The Wilton Select Board will allow recreational vehicles, including ATVs and snowmobiles, to be parked on town property on Munson Road near the Whistle Stop Trail intersection. Some scoring will be done on site as training for town crews. Donna M. Perry/Sun Journal
WILTON — The Select Board discussed Tuesday a plan to provide parking for all-terrain vehicles and snowmobiles on a property on Munson Road, known locally as “Snowdump,” near the Whistle Stop Trail intersection. .
Select Board Vice Chairman Mike Wells and Select Board Member David Leavitt previously met with Public Works Department Foreman John Mase and others to determine which town-owned land could be used as a parking lot.
Although Wilton is no longer a manufacturing town, it can be a recreational town, Leavitt said at the select committee meeting.
The aim is to make the town more “recreation friendly,” he said.
The town has many recreational facilities, including parks, ponds, and playgrounds.
The property that will become the parking lot is a dirt-covered lot adjacent to 51 Manson Road, across from the lumber yard. This location is intended to provide easy access to the trail.
Levitt and Wells will be working with the Western Maine ATV Club and the Temple Trail Riders ATV Club.
Leavitt said Masse will be training on-site grading with public works workers.
In other business, the Select Board approved an on-premises license for the Salt & Pepper and Sugar Too restaurant on Route 2 and renewed the cannabis license for the Marijuana Building on Bryant Road.
The board also voted to renew junkyard permits for Hagan Enterprises of Farmington and Michael Stickney of Wilton.
The Select Board’s approval of Collins Enterprises’ junkyard permit at 445 Route 2 is contingent on two sections of fencing being temporarily removed to make way for construction. Fences are required by state law.
Code Enforcement Officer Gary Judkins said he will tell owner Rick Collins that the remaining fence needs to be put back up.
The board also voted to appoint Tiffany Maiuri, board chairwoman, as the second signatory of the check until the new human resources and finance director begins work in mid-October. Town Manager Maria Greeley said they have hired new staff for the position.
Greeley is now the only authorized check signer since the Aug. 30 retirement of Deputy Treasurer Linda Buelow, who served the town for nearly 20 years. Greeley requested a second signatory for internal control purposes, and Androscoggin Bank suggested the Selectboard chair do so, Greeley said.
After the executive board meeting, no action was taken regarding the police collective bargaining agreement.
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