FRYEBURG, Maine â An impassioned plea by Fryeburg Selectman Kimberly Clarke convinced her fellow board members to ask voters to use $100,000 from surplus funds to address the crumbling sidewalks lining the side streets of the town.
Last Thursday, the board met in person for the first time since the pandemic. At the meeting held at the David and Doris Hastings Community Center, the selectmen discussed what to do with credit reserve funds, which Town Manager Katie Haley said is basically surplus funds totaling about $1.67 million.
During the meeting, Clark proposed, and fellow selectmen agreed, to take $100,000 from the fund and write a warrant article for the next town meeting, asking voters to approve spending this money to improve the town s sidewalks.