The select board voted tonight to raise the town’s dump sticker fees by $5 per year, to $40. Board Member Dave DeHerdt explained that the Transfer Station has been running an annual deficit of $5000 per year for the last few years, and they need to find a way to close that gap. DeHerdt also suggested that the town could save several thousand dollars a year by switching from selling bags to selling stickers, which residents would place on their own bags. Another suggested source of revenue is to charge fees for specific services, such as paint recycling, the costs of which are currently picked up by the town.
The select board also voted tonight to sell one of two parcels of land being auctioned off by sealed bid to pay for back taxes. The buyers are Heather and Bill Davis, whose bid was for $10,500. According to Tax Collector/Assistant Treasurer Laura Blakesley, the Davis’s submitted the sole bid for the Old Stage Road building lot, now assessed at $60,000. A second similar lot received no bids and will be re-listed.
The board also approved the use of Town Hall for an upcoming informational meeting on a regional fiber-optic network. The event will be hosted by David Kulp.
David King
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