GREENE – Selectmen Monday night discussed ongoing vandalism at the solid waste transfer station that is costing the town money.

A recent occurrence of vandalism was the latest of several incidents over the past year, said Town Manager Stephen Eldridge. Damages that were reported include both doors at the transfer station office broken off last month, incidents of glass being broken and a fire set last year.

Selectman Kevin Mower said he saw two boys carrying bicycle parts out of the transfer station recently.

“We will take steps to stop this,” Eldridge said. He added that the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the latest incident.

The town manager said he was concerned that children and teenagers could accidentally turn the compactor on at a time when the station is closed. With the hydraulics and the high voltage of the compactor someone could be injured or killed. “If children are playing around it, it’s not a place for them to be,” Eldridge said.

“Anybody who sees anything going on in the area, don’t be afraid to call the sheriff’s office,” said Selectmen Chairman Ronald Grant.

Eldridge reported another theft. He told the board that someone stole 12 pieces of plywood from the new fire station construction site over the weekend. That incident is under investigation by the Sheriff’s Department.

In other business, the board awarded a contract for emergency dispatching to the Androscoggin County Sheriff’s Department. The department will receive $17 per call for fire calls and $8 per call for nonfire calls. It provides dispatching services for several towns.

Deputy Town Clerk Sally Hebert reported that of Greene’s 2,583 registered voters, only 8 percent voted June 7, and 16 percent turned out for the municipal election in March. She expressed concern that if a small number of voters turn out for the SAD 52 referendum in September, where voters will decide a bond issue for the proposed expansion and renovations of Greene Central School, that the voters of the other towns in the district could outnumber Greene’s voters at the polls. “It would be nice to see a larger turnout from Greene. If the turnout is this low, Leeds and Turner could vote the project down,” Hebert said.