They will be asked to decide whether they want to enact a 180-day moratorium on cell towers in town and then pursue an ordinance regulating their placement.

Two towers have already been put up in Wiscasset with a third on the way on Whippoorwill Hill.

Art Ethier, a member of the Wiscasset Planning Board, came before selectmen Tuesday night, as a citizen, to request the action.

Ethier explained to selectmen that anyone wishing to erect a cell tower need only speak with the code enforcement officer. The planning board had no jurisdiction over the placement of towers.

We have no ordinances to protect the town, Ethier said.

It seems reasonable to have something in place, commented Wiscasset First Selectman Ben Rines.

Lenny Ellis said a moratorium will just force companies down the road to Dresden.

Jennifer Carleton asked about the possible loss of tax money if Wiscasset made it difficult for interested parties to erect towers.

We have to weigh the protection of the town against tax dollars, answered Rines. Mowing Bids

Selectmen will be including with the miscellaneous mowing bid form a letter instructing all would-be bidders that they must register equipment with the town for assessing and taxing.

I guess it doesnt hurt, said Rines. One gentlemen, however, said in no uncertain terms that he would not register. We shouldnt waste the 34 cents on him.

Third Selectmen Roy Barnes agreed with Rines, saying it would be a waste to send letters when no one would reply.

Mowing bids will be accepted until Monday, Sept. 17, at 4 p.m. They will be opened on Tuesday. Special Town Meeting Warrant

Rines announced that Maine Yankees gift to the town to help alleviate the tax burden would by approximately $970,000. Jail Committee

Selectmen voted to have Rines sit on a sub-committee involved with the site search for the Lincoln-Sagadahoc jail. Good Deeds

Selectmen signed two quitclaim deeds releasing property on Ox Horn Road and on Foye Road. They also approved the property boundary separating land owned by Choppie Tarbox and The Sunken Garden, owned by the town.