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Select Board members approved minutes from June 1 and authorized two purchase orders: $5,500 to Waste Management for tipping fees and $1,768 to York River Landscaping for cemetery mowing. C Boyle announced a Hazard Mitigation Plan Grant award totaling $11,250, requiring the Board to accept funds from the NH Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management before year-end. Regarding Town Hall, the Board selected the Preservation Company to conduct a Historic Structure Report and decided to proceed with structural engineering studies while awaiting grant notification. A $50,000 LCHIP Preservation Grant application requiring a $25,000 town match is due Wednesday, with match funds sourced from an approved warrant article. K St Hilaire directed J Andersen to obtain an additional quote for Transfer Station pest control exceeding $4,000. The Board entered non-public session at 7:32 p.m. and returned to public session at 9:07 p.m. Source: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Hmh4A_HwEnfJncZ8aeymEdR4nDJWhWSU/view

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​Town of Rollinsford​
​Select Board Meeting​
​June 15, 2026​
​Kim St Hilaire, Peter Lampesis, Jodi Carnes​
​Minutes recorded by Salme Perry​
​6:30 p.m. Call to Order​
​K StHilaire called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m.​
​1. Community Input - None​
​2. Consent Calendar​
​a. Approval of Minutes:  6/1​
​The minutes of 6/1/26 were approved.  KS/PL  All in favor.​
​Rather than following the agenda, K St Hilaire announced that all the​
​purchase orders would be considered first and then other public business.​
​Purchase Order 26-TS-07 in the amount of $5,500 to Waste​
​Management for July MSW & Demo Tipping Fees      KS/PL  All in favor.​
​Purchase Order #2332 in the amount of $1,768. To York River​
​Landscaping for new town and Old Town Cemetery, 3rd mowing and​
​trimming, invoice #25080.                 KS/PL          All in favor.​
​C Boyle stated that the Hazard Mitigation Plan Grant Award $11,250.​
​(Federal Share $8,437.50, town Share $2,812.50) needs to be acted on​
​before the end of the year.  The Board needs to accept the funds from the NH​
​Division of Homeland Security and the NH Department of Safety and​
​Emergency Management. She explained that the Town’s share was paid by​
​in-kind service partly consisting of holding meetings to discuss the plan.​
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​3. Department/Department Head Business (as needed for new business​
​and updates)​
​a. Tax Collector, Town Clerk, Finance Administrator - No new items​
​b.  Building Inspector/Code Enforcement/Land Use - No new items​
​c.  Police - Chief Uraskevich​
​Chief Uraskevich expressed opposition to the Town Clerk’s suggestion that​
​the move to temporary quarters be postponed until after the fall elections.  K​
​St Hilaire said no time is a good time, pointing out that the Town is in the​
​midst of budget season in November.​
​d. Highway/Transfer Station/Facilities Management - Jim Andersen,​
​Public Works Manager​
​J Andersen reported that all the paving is complete except for Pine St.​
​He has been dealing with a situation where a resident with a gravel driveway​
​was disappointed to receive a gravel apron rather than a paved apron as he​
​was expecting.​
​K St Hilaire asked J Andersen to get another quote for pest control at the​
​Transfer Station.  She suggested that amounts over $4k should receive more​
​than one quote.​
​J Andersen said New Hampshire the Beautiful will allow money from the sale​
​of cardboard to build credit toward pest control.​
​Charles and Lucy Putnam came to discuss the RFP Historic Structure Report​
​and related service of the Town Hall and the 2026 Preservation Planning​
​Grant application.  A company was selected by the Board at the​
​recommendation of the group, Preservation Company, to do the Historic​
​Structure Report.  C Putnam will write a letter thanking the other applicants​
​for their submission.​
​While waiting for the grant notification, it was decided to go ahead with​
​engineering studies to assess the structural integrity of Town Hall.​
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​The LCHIP Preservation Grant application is due on Wednesday.  The total​
​grant is for $50k, requiring a $25,000 match for the Town's share. The Board​
​proposes to use the warrant article that was approved by the voters during​
​2026 Town Meeting for repairs and maintenance of Town Hall.​
​At 7:32 p.m., the Board entered non-public pursuant to NH RSA 91-A;3, II (a)​
​as moved by K St Hilaire, seconded by P Lampesis.  KS =yes, PL = yes, JC​
​= yes.​
​Motion by K. St. Hilaire to exit non-public at 9:07 p.m., seconded by P.​
​Lampesis. PL = yes, KS = yes, JC = yes.​
​Motion by K. St. Hilaire to enter public at 9:07​​pm,​​seconded by J.​
​Carnes, all in favor.​
​6. Community Input - None​
​7. Any other business to come before the Board​
​8. Adjournment​
​Motion by K. St. Hilaire at 9:20​​p.m. to adjourn,​​seconded by J. Carnes, all​
​in favor​
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