The Town of Mendon is conducting two culvert replacement projects on Wheelerville Road before the end of October. Each project will take approximately one week to complete and Wheelerville Road will be closed to thru traffic at the location of the projects.  Road projects are always weather dependent.  Therefore, the town will post updated information on the construction schedule on the town’s website www.mendonvt.org and at the physical project site.

The first project will replace culvert 07-48 and will start on August 26^th.  This culvert is located 1.7 miles from the Notch Road intersection.  Richard Reed and Sons, LLC has been contracted to perform this work under the direction of Dubois & King Engineers.

The second project will replace culvert 07-61 and the construction schedule has not been determined at this time.  This culvert is located .5 miles from the Notch Road intersection.  The installation of this culvert includes precast cement wing walls which are on order, but the delivery of them has not been determine to date.  The construction schedule will be determined upon delivery of the wing walls and posted on the town’s website.  ECS Excavating, LLC has been contracted to perform this work under the direction of Dubois & King Engineers.

If you have any questions, please contact Bill Ellis, Mendon Road Commissioner at 802-773-4402.

Results of Wood Lottery

NOTICE

Date: June 17, 2019

To: All Mendon Property Owners

RE: Lottery for Maple Logs (possibly some Birch)

The Town of Mendon has contracted with Trees, Inc. to remove two large maple and some large limbs from a birch tree at the Tenney Cemetery on Meadowlake Drive. The wood could be processed for fire wood.  It is expected there could be one to two truck loads of logs from this project.  The Selectboard is allowing interested parties to sign up for a lottery to receive the wood at no charge to the property owner.  The names will be drawn at random with the first name receiving the first available truck load, the second name receiving the second truck load (if available) and so on.  The wood will be delivered by Trees, Inc.  Property Owner must express interest to the Town of Mendon Selectboard via written notice or email to [email protected] by June 25, 2019.

Criteria:

1. Must be a Mendon Property Owner to enter the lottery.
2. Delivery address must be a property within the Town of Mendon. The town reserves the right to deny delivery based on location and access to the property.
3. Property Owner must agree to take the entire truck and will not be able to accept only a partial load or certain type of wood.
4. Log lengths and size will vary.  The trees are 2’ in diameter.
5. Schedule for delivery will be determined by the progress of the project which is based on scheduling by the Town of Mendon with Trees, Inc. The Town will provide at least 24 hours notice for delivery.
6. Notice to enter the lottery must be in writing with the Property Owner’s name, address, email and phone number as well as a clear description of the delivery address and location where the logs will be delivered. Example: “Joe Smith, 2282 US Route 4, Mendon, VT 05701, [email protected], 802-775-XXXX, deliver to 2282 US Route 4, at the end of the driveway to the left side of the garage.” The Road Commissioner will inspect the location for delivery if he is not already familiar with the location.

THE SELECTBOARD WILL BE MEETING JUNE 19 AT 9:00AM AT:

MARKSPOWERS LLP

1205 THREE MILE BRIDGE ROAD

MIDDLEBURY, VT 05753

TO DISCUSS REPAIRS OF CULVERT 07-48.  THE BOARD WILL GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO DISCUSS CONTRACT LITIGATION.

WARNING

Below is a summary of the changes. Please plan accordingly so there is no delay in processing your recordings due to a shortage of fees.

Summary of Vermont Recording Fee Changes

Per H.526 (approved by VT Legislature 2019 session)

32 V.S.A. §1671      Effective: July 1, 2019

* Documents include all items recorded in the land records (deeds, mortgages, assignments, liens, releases, permits)

* Multiple assignments or releases included on one document are charged $15/assignment or release.

Contact the Town Clerk’s office with any questions, 802.775.1662