initially a $2.2 million project and the original request in the grant application from Sugarloaf was for $500,000. The dam replacement was aimed at improving Sugarloaf’s snowmaking ability and the environment for aquatic life and wildlife.

However, the project was dropped prior to 2024 after it was determined the cost was too great for the benefits received, according to county Administrator Amy Bernard’s report to commissioners on March 17.

In December 2024, Sugarloaf repaid Franklin County $69,547.79 of the $221,771.43 that the county ultimately granted Sugarloaf.

When Bernard brought the repayment matter to the new board of commissioners on March 17, they instructed her to notify the county’s attorney to figure out options for repayment of the outstanding $150,000.

With no resolution in sight, county commission Chairman Bob Carlton said they had to do something.

“They are not the enemy. It is not adversarial,” Carlton said Thursday. “There has been a lot of management changes there. We’re going to work this through. They are committing to resolving this as soon as possible.”

On Wednesday, Charli Sayward-Boehmer, Sugarloaf communications manager, wrote in an email: “Sugarloaf is actively working to resolve this matter and has scheduled a meeting with the county to address the outstanding concerns.”