WILTON — Selectmen on Tuesday continued their discussion of a future property revaluation.

At a previous meeting, Town Manager Rhonda Irish was asked to seek an estimate from town assessors John E. O’Donnell and Associates of New Gloucester. It came in at $225,250 for 2,650 properties at $85 each, she said.

The last revaluation was in 2007. It’s recommended that towns have one every eight to 10 years, she said.

The idea must go to voters at an annual town meeting to see if they want to start working toward a revaluation for 2015.  The board agreed to add the discussion to upcoming ordinance public hearings so residents can come in with questions and comments.

Although a revaluation may bring some property values down from the 2007 figures, the tax rate could go up to meet the town’s budget, explained Selectman Tom Saviello. It’s a wash, he said.

In other business, Irish updated the board about future demolition of the Forster building. When she asked about demolition starting this fall, the owner’s response indicated it would probably not begin until April 2013, she said.

Under the town’s dangerous building ordinance, the board suggested writing a letter to owner Adam Mack indicating a need for a demolition plan, a date for work to start and a completion date. Saviello suggested contacting the DEP to see if it can be incorporated in their final agreement with the owner.

Irish also told the board about a meeting Tuesday with representatives from the federal Environmental Protection Agency, DEP and Androscoggin Valley Council of Governments to discuss the cleanup at the tannery.

AVCOG is helping with a proposal for hiring an environmental consultant. Once this person is hired, portions of the cleanup work will go out to bid, she said.

Both EPA and DEP agreed the town “is right on target” with the requirements for the EPA $200,000 Brownfield grant recently received for cleanup of the site.

The board also voted 4-1 to allow fire Chief Sonny Dunham to use restitution money allotted to the Fire Department for its work last spring on bomb threats called in to the town’s two elementary schools. Selectman Scott Taylor voted against it.

The court ordered attorney Ronald Hoffman to provide restitution of $5,677.50 for public safety costs required that day. The Fire Department was granted $3,444 of that amount, Irish said.

Dunham requested use of the funds for repairs for Sparky the Fire Dog’s costume, repair of a door at the Public Safety building, an air system and fittings for the firetrucks.

Taylor asked if the department could reduce its budget by that amount, but the rest of the board thought the needs would be itemized within this year’s budget anyway.

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