TURNER — Residents at Monday night’s selectmen meeting said they want the town to renovate the Boofy Quimby Memorial Center on Route 219 in North Turner.

The decades-old building needs new wiring, new bathrooms and new kitchen cabinets and flooring, Selectman Angelo Terreri said Tuesday. They haven’t been updated since the building was constructed and named in memory of Lester “Boofy” Quimby Jr., who died in an accident involving a drunk driver, Terreri said.

Barbara Nadeau, Quimby’s mother, said at Monday’s meeting that she was not happy with the chicken wire used in the kitchen.

Terreri said it was put up with permission to prevent people from taking things from the kitchen.

“I’m a country girl, but that chicken wire does not belong in a kitchen,” Nadeau said.

The board voted unanimously Tuesday to hold the April 8 annual town meeting at Leavitt Area High School, because the restrooms at the center are unacceptable, although functional, Terreri said 

There is $45,000 set aside for the renovations, but Selectman Kevin Nichols estimated the amount needed would be closer to $150,000 because the building has to meet fire codes.

One idea officials have received for the center is to turn over management to the Turner Athletic Association, which uses it for its youth sports programs. 

A committee managing the center for selectmen is no longer active and a new one is being formed, Terreri said. Local parent Holly Stevens and Nadeau agreed to serve on it. Others who are interested are asked to contact the Town Office, Terreri said.

Boy Scout leader Jeremy Lussier wanted assurance that the Scouts would still be able to meet and store their gear at the center if management was changed.

Terreri, the association president and acting board chairman Monday night, said no one was “kicking anybody out.”

“I am personally in favor of children having first dibs on the center,” Selectman Ralph Caldwell said. “That’s what we built it for.”

The center has been rented out in the past for bingo games and events such as weddings, reunions, dances and fundraisers. But a lack of volunteers for the bingo games and restrictions on BYOB events have meant few rentals and less revenue for the town.

In other business Monday, the board voted unanimously to approve a $2.68 million budget for 2017-18, which is less than last year, Terreri said.

Voters will decide on the budget at the annual town meeting. They also will likely vote on a six-month moratorium on allowing retail marijuana establishments and clubs in town. The Planning Board presented selectmen with a proposed ordinance, which selectmen will review Thursday night, Terreri said.

A public hearing on the measure is set for 6 p.m. March 6 at the Town Hall.