POLAND — Selectmen on Tuesday debated whether to create a special committee to develop recommendations on the tax-acquired Bakerstown Subdivision-Hilt Hollow Road property or to turn the matter over to the Community and Economic Development Committee.

Selectman Steve Robinson, who was not at the meeting, had previously recommended a seven-member committee be set up to advise selectmen on future use of the property. He suggested representatives from the Conservation Commission, Planning Board, Budget Committee, Historical Society, Board of Selectmen, Community and Economic Development Committee and a member from the community at large serve on the committee.

Selectman Walter Gallagher on Tuesday suggested there was no need for a special committee to study the matter because it could be handed over to the Community and Economic Development Committee to advise selectmen on what to do with the property.

Fred Huntress, a member of the Conservation Commission, said the value in the property lay in its conservation potential and not in its economic development potential.

He said the Hilt Hollow property was an important part of a proposed woodland walking trail system that ran from the municipal complex on Maine Street through the Furman and Hilt Hollow properties to the large tract of town land that surrounds the transfer station.

“It has no frontage on town roads,” Huntress said. “Its use would be more to broaden the scope of recreational activities we are offering.”

A look at the Community and Economic Development Committee’s mission, suggested by Town Manager Bradley Plante, revealed that one aspect is to consider and promote the sort of activities Huntress envisioned for the Hilt Hollow property.

Selectmen agreed to contact the committee to see whether this was something it wanted to be involved in and to discuss the matter more fully at its Aug. 19 meeting when the whole board might be present.

In a related matter, Plante told the board that he hoped to be able to have a purchase and sales agreement for the Furman property ready to be signed at the Aug. 19 meeting.

Board Chairman Janice Kimball reported that the town had received donations totaling $2,500 to put toward purchase of the Furman property.

In other business:

* Selectmen approved the town’s revised investment policy on a final reading.

* The board received an update of the Thompson Lake Environmental Association’s project to identify and correct erosion sites that might lead to water quality degradation. This year’s project phase, funded with an $88,000 federal matching grant, will focus on problem areas in Poland and Casco.

* Fire/Rescue Chief Mark Bosse reported that the agreement whereby Poland provides medical transport for Mechanic Falls has been working well for both communities.

* Selectmen agreed to hold a public hearing on proposed changes to the schedule of fees charged by the town, primarily code enforcement fees, at the Aug. 19 meeting.