NEW GLOUCESTER — Selectmen on Monday approved giving $2,100 to join the second phase of The Sebago Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce branding campaign that highlights the communities within the Sebago Lakes Region to a broader audience.

The next step will be completing a 28-minute, professionally-produced television spot titled 48 Hours in the Sebago Lakes Region.” It offers a three-minute segment for each community and highlights the “insider perspective” on visiting, living and working in the community, and the “hidden gems” and “must-sees,” Aimee Senatore, executive director of the Sebago Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce, said.

The goal is to put the region on the map as a destination to visit, explore and return to.

“More visitors increases the likelihood of people relating their business and/or their home,” she said.

“This is a win-win for the region and New Gloucester,” Selectman Steve Libby said.

In other business, the board approved accepting a $95,000 grant from the Maine Department of Environmental Protection to replace a culvert on the Morse Road at its crossing with Brandy Brook. The project will go out for bid and be managed by Public Works Director Ted Shane.

Selectmen opened sealed bids for a 40-yard roll-off container with a rolling roof cover; a one-ton cab and chassis; a zero-turn lawn tractor with attachments, and sand and gravel from a number of firms.

Public Works Director Ted Shane was authorized to review the bids and make recommendations at the August board meeting.

The board unanimously authorized quitclaim deeds without covenants to several taxpayers who paid overdue taxes. Roland W. and Warren R. Hale received three deeds; two were issued to Juanita Small and one to Carol S. Archibald.

Paving projects will begin this summer on North Pownal, Mayall and Dougherty roads. By August, the board agreed to make a final decision on whether there are funds to work on Meadow Lane and the Short Bennett Road.

Frank Chambers’s resignation from the Public Safety Committee was accepted. Joseph Davis was named to the Public Works Design Committee.

The board voted 0-4 against Louis C. Talarico II’s application to be animal control officer.

“There are calls that are difficult and calls that can be confrontational. It is not an easy job,” Libby said.

Town Manager Paul First said, “I appreciate your position to step forward and appreciate you are an animal person. I do share concerns. The problem is that people are the issue. We don’t have a police officer in this community. You have to be a very good communicator and be patient.”

“I think you are making a big mistake,” Talarico said. “You can always fire me. I feel discriminated.”