DIXFIELD — Selectmen unanimously chose Ike Libby as the Distinguished Citizen of the Year.

“He has brought much positive attention to our town,” Selectman Malcolm Gill said when he nominated the Hometown Energy owner.

“He has done well for underprivileged people,” board Chairman Stephen Donahue added.

Libby’s company made national headlines this year regarding the plight of people unable to buy heating oil because of its high cost. More than $250,000 from around the country has been donated to a fund for deserving people.

Libby will be honored at the annual town meeting at 6 p.m. May 24 at Dirigo High School.

In other matters at the recent selectmen’s meeting, the board signed a contract with Wright-Pierce engineers of Topsham and Portland for the design of an extension of the sewer main.

The extension will advance about 850 feet on the Mexico end of the sewer main replacement project that is being done in conjunction with the replacement of the Webb River Bridge. Wright-Pierce will design the work and inspect the finished project at a cost of $30,000.

The board also approved construction of a scenic space that overlooks the Androscoggin River on the Dixfield side of the bridge project.

The Maine Department of Transportation will build it at no cost to the town as the bridge project continues. Town Manager Engene Skibitsky said the site will be Americans with Disabilities Act compliant, and include landscaping and ramps. The town will be responsible for maintaining it.

In other construction matters, the board set two possible dates for a public hearing on a planned sidewalk project near the high and middle schools on Weld Street. Wright-Pierce is also the engineer for that project. The public hearing will be held May 21 or June 4.