Dresden selectmen agreed Monday to let voters consider a new waste oil furnace for the transfer station. Selectman Dwight Keene reminded the board no decision had been made on replacing the old heater. He said the low bid for the heater was $7,500.

Selectman Alan Moeller said an alternative was to take the furnace from the old town house. He said burning waste oil brought to the transfer center presented problems with contaminated oil. He said it was uncertain how much waste oil was on hand and having to mix in fresh number two oil would be expensive.

“We have been doing it for 20 years,” said former selectman David Probert. He said residents expected to be able to take their waste oil to the transfer station.

Moeller said a few local businesses that burn waste oil might take it from the town.

Selectman Trudy Foss asked Administrative Assistant Michael Henderson to find a date for a special meeting in the near future.

In other business, Moeller agreed to meet with the planning board. gravel pit owner Dick Condon and bonding agent Darby Ericson to resolve the issue of liability for possible future damage to Ludwig Road.

“If I damage the road I will fix it. If it is someone else, I won’t,” said Condon.

Condon said Ericson did not bond his business because it would be difficult to determine who was responsible for future damage to the road.

Planning board Chairman Jeff Pierce invited the parties to come to the Tuesday, Sept. 18 meeting of the board to try to resolve the issue.

Resident David Popp agreed to pay a $500 fine and sign a consent agreement for violation of the land use ordinance for locating his house and deck too close to Glasheen Road.

“We won’t make him move it. There is nothing that money won’t take care of,” said Moeller.

Code Enforcement Officer James Valley said he took some responsibility for the problem because he had not reinspected the site before the house’s concrete pad was poured and the deck built.

Keene suggested the consent agreement not allow the house and deck to be replaced on the same footprint if it were damaged beyond repair.

The board granted the fire department up to $500 for the annual open house set for Oct. 3 from 5 to 7 p.m.

Probert requested and was allotted up to $350 to buy materials to construct a boardwalk and small bridge on a new section of walking trail on town land adjacent to the Pownalborough Courthouse. Probert said as many as 30 to 50 people regularly use the walking trail.

Moeller said electronic waste will accepted and picked up at the transfer station on Saturday, Nov 5.