POLAND — Selectman Walter Gallagher let the rest of the board know Tuesday that he will oppose any move to begin work on the municipal complex until voters approve money for it.

Town Manager Bradley Plante had advised the board that he and Public Works Director Tom Learned were working on a plan to remove a few trees and graveling a small area behind the Ricker Library and McConaghy home.

Plante noted that one of the main objectives of plans to redo the municipal complex was to create more parking. He said the idea was to do some work “in-house” using the public works crew, paying for the work out of the public works operating budget.

“We thought this was an opportunity to get a little done,” Plante said.

Gallagher said he agreed with Plante’s goal and he wasn’t against additional parking to the area, but he was against working on the municipal complex until the board was authorized by townspeople to proceed.

“It might be years before the town approves the project and if you go ahead with graveling an area, you create an eyesore,” Gallagher said.

The complex extends from Ricker Memorial Library to the Town Office.

Selectman James Walker noted that last winter the town had problems with where to push the snow from the parking area and that this could be a partial solution.

Plante said he and Learned would present plans at the board’s Oct. 6 meeting.

In other business, Code Enforcement Officer Nick Adams told selectmen the Planning Board needed their opinions on whether the Planning Board should approve a request to extend Apple Blossom Drive to allow another house at the end of it. The private, gravel road is off Poland Corner Road.

Adams said the ordinance allows for eight houses on a private gravel road and requires selectmen’s input into adding to that number. He said the decision lies with the Planning Board, no matter what the selectmen’s advice might be.

There are nine houses on the road, Adams said, and the Planning Board is being asked to approve a tenth.

Selectmen, puzzled that the Planning Board required their input but didn’t need to follow any recommendation, said the Planning Board should decide the issue on its merits.

Gallagher said the Planning Board ought to listen to what the road commissioner and the fire/rescue chief might have to say on the matter.

Acting on another code enforcement issue, selectmen voted to reconsider action they took Sept. 1 authorizing Adams and the town attorney to proceed with legal action against Jeffrey and Verna Coolidge for code violations at their property at 324 Bakerstown Road.

The original action applied Lot 15B at that location and, following the reconsideration, selectmen voted to expand the original order to include adding code violations at Lot 15C as well.

Plante announced that Sharon Chammings of Oxford had been hired as the town’s finance director and will begin full time Oct. 5. Chammings serves Fryeburg in that capacity now.

Plante also commended Adam Strout of the Public Works Department for an excellent job replacing the rear steps, ramp and entrance to the Ricker Memorial Library. Maine Municipal Association’s loss prevention specialist found the rear approach to the library lacking and Plante said a day or so after he relayed the news to public works, Strout had addressed the situation.