FARMINGTON — The Board of Selectmen accepted five bids on eight foreclosed properties Tuesday.
They included: Whittier Road land, Cory Boyker, $950; Industry Road land, $700, Fred Barton; land at 137 Ramsdell Road, $1,855, George Josselyn; New Vineyard Road land, $1,575, John LaBrecque; and land/buildings at 126 Holley Road, Andrew Marble, $12,501.
Bidders have 30 days to complete the sale.
No bids were received on land on Court Street and the land/building at 471 Clover Mill Road, Town Manager Richard Davis said.
A third property, 27 acres of land on Holley Road, was rejected after a property owner claimed the town did not notify all of the owners.
There are three owners of the land, Kevin Cullenberg told the board. Cullenberg is working with one of the owners to acquire the property. His brother is an abutter.
Cullenberg wants to pay the taxes owed within a couple weeks for the owner, which satisfied the board.
In other business, the board:
* Approved hiring LucyAnn Cook as treasurer/finance director. She will start Aug. 8. Cook works in the accounting management department at Sugarloaf and will take the place of Diana Young who is retiring;
* Approved a $20,275 bid from Bailey Bros. of Livermore Falls for a 2016 Ford Interceptor sedan for the Police Department to replace a 2013 sedan with more than 120,000 miles;
* Unanimously voted to accept a vehicle if it is ordered forfeited by the court. The state’s case against Jacob Gage involves two brothers charged with selling heroin in Farmington. “There’s no guarantee we’ll get it,” Deputy Chief Shane Cote said;
* Approved bids for roadside ditching from E.L. Vining & Son Inc., for $12,600; for road reclamation and paving on Porter Hill and Voter Hill Estates from Bruce A. Manzer Inc.; and for crack-sealing Whittier Road and Red Schoolhouse Road from Proseal LLC of Waterville for $7,100; and
* Approved replacing eight picnic tables at Walton Mill Pond Park for $2,026.42. Two tables will be wheelchair-accessible. The money will come from a park reserve account.
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