JAY — Town Manager Shiloh LaFreniere updated selectpersons Monday on the repairs of the trash compactor at the Transfer Station.
During a scheduled repair last week, it was discovered that two seals on two large cylinders were leaking, she said. Repairs would cost $6,000 each and the town had not budgeted for it.
After looking at the seals more closely and discussing the matter with the repairman, they opted to put the compactor back together, she said.
The seals are the originals from 1991, board Chairman Justin Merrill said.
If it becomes a problem in the future, the town will have to have them repaired.
The cost of the scheduled repair is $8,900 and that amount was budgeted, LaFreniere said.
In another matter, board Vice Chairman Tim DeMillo said raising and repairing the meter pit on Route 133, near the Livermore Falls line, is done.
“It all went pretty good,” he said.
Selectpersons voted earlier this year to use up to $15,000 from a sewer reserve account to fix the meter pit and replace nine manhole covers.
The cost for the project came in at $7,900, DeMillo said. The money came out of the current budget, not the reserve fund.
They are waiting for the state to do some light paving on the road, which was to occur in mid-July.
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