Board: Sabattus selectmen
Met: Wednesday night
Transfer station, part I
Issue: The town is celebrating Recycling Day on Nov. 20, an annual resident-appreciation day in Sabattus.
The scoop: The celebration is at the transfer station from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Up next: In addition to free doughnuts and coffee, and free knickknacks such as key chains and magnets, the station will raffle off T-shirts, gloves and a case of clear trash bags. (Bringing trash to the transfer station is free to residents but it has to be in clear bags.)
Transfer station, part II
Issue: Somebody — or somebodies — apparently had an issue finding the transfer station.
The scoop: Public works has picked up roughly 20 black bags of trash on Marsh Road recently left by people who dump and run.
Up next: They know who you are. Public works went through the bags and found names.
Road improvements
Issue: The Androscoggin Transportation Resource Center has approved its share of a $1 million project to fix Pleasant Hill Road in 2012-13 and a $750,000 project to repair and improve sidewalks on Greene Street in 2013-15.
The scoop: Sabattus would have to pick up 10 percent of each project as its share of the cost ($100,000, $75,000).
Up next: Residents will decide whether or not to do that at town meeting next spring.
County dispatch
Issue: After being invited by selectmen, County Commissioner Randy Greenwood laid out three scenarios that commissioners are looking at to combine 911 dispatching in the area.
The scoop: Cost for the three options range from $130,000 to $450,000. Commissioners and others are pursuing a grant to study options.
Up next: It’s unclear how much Sabattus would have to shoulder, but Chairman Scott Lansley suggested starting to put money aside to save up.
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