Alna selectmen said April 24, they would be willing to help fix the road to the salt and sand shed, if everyone else who has a right of way on it chips in, too.

An email one of the road's residents, Deborah Brown, sent Second Selectman Doug Baston, states in part: "There is an issue with frequent, excessive, ongoing run off from an area on the right side of the road - on the flat - before the road begins to slope." Selectmen reviewed the town’s deeded right of way and mulled their options.

They planned to write everyone else with rights there and propose sharing repair costs.

Also April 24, the board decided to contact its Maine Municipal Association insurer about damage Fire Chief Mike Trask said the town’s plowing contractor Hagar Enterprises did to the door of a fire truck at the scene of a two-vehicle crash on a snowy night last November. Responding to the board’s questions, Trask said he did not contact the town’s insurer because he had expected the contractor to pay for the repairs. He added, he told the board about the damage at the time. Pro Body Works gave an $8,088 estimate and Hagar offered to pay half, Trask said. 

The insurance companies can sort out who pays what, including whether or not the town has to pay a deductible, selectmen and former selectman Ed Pentaleri responded.

The board heard from the town’s alewife harvester David Sutter about his efforts with the state to plan his next harvest. Selectmen discussed possibly writing to the Maine Department of Marine Resources. Sutter said he expects to get in little harvesting this year. In an interview afterward, he estimated he stands to lose about $5,000 and the town $1,000 to $2,000. Among his points to the board, Sutter said harvesting with a dip net makes a young man old and an old man dead. Third Selectman Greg Shute said he was not sure yet if the town has an issue with the state; the plan’s final approval from the state remained pending. 

Selectmen made Laura Hiestand a planning board alternate; named Pentaleri and Gordon Davis to represent Alna on the Lincoln County Regional Planning Commission; and picked Toby Stockford’s $4,000 bid for the mowing contract. Allen Hersom & Sons bid $5,838 and Corey Wallace, $1,300. First Selectman Melissa Spinney wondered if Wallace knew how much land the town mows.