Dresden officials will be taking advantage of Maine’s Landowner Appreciation Day on Sunday, Sept. 18, to clean up a dump site on Gilmore Brook Road.

Selectman Allan Moeller Jr. told the board on Monday, Aug. 22 that he had lined up a dumpster from Riverside Disposal and Recycling in Chelsea and an excavator donated by K&G Auto in Richmond. Moeller said he would use his own dump truck to remove a large pile of household goods dumped on private property off the discontinued town road.

The board agreed to ask members of the Dresden Sno-Valley Riders Snowmobile Club if they would assist in the cleanup.

Moeller said the site was investigated by the Maine Warden Service, which found evidence on the identity of the alleged dumper, who was then summonsed. The fine for illegal dumping is $500, Moeller said.

Contacted on Aug. 23, Maine Game Warden Doug Kulis said Miles Hebert of Livermore Falls was summonsed to appear in Lincoln County District Court on Nov. 10 on dumping charges. Kulis said he acted on clues found in the debris which he tracked though another person to Hebert who allegedly admitted to the dumping.

Kulis said he set the November date in order to allow Hebert the opportunity to help in the cleanup which could make things go easier for him in court. He said Hebert was not the first person to use the location.

“It is a historic (dumping) site. It has been used before,” he said.

Kulis said the Sept. 18 cleanup is a way to encourage landowners not to post their property.

“We are trying to keep land open for hunting and fishing,” he said.

Moeller said there should be no cost to the town for the cleanup that is held annually by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife and the Maine Forest Service. The day includes a contest for the most trash collected. First prize is a $1,000 gift card from the Kittery Trading Post, according to the Department website.

Selectmen discussed whether the town should develop an ordinance that would place penalties on future dumpers.

In other business, selectmen declined a claim by resident Dana Sattin who sought reimbursement of $127.60 for damage to his vehicle from a sinkhole on Common Road.

Moeller said he had filled the hole within 48 hours as legally required. He questioned why the claim had been made months after Sattin reported the sinkhole.

Selectman Dwight Keene questioned if Sattin had known the location of the sinkhole, why he had not avoided driving into it.

“It is like seeing a banana peel and deliberately slipping on it,” said Keene.

The board rejected the claim 3-0. A message the Wiscasset Newspaper left Sattin on Tuesday was not immediately returned.

Moeller reported that after consulting with engineers, a culvert replacement on Bog Road would have to wait until next year.

He said it would take several weeks for an Army Corps of Engineers inspection, which would postpone construction until after the road would need to  be held open for school buses. He said that the approved $85,000 Department of Environmental Protection grant would be available into 2018.

The board renewed its contract with Lincoln County to provide animal control services.

Selectmen nominated Stacy Barnes to serve a three-year term on the planning board. The board is still looking for one more planning board member and another to serve on the budget committee.