MINOT – Following a brief public hearing Monday night, selectmen adopted an emergency operations plan that outlines how the town will respond to disasters, natural and man-made.

Selectman Dean Campbell noted that the plan, while only nine pages long, adequately addresses the needs of a small town with no real population center.

“The bigger the town, the more complex the plan. Here, you pretty much know what your resources are, who can do what,” Campbell said.

However, Campbell pointed out, the plan puts down in writing what’s most at risk and what resources can be mobilized as well as how local officials should set up and carry out an effective response.

The operations plan, an element needed to keep the town compliant with federal requirements and eligible for grants, now goes for county and state review.

Town officials are still working on an emergency management ordinance, which is scheduled to be brought up for adoption at March town meeting.

Road Manager Arlan Saunders reported that he expects to be doing cooperative work with Hebron’s road crew during the next few weeks.

Saunders said next week, he intends to have the town’s road shoulder box up and running – it has a few bugs in the hydraulic system, according to Saunders – but should be able to complete shoulder work on both towns within the week.

Saunders also said he will soon put up the winter sand pile using sand from Albert Hemond at $2.50 per cubic yard, screened and loaded and doing the hauling with two Minot trucks, one from Hebron and another privately owned truck or two.

“We will be doing our winter sand the week of Sept. 25 and move to Hebron the week of Oct. 2. Hebron will be helping us and we will be assisting them. They will be billed for the difference,” said Saunders.

Saunders noted that AVCOG will be opening bids it received for salt in a day or so and that he should know the price the town will be paying for road salt by the end of the week.

Town Administrator Rhonda Irish reported that Town Clerk Nikki Verrill recently heard from the Maine Town and City Clerk Association that she has passed her test for town clerk certification. Verrill will receive her town clerk certificate at the MMA’s October convention.

Irish also noted that Verrill will be going to Turner later this week for training on the state’s new Central Voter Registration System.

Selectmen asked Irish to check to see whether the town’s registrar of voters, Hester Gilpatric, will be going to the training as well.