Board of Selectmen June 9, 2026 Meeting

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Fine.
All right, I'll call to order the Board
of Selectmen meeting for Tuesday, June
9th, 2026.
Uh, the first item on the agenda is
public comment. Is anybody here for any
public comment?
Seeing none, we'll move on to a public
hearing. Is anybody here We have We
don't have a public hearing today,
actually.
Uh, the next item on the agenda is a
meeting with Sheryl Lindor, our finance
director.
>> Welcome, Sheryl.
Hello.
Nice to see you all again.
I have an
year-to-date update for you. Um, it's on
your desk.
Uh,
we managed to come in estimated right
now a little bit higher, about $60,000
higher. We were a little lower on
payroll one of the weeks, and we were a
little under on payables. So, um, Judy
has done a really good job of paying
everything,
uh, weekly, and so, um, we paid what
came in, and it was a little under what
I had estimated as a cap.
So, we had some
re-added a little extra to what's
estimated for remaining.
>> So, what do you What is the total
estimate to be remaining now?
>> Uh 165 up from 106.
>> Okay. And so, do you have any
recommendations for us for things that
we should consider?
>> So, uh the department heads came in with
a couple of things that if they could uh
put into this year's budget, they're in
next year's budget just to give them a
little bit of room next year.
Um it's not that much. It's about maybe
15 to 20,000 dollars. Uh and one of
those was a request from the PD. I don't
know if it's going to be possible to
encumber those funds because it hinges
on
uh a start date and things like that.
So, uh and then we had a couple of
smaller facilities projects that uh
one was gutters for about 10,000 and
then lighting for about 4,000.
>> So, what was this one was sign-on
bonuses or a
>> Sign-on bonuses.
>> There will be plenty of money in the
police budget for next year for sign-on
bonuses with the openings we have.
>> But we Yeah, and that it depends on the
start date if I could even if those
funds were even committed this fiscal
year. So, that's the other piece, too.
>> Guys, I'll So, there was gutters for 10
and
>> And then yeah, there was a lighting for
4,300.
>> Uh so, I'm going to make a motion that
we uh authorize David
to accept quotes for up to 14,000
dollars for
gutters and lighting projects in next
year's budget to be to be encumbered in
this year's provided he can get
acceptable quotes
uh in time.
>> Second.
>> We have a motion and a second. Any
further discussion?
All in favor, say aye.
>> Aye.
>> Um guys, I don't remember we talked
about something 2 weeks ago that we
might want to consider to you guys. Was
there something?
>> Painting the boat bag meeting house.
>> No.
>> Oh.
>> Oh, well.
Was there nothing?
Is there something else?
>> No. Uh the construction that we did want
to take out of this year's will not be
ready in time. So, that will also have
to go in that into an encumbrance. Just
so the board is aware and there are a
couple of computers that are in process
that will have to go into encumbered.
But those are in the total for the
departments. They're in this year's
budget. It's just a timing issue with
them.
>> Now, I know we talked about it today. I
I can't remember if there was anything
really else.
>> I don't think so. I mean Tim Gainer
would use more salt if it's available,
but
>> How much can you get for that?
>> I don't think
>> Maybe
25 grand? Maybe 100 for
>> Yeah.
>> surplus.
>> I'll make a motion to authorize Tim to
purchase additional $25,000 worth of
salt provided he can get a price that he
thinks is prudent and he can get it
encumbered by year end.
>> Mhm.
>> Motion and a second. Any further
discussion?
>> Don't shout.
>> You will.
>> Favor.
>> I.
>> Do you need a motion to share a couple
of things for this the the construction
manual and the
No, we do that. Okay.
>> That's cuz that's in the budget, right?
>> It is in the budget, yes.
>> Just sign contracts.
>> Perfect.
>> I'll make a select an appointment again.
>> I think we're good. I would like to make
a motion to
move items discussion and action items
number five and number eight up to the
top four and eight. Sorry, number four
and number eight up to the top four
Mrs. Linder so that she can go home.
>> Okay.
We have a second.
>> All right. Motion and a second. Any
On favor.
>> I. It's now 4-0.
So, we'll go to items number four and
eight. So, four is a fire suppression
water supply out of the CRF withdrawal.
>> So, the board are agents to expend on
this. We did have a dry hydrant repair
this year. They're not very frequent,
but they come up and this is what the
capital reserve fund is meant
to to pay for.
>> How much?
>> Uh it was $14,519.90.
>> I'll make a motion that we authorize
withdrawal of 14,000
>> 13,000
>> $13,519.90.
>> $13,519.90 to
cover the cost of the dry sump system.
All in favor,
say aye.
>> Aye. Ayes have it. 4-0 10.
Um okay, so then item number eight.
>> Make a motion to approve
item
>> Just a permission to do it?
>> The water billing and change requests.
>> Yes. So, we're currently billing monthly
and I've spoken to several parties
saying that quarterly would be
uh
much appreciated by time for timing and
expenses and to con- control some of the
costs that we're experiencing with the
water system as well. Um
>> It's a great idea. Make a motion to
authorize
>> Sorry.
I don't want to interrupt. Um make a
motion to ask a question first.
>> Uh we can open it for discussion. That's
fine.
>> I'll make a motion to authorize uh the
town to move to quarterly billing when
they're when it's ready and appropriate
to move forward that way.
>> Okay, I have a motion and a second.
Uh select woman Corby.
>> Yeah, just a quick question.
Um
My my only reservation is that by going
from monthly billing to the quarterly
billing,
>> should there be a leak?
>> Yes.
>> So, and a leak happens in month two
>> of the billing cycle, that customer may
not know in month three and not then
therefore know for an additional 1 2 3.
>> So, we will still read monthly. Um the
white water still will still read
monthly, and we will be able to see if
there's an anomaly in there. Um and we
uh are setting up a training with uh
Styles
who helps us monitor the Beacon software
that we purchased for the water system,
and they will tell us how to notify if
there how to notice if there's a leak
once they read every month.
>> Perfect. Thank you.
>> And just to have it on the record, um
if we were to find that a
a resident was unfairly impacted by
that,
considering we have unlimited water,
uh I would be very open to
being flexible with that bill.
>> Yeah, it's more just the loss and not
knowing
that you have lost out tens of thousands
of gallons flowing somewhere.
>> And I would like to avoid that as well.
So, that that was part of why we will
still read monthly. We will just bill
quarterly. So, um we will give everybody
a few months' notice, um and update all
our contact information for our water
customers. So, we're going to
communicate each month until we can get
it quarterly. Um it'll take a couple
months to set it up with the billing and
um and
our company that does the warrant that
produces the warrant. So, we will in
each bill that goes out notify people
this is coming, so everybody knows.
>> All right. So, motion and a second. All
in favor? Aye. Aye. It's 4-0.
>> Wondrous London, I think we have a guest
here that tells us about her candidacy.
>> Um typically we would we would allow you
to say that during the public comments
section.
>> Okay, I did.
>> Well, here's the recognition. I'm just
making an application.
>> Yes, I If we could go back to the public
comments section, if you would like to
come up and
uh make a public comment. You can
You can just
You can just press the button. Press the
button on the
Uh name and address, even though you
don't live in London.
>> Uh Sarah Rogers, 27 Grove Street,
Concord, New Hampshire.
thank you for letting me speak today.
I wanted to come and introduce myself to
everyone because I'm running for
Merrimack County Attorney.
I have been an attorney in this state
for 13 years. I've been a prosecutor in
three different offices in Hillsborough
County, Rockingham County, and Merrimack
County for 3 years.
I also did a year working for CASA New
Hampshire, the court-appointed special
advocates.
>> Um, so some of the reasons I'm running
for County Attorney are that
I really, really care about this work.
It was my life's dream to be a
prosecutor, and when I realized that
dream, it became my passion working with
victims and working with children.
And I want to make sure that every
victim who comes through the Merrimack
County Attorney's office is treated with
respect, is treated with kindness and
patience.
And um, I know how to do that because
I've done it. I've worked with a lot of
child child victims. I've been through a
lot of um, training on trauma and how it
impacts
victims, and I want to empower victims
through the process rather than
retraumatizing them, so that's really,
really important to me.
Um,
another thing I want to do is make sure
that we are enforcing the new bail law
that was passed. Um, we are holding
people who are dangerous, we're holding
people who are committing new crimes
while they're out on bail, and we're
holding people who aren't showing up to
court. Um, all of those things not only
put our public safety in jeopardy, um,
but they bog down our court systems when
people aren't showing up. Um, so those
so enforcing the bail laws really
important to me. Um, it doesn't happen
unless the prosecutors make it happen,
file the motions to put them in front of
the judges, and um, I want to make sure
we're doing that.
Um, I was also talking a little bit of
uh, before we started about transparency
the office as it stands right now is the
highest paid County Attorney's office in
the state.
And so it should be the best performing
County Attorney's office in the state.
We don't know if it is right now because
no one's tracking the data.
If we asked right now how many trials
the County Attorney's office went to
last year, they wouldn't know and they
should know and it's not even hard to to
track this data because they already
have a system to do it. It's called
Prosecutor by Karpel and if you use that
system to its best ability, which I've
seen done when I worked in Rockingham
County, you can run reports for anything
your heart desires. You can see how many
convictions we've had, how many trials
we've gone to, what our dispositions
were and I think that's important
information for the towns that we serve.
Um, so those are the reasons that I'm
running for Merrimack County Attorney.
Like I said, I'm really passionate about
this work. I worked in that office for 3
years. I know the people there and I
know they trust me
to lead them and so that's why I'm here.
Thank you.
>> All right.
>> Pretty well like
I can't let running for office comes to
visit us but it's always really a great
opportunity for us to hear from someone.
As I'm as you're not surprised the
people of Bow are pretty avid voters.
So
hopefully they see this and they hear
about your minutes and hopefully thanks.
>> Thank you very much you.
>> All right, so move on now to the consent
agenda.
>> I will
make a motion.
David, what's tax collector prepayment
authorization?
>> We need to do a certificate that will
allow her to collect prepayment of
property taxes.
>> I'll make
>> We're just required to get
authorization.
>> I'll make a motion to approve the
consent agenda.
>> We have a motion and a second to approve
the consent agenda. Is there any further
All right, all in favor.
>> 4-0.
All right, town manager's report.
>> Yes, so it was a
enjoyed my conferences. The back-to-back
Prime Primex was a very interesting.
They do a very good job with their
conferences. Uh a lot of safety things
kind of runs the gamut from uh
leadership things to uh to practical
uh advice on operations. Um and then we
had the Municipal Management Association
conference, which similar type programs.
Uh but I do have an announcement that
I've chosen a new captain emergency
management director.
His name is Craig Bolduc.
He's a call firefighter advanced EMT
with the Bow Fire Department since 2007.
He's a graduate of Bow High School,
bachelor's degree in homeland security,
and he has an associate's in fire
science. Uh his currently his current
position is emergency management
specialist with FEMA
in the Maynard, Mass office. Uh he leads
coordination between federal, state, and
local agencies for disaster response,
supports the development of operational
plans, policies, and procedures,
uh conducts after-action reviews,
evaluates and recommends policy updates.
Prior to FEMA, he worked at the New
Hampshire Department of Health and Human
Services as a response section chief and
emergency preparedness planner.
Uh directed staff performance and
resource allocation during COVID-19
response operations. Um implemented a
new statewide hospital emergency
management software program. Built
partnerships with healthcare
organizations for emergency emergency
preparedness initiatives. Uh developed
and implemented agency-wide continuity
of operation plan for the agency.
And prior to that, he worked for the New
Hampshire Division of Homeland Security
and Emergency Management. He was a
program planner for he was there about 5
or 6 years and a field rep.
And what he did there as program planner
was streamline program development
processes, reducing lead times and
increasing efficiency, supported
emergency management activities across
municipalities, strengthening local
preparedness,
supported local planning efforts
including EO operations, emergency
operations plans, and hazard mitigation
plans.
And he will be able to start with us the
week of
July 6th.
>> Fantastic.
>> coming right up.
>> Uh, Bob, congratulations on getting such
qualified candidate.
>> Yeah, I think
>> Absolutely.
>> That's all I have for Mike.
minutes of May 26th, 2026.
All in favor?
>> Make a motion to approve the resolution
to adopt FEMA's flood insurance study,
the FIS report, and the flood insurance
rate map firms report outlined in five
and six in our packet.
>> I mean, second.
>> Aye. We have a motion and a second. Any
>> All opposed? Bill.
>> Um
Third item, hawkers and peddlers.
>> What's about the guy driving around and
trying to strip test reports?
>> I thought it would be a good time for us
to just review the ordinance, um,
compare it to current state statute,
amend as needed. Um, we don't have to do
this process tonight, but just so that
everyone has a copy of the Hawkers and
Peddlers Ordinance.
We don't again, we don't have to address
it tonight, but there are some changes
in state statute that we might need to
adopt in here. Um so
>> I'm going to make a motion that we
provide this to town council and ask him
to update it consistent with new state
law
and good practice.
Not for us to review.
I want
>> Looks like it was last reviewed in 2016,
so that's
a good idea.
>> Well, it's going to be very problematic
once we we pull my motion.
>> All right, we have a motion and a
second. Any further discussion?
>> Maybe we do.
>> All those in favor say I.
I say vote 4-0.
Um four we've already gone over five. Uh
BacktOberfest request for their annual
5K, which is a always a hit for the
community. Um we have a letter in our
packet from Jerry Bland
who would like again to do their
BacktOberfest on September 26th, 4:00
p.m. You had recommendations from both
chiefs about um they are good to go.
>> Uh
this is what a what a success this group
is.
>> I'll make a motion before customer
permit. The office makes a motion.
>> You go.
I get
I make a motion.
>> I move to approve the request for the
road race and the fireworks and town
social hours at album day after the
>> Second. On 9/6 2026.
>> At 4:00 p.m.
Oh, very nice.
>> Happy birthday with fireworks.
>> You know what I would do with this? I'd
sort of potential candidate uh potential
voters.
>> You just you also have to run a 5K.
>> Yeah. Yeah.
>> I mean, if you're giving me fireworks
for my birthday, I'll run a 5K.
>> There's a Yeah. It's a good time.
>> As you can tell since we all
>> All right, so motion a second further
discussion.
All in favor say I.
>> I get to know that I get FEMA flood maps
and they get back to Octoberfest.
>> Not good.
>> Last year was the opposite.
>> Um six we have deed waivers.
>> So we have three deed waivers in here
for people who are perpetually not
knowing their taxes. One of them's an
empty lot. One of them is an abandoned
house. Um
My preference is unless we get a
recommendation from Medulla that we
absolutely should, I think we should
move forward and deed these properties
draw a line in the sand, but
but consistent on Medulla
telling us in two weeks that we should
in fact give these for some reason we
weren't provided tonight.
>> So is that a motion?
>> Well, it's actually a non-motion. We're
we're
>> We're waiving this till it's passing it.
>> We'll just take them.
>> Yeah, we'll
>> We'll just we'll deed them to the town,
right? Cuz all we can do the board is
excuse me is doing a waiver of we don't
want the deed, but if you don't take any
action then the deeds the deeds get
transferred to the town. Yep.
>> Subject to their right of redemption
reclaiming it pays by paying their back
taxes.
>> Would you not do one through three or
would you just do one and two?
>> I think the third one is almost minimal
and so I I would I would
be okay if we waived that one.
>> I'll make a motion to waive number three
for $400 and something.
480 I don't have my glasses. 488.95
cents.
>> So we have a motion and a second any
All right.
Motion a second all in favor say I.
>> I. So eyes have it 4-0.
>> Tanya, when's our meeting in July?
Who's going to be here?
>> I don't have any money cuz I
>> The kids?
>> have children and
>> If we're going to be here, I want to do
it
like 14th.
>> Uh so if you move to the next item on
the 14th, then we do have a sidewalk.
>> That's what I'm talking about.
>> No, the sidewalk you're talking about.
You You moved to the
>> He's already moved on. Moved on.
>> He's moved on to the
>> I I'm so confused with the sidewalk.
>> I thought we were still on the waivers.
>> When you start the sidewalk, you're
done.
>> Let's look at the page over.
>> Yep.
Yep. Um I'm upset.
Yeah, I think
we should have my We have to have a
sidewalk. I think what we learned
recently is that
um
we need to have that representation
go there and actually see it. Board
members So like board members have to
go.
Um so yes, we could do five. Should we
do seven? July 14th at
I we have two properties to go to. So
should we do 5:15?
>> Close.
>> One is on South Bow Road and the other
was Wood Hill.
>> Wood Hill is a close. Yeah, let's do
5:00 and 5:30. And then
>> And then we'll convene.
>> we'll start when we get back.
>> So do you want a 5:30 start time for
those board of selectmen meeting that
night?
>> Uh I would say
>> just Let's go five. Let's start sidewalk
at five, go one to the other, and then
we'll start our meeting when we get
back.
>> Okay. So 5:00 start.
>> In case we get In case we get back
early.
>> They can see us live.
>> So that was a That was a motion?
>> Do you need a motion to set up a public
hearing, David, or just that?
>> Uh yeah.
>> Make a motion to set a public hearing at
the sidewalk uh a sidewalk
and public hearing for
July 14th.
Sidewalk at 5:00, public hearing at the
start of our meeting.
The ayes are 4 and nothing. Tanya?
>> Thank you.
A is all done. So, board committee
reports.
>> I don't have anything, Chairman.
>> Uh Selectwoman Colby?
>> I have nothing at this time.
>> Selectwoman Brennan?
>> Nope.
Bottom lines.
Start with uh Selectman Nikopoulos.
>> Nikopoulos, uh
>> Nikopoulos.
Sorry about that one.
>> That's all right. That's
Selectwoman Brennan?
>> Um Uh
Happy summer.
>> Summer.
Selectwoman Colby?
>> I don't think anything
has really happened since we last met.
That I can think of.
>> I'll make a motion to adjourn.
>> All those in favor?
Does anything need to be signed for
those two waivers, David?
>> Yeah, this deed waiver, and then what
was the other thing you needed signed?
Okay.
>> It's another part of that.
>> Oh, yeah.
>> I thought it was inside of that.
>> Uh view and vote. Yeah.
>> View and vote.
>> So, there's a motion.
>> Is there a motion?
>> And a second.
>> All in favor?