Woolwich selectmen adopted a new policy Monday evening limiting who can seek legal advice from the town attorney. The town administrator and code enforcement officer can but other town officials need the select board’s approval.

“Other boards, committee and staff appointments shall not consult the town attorney without an express vote of the Selectboard,” the policy states. Instead they’re encouraged to contact Maine Municipal Association for legal advice.

Woolwich currently uses Kristin Collin of the law firm of Kelly & Collins, LLC of Belfast as its town attorney.

Selectmen’s Chairman David King Sr. said the policy is similar to what other communities have adopted to help keep legal fees in check.

Selectmen heard from Lissa Bittermann, ecomaine business development manager, and representatives from the town’s new trash and recycling hauler Riverside Disposal & Recycling of Chelsea.

Riverside Disposal  will carry Woolwich’s trash and recyclables to ecomaine, a nonprofit in Portland, where it will be processed. Some of the materials will be combusted in a trash-to-energy plant while recyclables are separated in a single stream state-of-the-art recycling center.

Like other recycling centers, ecomaine currently carries a cost-sharing tipping fee for recycling. Prices paid for recyclables have fallen in recent months but once the value increases, ecomaine’s cost of recycling turns into a revenue-sharing plan, shared among its member towns.

Selectmen waived a public hearing and unanimously renewed a liquor license for the Taste of Maine Restaurant.

Road Commissioner Jack Shaw said he planned to replace a culvert on Old Stage Road around the middle part of the month after school let out for the summer.

Glenn Kirkpatrick, assistant fire chief, notified the board the fire department had received a $3,000 Maine Municipal Association grant to purchase a new battery-powered pressure fan.

Other business

Selectman Allison Hepler said Woolwich Central School and Maine Maritime Museum of Bath would celebrate their eighth Discovery Boatbuilding Boat Launch Monday, June 13 at Nequasset Park.

Code Enforcement Officer Bruce Engert said he had issued a building permit for a new 24’ by 32’ home.

Dan Kloberdans was unanimously reappointed election warden.

The town spent $2,187 to replace the lighting in the pedestrian tunnel beneath Route 1. The new units are LED lighting.

Corey Wallace of Bath was hired for the town’s summer landscaping contract. The board noted the present contractor is no longer able to carry on the work due to health reasons.

Selectmen will hold their annual meeting in the town’s historic 1837 Town Meetinghouse at 6 p.m. Monday, June 20. The landmark yellow building is located at the junction of Old Stage and Dana Mills roads. The tradition of holding a spring meeting here began in 1996.