Selectmen seek space for town records at library

GORHAM — The selectmen had an initial discussion with Library Trustees Chairperson Nicole Eastman, newly elected trustee Victoria Hill and Library Director Shannon Buteau at their biweekly board meeting on April 11 to find out whether there is unused space on the library’s second floor where the town could store records that must be retained but are rarely used.

“These are records we can’t get rid of but which no one looks at,” said select board chairman Mike Waddell. “Statutory clutter," as he termed this paperwork, must be kept "forever," taking up space in vaults and various nooks and corners at town hall. Other records can be discarded after time has passed: some after three years, others after seven. Town hall employees who deal which these kinds of papers are instructed to box them up with a clear description of their contents and the date on which the box can legally be discarded.