WILTON – The Board of Selectmen is waiting for plans from the owners of two empty buildings that are creating concerns about appearance and safety.

A year ago, Rachel Jackson-Hodsdon moved the Farmington Diner to her property on Cemetery Road in East Wilton, saying she planned to restore and reopen it.

The former diner still sits on the property, covered by a large black tarp that is starting to weather and tear, and the board has received complaints about its appearance.

To save the diner from destruction when Rite-Aid built a larger store on the Intervale in Farmington, Jackson-Hodsdon bought the diner and moved it to East Wilton while she researched options for it.

Code Enforcement Officer Paul Montague requested a written plan of action from Jackson-Hodsdon regarding restoration of the diner.

Montague had not heard from her prior to the meeting, although Selectman Russell Black said he received a message on his answering machine but had not talked with her.

“We gave her permission for a year … it wasn’t even a Wilton business,” Black said.

Jackson-Hodsdon, unavailable for comment Wednesday, said in late December that she has used the months to work on her plan to reopen the diner. She invited the executive director of the American Diner Museum to visit and go over the diner, received an estimate and advice on rehabilitating it and has considered the best location for it. She even considered moving it back to Farmington to the Mount Blue Shopping Center on Route 2.

In related business Tuesday night, Selectman Irv Faunce reminded the board of the unsettled property on Depot Street owned by Jan Stinson. He was concerned that window coverings were coming off and the building could be easily accessed.

The second floor of the building collapsed in 2006 before Stinson bought it, Montague said Wednesday. She has cleared debris around the structure and has been removing items from the building, he said.

Stinson has previously given the board deadlines for removal of the building but has been unable to meet them.

Selectmen agreed the building needed to be better secured. They asked Montague to talk with Stinson and come back with a plan of action or the town would consider undertaking demolition and put a lien on the property.