STRONG — With snowy weather fast approaching, selectmen continued to discuss ways to keep the exterior of the Forster Memorial Building free of snow accumulation.

On Tuesday night, selectmen discussed an unexpected problem that arose during an interview with a prospective candidate willing to shovel snow through the winter months.

The unnamed candidate is disabled, according to Selectman Dick Worthley. He recommended that the town seek legal advice from the Maine Municipal Association to determine that the municipality would have no barriers to hiring him. Selectmen did not have information about the individual’s type of disability, Worthley said.

“As long as he’s permitted to work ‘X’ number of hours, I don’t have a problem with it,” Selectman Mike Pond said.

In other business:

* Assessor’s agent Bob Worthley presented his recommendation for an abatement denial for Eunice Shurtleff. She called him in August and asked him to lower the valuation on her camp, he said. The town requires all property owners to submit their abatement requests by April 1 each tax year. He then has time to do a review of the property and make adjustments before August tax bills are mailed. He walked to her camp and determined the lower valuation was justifiable but could not be granted until 2016.

“The timing of her request to have the camp reviewed should not properly be applied to this tax year,” Worthley said.

He recommended granting an abatement for next year. Selectmen unanimously approved denying a tax abatement for 2015.

* Selectmen reviewed a $115 bill for euthanizing a cat. Ann Dunne, the town’s animal control officer, had taken the badly injured animal to a Farmington veterinarian, but the cost of that care did not fall into a specific category, according to Town Treasurer Sandra Mitchell. Dunne receives $3,800 per year for her services and is paid in 12 monthly installments. Veterinarian bills are not covered by the annual fee the town pays to the Franklin County Animal Shelter. Selectmen agreed to discuss the matter with Dunne and try to resolve the issue.

* Town Clerk Betsy DuBois told selectmen that the new electronic tabulator has been set up to count ballots on Tuesday, Nov. 3. People will be voting on paper, but state and federal tallies can be done by the new machine, cutting many of the hours ballot clerks spend counting by hand after the polls close. Polls will open at the Forster Memorial Building from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.