Sabattus Board of Selectmen

Met: Tuesday night

Road repairs to begin soon

The Issue: Webster Corner Road has been closed since runoff from the Patriot’s Day rainstorm in April collapsed a drainage culvert.

The Scoop: Board members received four bids for repairs and awarded the contract to Pat Cyr Trucking Inc. Sand and Gravel, a local company, whose bid of $11,500 was lowest. The new culvert will cost $10,080 and has been ordered through Stevens Hardware, another local business.

Up Next: Work will begin as soon as the culvert arrives. Because the culvert is a special kind favored by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, town officials hope to recoup project costs through federal disaster relief grants.

New reserve officer hired

The Scoop: Sabattus firefighter James Avery has been hired as the town’s newest reserve police officer, police Chief Thomas Fales announced Tuesday. The position is part time. Selectmen also put a 2000 Dodge Intrepid, formerly used as the police chief’s vehicle, out to bid at public auction. The minimum bid is $2,800, Town Clerk Suzanne Adams said.

Fire equipment expenses approved

The Scoop: Fire Chief Robert Scott received board approval to spend $986.44, from a total Maine Forestry Grant of $1,972.88, to buy new flame-resistant shirts, collapsible backpacks and forestry rakes for his firefighters.

Town Manager search narrowed to eight

The Scoop: The field of 20 applicants who want to be the next town manager has been thinned to eight.

Up Next: Search Committee members have scheduled interviews for those candidates for May 14, 16 and 17, and plan to winnow the list even further. They hope to bring a list of three to five finalists before the board by its May 21 meeting, with the new town manager scheduled to start by the beginning of the new fiscal year July 1.

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