LIVERMORE FALLS – Selectmen unanimously voted Monday to hold voting on Election Day, Nov. 7, at the town office rather than the fire station after the state found deficiencies for voting purposes there.

Town Manager Martin Puckett said the state listed several problems for handicap accessibility including a lack of parking spaces, ramp and handrail.

He also said that if people park in front of the bays and there is a fire call, it would be tough to get the emergency trucks out.

Puckett said that the state elections’ representatives also wanted the glass trophy cases covered in the station.

“It looks to me they’re pushing us away from the fire station,” Puckett said.

Unfortunately, he said, voting is next month and the state just notified the town of the deficiencies.

The state is also requiring an extra phone line for voting purposes, he said.

The options are the town office with a ramp and a voting sign, or Murray Hall, which also has some handicap accessibility issues there, Puckett said.

Selectman Michael Collins asked about holding voting at the schools.

Former Selectman Bernal Lake said that the problem there is schools are in session during that day.

Selectman Russell Flagg motioned to have voting at the town office.

There’s no cost to the town, he said.

Flagg suggested the board get a estimate to install a handicap accessible door off the meeting room.

Selectman Bill Demaray also said that the enclosure half-walls that had been used by the court need to be taken down and some of the elevated spots in the room leveled with the floor.

Those projects, even if approved, would not be done before Election Day.

In other matters, the board appointed Budget Committee members to terms by the time frame in which they signed up to be on the panel.

Scott Roberts, Joyce Drake and Louise Chabot were appointed to three-year terms. Pam Cook, Darren Gile and Nick Rehagen were appointed to two-year terms and Phil Poirier, Bernal Lake and Ron Chadwick were appointed to one-year terms.

The board also voted to approve a contract with the Maine Department of Transportation, which will pay the town $6,160 – a 10 percent increase over last year, to take care of sections of Routes 133 and 17 during the winter.

Puckett also informed selectmen that the state plans to seed the land at the intersection of Bridge and Main streets, where the former convenience store/gas station was removed.