LIVERMORE – Selectpersons agreed Monday night to purchase a “frost bucket” for use on the backhoe.

This is a narrower bucket designed for use in removing ice and for ditching problems. Because it is narrower, it creates more power for the same effort, explained Administrative Assistant Kurt Schaub.

Schaub also noted that the highway budget is just about where it should be but that the town should receive some funds from the disaster declaration that could be put toward the cost that is estimated at under $1,000.

Road Foreman Bert Bryant said he had to hire equipment last week for some of this type of work and because his machine was broken down.

Schaub reported on a conversation he had with Heath Cowan of the state Department of Transportation concerning the reconstruction project in the Brettuns area. Cowan maintains the project will go out to bid in the spring with all but the finish paving expected by next fall.

The town Road Committee will meet at 4 p.m. Monday to discuss improvements they would like to see done on state roads within town. Serving on the committee are George Benoit, Tom Berry, Bert Bryant, Floyd Richmond and Wayne Timberlake.

A brief hearing was held before the meeting on an application of K & L Management Corp., for renewal of the liquor license at the golf course. No objections were offered and the renewal was approved during the regular session.

Schaub said about a dozen 30-day notices for 2002 taxes are going out. He also noted that the town had seen its first prosecution under the Dog Control Ordinance of 2000. This concerned dogs in the Brettuns area and a plea agreement was reached with the owner to erect an eight-foot fenced enclosure for the dogs by June 1 and to reimburse the town for its legal expense.

John Castonguay has begun work harvesting a tract of about 65 acres within the Memorial Forest, Schaub reported. This is an area heavily damaged by the Ice Storm of 1998.

Code Officer Richard Marble reported the town has received only four applications for auto graveyards this year, two less than last year, as one person feels he is a hobbyist under the new law and another may also be covered by the new regulations.

Town officials were vocal in their discontent with the new legislation that has made enforcement much more difficult and took away local control. They expressed hopes that it will be changed quickly.

Marble also said Feb. 9 has been set for settlement of the Long Pond clearing case with Joe Diaz. After that, court action will start, he said.