BUCKFIELD – Selectmen voted to pursue legal action against the Hallie Estate Subdivision if a violation is not corrected.

A three-lot subdivision was approved in 1999. The Planning Board approved a revision in 2001 in which a five-acre lot was taken from 72 acres not reviewed as part of the original subdivision, and conveyed to the owner of Lot 2, Chuck Starbird.

Starbird sold Lot 2 without the five acres, thus creating a fifth lot without Planning Board approval.

The board also voted to pursue legal action against Graham Bell, owner of Nezinscot Industries Inc., for violations involving junkyards.

Bell has not responded to a letter requesting correspondence from his lawyer. The site is south of the C.F. Wells property bordering on the railroad bed recreational trail.

Bell owns 30 acres, but more than an acre is covered with old buses, trailers, containers and other debris. A combustion fire in one of the trailers has precipitated the town’s taking action.

Town Manager Cindy Dunn presented three bids for the 2004-05 road projects, and the board voted for the lowest bidder, Commercial Paving, for $123,006.26.

The board approved a request for the Recreation Committee to sponsor its third BYOB dance in conjunction with Community Days over Labor Day weekend. Committee spokesperson Rossie Kyllonen told the board that one Oxford County deputy and two Star Security officers would be present for the dance on Saturday night, Sept. 4.

The dance would be held on the concrete pad by the town office. The area would be roped off and no one under age 21 would be permitted on the grounds.

The board approved a Governmental Accounting Standards Board Guide. This financial reporting standard was approved in June 1999 and must be followed by state and local governments in preparing annual audited financial statements. It is supposed to give residents a clearer picture of what the government is doing with the taxes it collects.

SAD 39 Superintendent Rick Colpitts will attend the Aug. 17 board meeting to discuss the district’s commitment to the taxpayers when the 55 percent education funding is received.

The board adjourned to executive session to discuss 13 applications for town manager.