KINGFIELD — The town needs a new sexton to supervise burials in the local cemetery.

Selectmen learned at their Monday night meeting that Foster Robinson has resigned as town sexton.

The sexton is responsible for digging graves or having them dug, and acting as the primary contact for funeral homes and crematoriums.

“A sexton needs to be available all the time, which can be a problem for people who otherwise could do the job,” Selectman Merv Wilson said.

The position includes $500 per full burial and $175 for cremated remains.

Applicants can contact the Town Office for more information. Selectmen will review candidates.

Selectmen also reviewed the option of buying cameras to inspect the wastewater system, starting in 2014. The job could be subcontracted at $1,000 per day. Doing the entire system would take approximately six days, but selectmen needed more information from the Maine Department of Environmental Protection about frequency and scope of the annual inspections.

Administrative Assistant Leanna Ross Targett offered selectmen an update on the costs of camera inspections of the existing wastewater treatment lines.

Bryan Fitch, the system’s superintendent, has researched the option to buy a camera system, with costs ranging between $5,000 and $10,000. He also has contacted a New Hampshire company that provides the service, including all reports, for $1,000 per 12-hour day.

Fitch said he has the initial $2,000 for an inspection of the main lines, and he will have to add annual costs into his budget requests. If Fitch purchases the camera and software system, he and other employees must be trained to use the reporting software for the federal Environmental Protection Agency.

Selectmen announced they will hold the first of two required Community Development Block Grant public hearings at their Jan. 6 meeting. Rodney Lynch, the town’s economic development consultant, applied in 2013 for the same grant, which would help pay to rebuild the town’s wastewater system.

Although Kingfield was not a finalist, Lynch urged the town to reapply in March 2014, because the town is in a better position to receive funding.

Tom Dubois of Main-Land Development Consultants Inc. of Livermore Falls assisted selectmen in 2012 with the original wastewater system proposal. The pump station needs approximately $330,000 worth of repairs.

Other repair and upgrade costs include $5,500 for residential pump stations, $13,000 for neighborhood pump stations and $22,000 in repairs to the larger stations. An additional $35,000 will cover costs to raise the pump control building above flood level and to purchase a generator and $70,000 for operational upgrades.

The town must provide a percentage of funding, Targett said, but during the 2012-13 application process, selectmen determined those funds could come from Tax Increment Financing and establishing a line of credit for any additional costs.

Selectmen also reviewed and signed a contract with Casey Bowden for haying the town’s fields along the Carrabassett River.

“He’ll keep all the edges cleared of debris, and the town gets as much hay as it needs,” Wilson said.

In other news, the Town Office will close at noon Dec. 24.

The selectmen approved printing a new Kingfield/New Portland transfer station flier with updated information on fees, recyclable materials, and all disposal requirements, including hazardous materials.

Staci Thompson, manager of the transfer station, will accept recyclable gift wrapping and other holiday packaging, along with standard waste disposal, from 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Dec. 26. The facility is open from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays. On Fridays, the facility is open from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m.