CHINA -- Selectmen are making progress toward getting a collapsed barn cleaned up at Carrol White's property in China Village.

The barn behind the former Grange hall on Main Street was once a chicken house. White used it for storage until it fell down on a windy February night.

Since then, White and town and state officials have been working on cleanup plans. White missed a May 29 deadline arranged with Code Enforcement Officer Scott Pierz, leading to selectmen's involvement.

White told selectmen he did not sign the consent agreement sent to him Friday, saying it did not reflect the consensus reached after more than an hour's discussion at the board's June 8 meeting.

Pierz said the document came from a Maine Municipal Association template. Board members agreed it needed changes to suit White's situation. They suggested revisions that White said sounded acceptable.

To allow time for another inspection of the debris pile -- and so that White can attend the next meeting -- selectmen canceled their July 6 meeting and will meet at 8 a.m. July 8, for necessary business only. They then will meet with White at 7 p.m. July 13.

The plan is to have Peter Russell, who brings a large chipper to the transfer station, move it to White's property the next time he is in town so the remains of the barn can be chipped and hauled away, probably to be burned in a commercial facility.

The state Department of Environmental Protection issued a temporary, 90-day approval for chipping at an unlicensed site.

Selectmen want to find out whether state regulators will extend the mid-August deadline if Russell will not be in China before then.

Burning on site has been rejected because there are houses nearby. White said he does not want to bury the debris, which he said might reduce property value.

White is to pay for having the chipper moved from the transfer station to China Village and for Russell's work. The cost of chipping is currently estimated at $1,900.

In other business Monday evening:

* Selectmen signed the deed transferring China's two school buildings to Regional School Unit 18. Board member Joann Austin said she is satisfied with additional language saying the buildings will revert to the town when the school unit no longer needs them.

* Board members heard a presentation from Bangor Savings Bank representative Ryan Dumond on setting up systems to accept credit and debit cards for Town Office transactions. They took no action.

* Pierz reported issuing several after-the-fact permits in response to letters sent to property owners whose unpermitted construction was discovered during revaluation. More letters are going out, he said.

* Town Manager Daniel L'Heureux said tax-acquired property on Weeks Mills Road has been advertised for sale.

Bids are due by 2 p.m. July 16.