WOODSTOCK — The Board of Selectmen on Tuesday evening discussed the possibility of installing a concrete box culvert on Concord Pond Road.

Town Manager Vern Maxfield said Wednesday that three miles of the dirt Concord Pond Road is in Woodstock and for the past two years the town reclaimed and resurfaced two of the three miles.

“Within those three miles are two small streams, and one of them has become a problem,” Maxfield said. “There’s a certain point in the stream where there’s a 90-degree turn, and instead of turning, the water goes straight across the road. It seems like we’re fixing that section of the road on a semiannual basis.”

Selectman Ronald Deegan suggested that the town “start seeing what the money looks like” for installing concrete box culverts on Concord Pond Road.

“Every year, we spend money in that area, because the road washes out,” Deegan said. “Why not spend the money, fix it up, and then it won’t ever wash out again? Spend the money, do it, and we’re done. I just think if you add up the money that we’ve spent on cleaning up the washout alone, you’d be surprised.”

Selectman Stephen Bies asked Deegan and Maxfield whether the installation of a concrete box culvert would be a project for this year or the following year.

“I want to see a concrete figure for both sections of Concord Pond Road,” Deegan told Bies. “I say we start our wish list now, put the money aside, or else we’ll keep dumping more and more money into this. At the very least, we could do at least one section of the road next year.”

In other business, Maxfield said he told selectmen he received a phone call from a resident who was driving behind a town truck when a rock from the back of the truck struck and damaged his windshield.

“He told me that he believes our loads are supposed to be covered,” Maxfield said. “He was very nice about the whole thing, but he wanted us to look into whether the trucks should be covered.”

Bies asked the board how much it would cost the town to cover the beds of their trucks.

“You’re looking at around $5,000 per truck,” Young said. “You’ve got to buy the whole apparatus. It’s electronically controlled, and an electric motor. That’s why it’s really not practical for a municipal vehicle.”

Young said the important thing to watch with town trucks is “how they’re loaded, as opposed to whether the bed of the truck is covered.

“It’s up to the driver to make sure that there’s plenty of room in the back of the truck for the load to shift, and that the tailgate is clear of any rocks or debris,” Young said. “As long as the drivers do those things, very seldom will anything come off.”

Maxfield also told the board that the Union Church Committee will meet for the first time in late May to discuss the fate of the church building.

“There are a few members who are on vacation right now, so they decided to wait until the end of May to start meeting,” Maxfield said. “I’m not anticipating more than two or three meetings for them to decide what to do.”

Discussion on the church began during the annual town meeting March 24. Voters originally were asked whether to raise and appropriate up to $4,500 to make repairs to the granite foundation. Several residents said they wished to see the church repaired; some said they believed the building should be sold or torn down.

Residents voted against raising the money and voted for forming a committee to figure out what the most prudent course of action would be.