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Appleton selectman discusses preliminary regional collaboration on winter roads with Hope
Summary
Appleton Selectman Lori Costigan told the Hope Select Board she is exploring collaboration on rising snowplow and sanding costs; she described Appleton Ridge Construction's contract situation and asked whether shared services could reduce expenses.
Lori Costigan, a selectman from the neighboring Town of Appleton, spoke to the Hope Select Board about rising winter maintenance costs and asked whether the two towns could explore joint approaches to plowing and sanding. Costigan said Appleton's current contractor, Appleton Ridge Construction, can extend its contract but is seeking to change specifications; she described her visit to Hope as "preliminary exploratory."
Costigan cited other intermunicipal approaches such as Union Ambulance and Tri County Solid Waste as models for shared services and said Appleton is at the beginning of discussions about cost sharing. The board did not take a formal vote on any regional agreement at the Jan. 14 meeting; the discussion was framed as an initial outreach to see whether collaboration could reduce operating costs for both towns.
