JAY — Selectmen voted 4-0 Monday to sell some old steel I-beams and flat bars to the highest bidder, Kimball Farrington of Jay.
Farrington’s bid was $477.
The scrap price would have been $460, Town Manager Ruth Cushman said.
Selectmen opened six bids that ranged from $125 to Farrington’s bid.
Selectmen Tom Goding, who also bid on the steel, left the table while the bids were being opened and voted on.
Goding was the second highest bidder at $426.
Farrington has until Nov. 22 to pay for the steel and remove it from town property.
In other business, Chairman Steve McCourt welcomed Selectman Justin Merrill to the board. He was elected Nov. 8.
Merrill was uncontested for the seat that was vacated by former Selectman Warren Bryant in August.
The board appointed Merrill to the Ordinance Review Committee. Cushman asked the selectmen call the committee into action to review the town’s administrative ordinance. Selectman Amy Gould also serves on the panel.
Cushman said that ordinance is outdated due to the school system no longer being considered a town department. She also said there are several references to the former town office that need to be changed. Town office staff and police moved into a new office several years ago.
Selectmen also heard concerns from Gilbert Barnaby about Free Street. He said the sewer and water lines need to be upgraded and the road paved.
The street is located off Jewell Street in Jay and Cargill Street in Livermore Falls. Part of the road is in each town.
Selectmen directed Cushman to talk to Sewer Department Superintendent Mark Holt and the Livermore Falls Water District.
The town’s Road Committee meets at the end of the month. Cushman said she will put it on the Monday, Dec. 12, meeting agenda.
Next year the Road Committee’s intent is to concentrate the paving budget on streets in the Chisholm area, McCourt said.
Committee Chairman Tom Goding said the paving budget was supposed to be focused on Chisholm this year, but the sewer and water lines were unable to be replaced this year.
There is no sense in paving over a road and then having it dug up again to replace lines, he said.
In another matter, selectmen also agreed to put the glass crusher and a baler at the transfer station out to bid.
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