OXFORD — Selectman Dana Dillingham was elected chairman of the board Thursday and Scott Hunter was elected vice chairman by unanimous votes.

Caldwell Jackson was absent.

Dillingham served as vice chairman for the past year; Hunter is a former chairman.

Selectman Floyd Thayer declined Dillingham’s motion to be vice chairman.

Town Manager Adam Garland announced that the transfer station’s new hours of operation will begin July 31, a day earlier than planned to align with the payroll cycle. There was no comment from the board.

The station will be open Monday, Tuesday, Friday and Saturday from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sunday from 8 a.m. to noon. It will be closed Wednesdays and Thursdays.

Bertrand Tibbetts Jr., right, receives a plaque Thursday evening from Oxford Board of Selectmen Chairman Dana Dillingham, thanking the transfer station retiree for his 29 years of service to the town. The recognition was given during the board’s meeting at the Town Office on Pottle Road.  Nicole Carter/Advertiser Democrat

Dillingham presented Bertrand Tibbetts Jr. with a plaque thanking him for his 29 years working at the transfer station. He retired June 30.

In another matter, Recreation Director Kayla Laird said 100 children were enrolled in the inaugural summer camp program as of Thursday. Sixty-nine are residents; 31 are from neighboring communities. She said she expects a few more registrations.

The cost is $75 per week for residents and $150 per week for nonresidents.

Laird also reported that most of the town’s athletic fields are in good condition and getting use from groups. The lone exception is the Pottle Road complex, which is plagued by grubs. The maintenance vendor, Sports Fields, advises to leave them for now and treat it in September by rototilling and adding new turf, she said. The cost will run close to $15,000.

She said that because of its poor condition, she had to decline a request to have a state baseball tournament there.

“It’s not useable,” Laird said. “There has been no maintenance and there is no infield to speak of. But it has potential to host Babe Ruth leagues. The dugouts are in good shape.”

Laird said she hopes sponsorships will help cover the cost. The Recreation Department just received 15 sponsor banners from local businesses, enough for a significant volume discount to have them produced.

The Pottle Road field’s bathroom facilities are also unuseable, she said, and she will work on getting an updated bid to have one built.

The most recent bid was about $100,000 during the pandemic, which caused material shortages and sky-high demand.

Hunter asked if the Recreation Department’s reserve account could be tapped to pay for some of the work at the Pottle Road field.

Laird and Selectman Sharon Jackson said that money is being used to establish the summer recreation program until it becomes self-supporting.

During his report, Garland told the board that lots three and six in the industrial park on Park Road, which is off Roller Rink Road, were recently sold and lots 11 and 12 are under contracts. Lots four, seven and 13 are still listed.

Central Maine Power is installing three-phase power at a cost of $32,000, he said.

The town manager said he is researching the feasibility of switching the annual town meeting from in person to voting at the polls to boost participation. He said he is in discussions with the town’s attorney and Maine Municipal Association and will report back on the options in the near future.

Selectmen voted to approve a new medicinal marijuana license for Faded CC, doing business as Faded Cannabis Co., and renewed liquor licenses for American Dream Restaurants, doing business as Pizza Hut, and Oxbow Brewing Co.