Ossipee — During public input at the selectmen’s meeting, residents raised concerns about a recent demolition, asked where the town posts public notices, and described operations at the transfer station. The board and staff responded on the record.

Frank Burke (speaking in the public-input period) asked who authorized a recent building demolition. Unidentified Speaker 1 said the matter is closed via the courts, that the town has a final court order and that filings were rejected; he offered to provide the court documents to Mr. Burke for review.

A resident asked where official notices are posted across three precinct ZIP codes; the board said notices are posted centrally for the meeting location and recommended the town website as the best source for up-to-date postings. The exchange highlighted confusion among residents about which physical post office receives notices when precincts use multiple ZIP codes.

Unidentified Speaker 6 described taking a visitor to the transfer station for a tour, showing the sorting required for recycling and saying a visitor was surprised by the complexity and that syringes had been found in one plastics container. Speaker 6 reported that Main Scale and Rice Lake Scale coordinated replacing a scale deck at no charge to the town aside from a small crane fee and described a volunteer-local-business effort to address the scale and site improvements. Speaker 6 also proposed hiring a local logger for $2,500 to remove brush and trees along Chickville Road to improve sight lines and lighting; board members raised no objection and said the police chief was supportive.

Bob Oost (identified in-segment as the local chamber president) used public input to highlight a food drive: he said businesses collected more than 1,500 pounds of food and nearly $6,000, and urged residents to support local pantries.

The board encouraged residents to use the website for meeting notices, thanked volunteers who worked on transfer-station and scale issues, and said staff would follow up on safety and maintenance proposals. No enforcement action or formal agreements with property owners were recorded at this meeting.

What happens next: Staff will provide requested court documents on the demolition question if requested; the town will proceed with ordinary legal steps if the Deer Cove warrant is approved at town meeting; and the proposed tree work at the transfer station will proceed pending normal procurement and highway coordination.