NORWAY – Homeowners living at Frost Homestead have asked the town to consider taking over maintenance of the 2.5 miles or so of roads that wind through the development.
Steve McNally, who spoke to selectmen at their Thursday meeting on behalf of Frost Homestead residents, said he and the other homeowners wanted to know what they had to do to get the issue before voters at the next town meeting. The development is located off Pike’s Hill Road.
McNally said the road fees cost each member $200 a year. There are 58 house lots at Frost Homestead, with about 15 to 20 houses constructed, according to Bill Hatch, another homeowner there.
One main road, plus smaller side roads, make up the development’s roadways.
Selectmen did not vote on the matter at the meeting because they wanted to ensure the roads met town standards.
In other business, Selectmen approved hiring a new part-time police officer, Eric Pearce.
They also approved a new tree committee made up of Wes Brown, Laurie Jones and H. Grant Leonard. This committee will be responsible for researching trees for Main Street that will not rip up sewer lines or grow too large for the area.
An audit of the 2005 fiscal year was presented to selectmen with a clean finding of town finances.
Selectmen also approved buying a 2007 Mack Truck for $79,218. Town Manager David Holt said that voters approved $65,000 at the last town meeting for a new truck.
To raise the rest of the money, selectmen discussed selling the old truck or asking voters at the town meeting to approve of using surplus money to make up the difference.
If the winter continues to be fairly mild, there might be leftover road money, too, it was noted.
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