Town Clerk reports $775 grant for 250th, $2,549.46 highway payment and $12,000 truck repairs

Town Clerk Debbie Messier reported several administrative and finance items at the Sept. 7 Selectboard meeting. She said the town received a $775 grant to support Walden's 250th Celebration and a Highway Supplement payment from the State of Vermont of $2,549.46.

Messier also reported truck repairs totaling $12,000 that "Bill had approved," and said the road crew rented an excavator to replace a culvert at the end of Summerhill/Keene Road and to fix culvert openings and ditching on Orton Road. Messier said she had spoken with Todd Eaton of the Vermont Agency of Transportation about registering Bill and Nick for a grading school. The Town Clerk/Fire Station parking lot has been widened and the gravel section will accommodate ten vehicles, the minutes note.