Contractor questions Jay board about timber harvest bid

SUN JOURNAL • May 25, 2021

Johnny Castonguay of Livermore, who owns a house and 125 acres in Jay, asked selectpersons Monday to explain why he was not awarded the timber harvest contract, which would have given the town $16,290 more than the winning bid. Selectmen voted 3-2 on May 10 to go with George Merrill & Son Logging of Jay to log an estimated 4,400 cords of wood on 155 acres of the gravel pit lot off East Jay and Belanger roads. Merrill bid $107,850 to selectively harvest timber marked by forester Steve Gettle of Jay. Johnny Castonguay Logging & Trucking of Livermore bid $124,140. Two selectpersons said they favored Merrill because he had done a quality job when he harvested the East Jay Road gravel pit lot.