Littleton Selectboard Work Session 8/17/26

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for all.
>> All right, we'll do a little moment of
silence.
Okay. All right. Thanks for coming to
the public meeting today. We have a
public hearing. We have two public
hearings to accept grants. Um, but first
I want to say welcome Dave Harpless to
the table. Smile. You're on Canon
camera.
>> [laughter]
>> you will forever be filmed now. [snorts]
Um, all right. So, um, the first public
hearing is for the opiate abatement
community grant for 150,000 and we'll
I'll open up the public hearing at 401.
And go ahead, Chief Muller.
>> Sure. So, this is uh a grant from the
opioid abatement trust, which is
basically uh a settlement of lawsuits
that occurred uh after the opioid
crisis. And uh the state and the county
have received uh funds from that and
they have uh contracted with uh
depending on the size of it, different
agencies to distribute it. And uh our
grant is for uh $75,000 a year for 2
years to a total of $150,000.
And it's to uh kickstart our uh mobile
integrated healthcare program. So it'll
be used uh at least initially we thought
we'd hire uh somebody part-time uh to
oversee it. And uh a lot of the health
care system is siloed and um while our
paramedics and firefighters are great at
providing care, we needed time for
somebody to begin to break those silos
down or connect them. And that was
really what our vision for this
part-time person uh would be. And uh
since then though uh there's been a lot
more money invested in MIH uh at the
state level and we have another grant
pending uh that we should receive notice
on fairly soon and if that's the case
then we would move the position from a
part-time position to a full-time
position. Uh but the purpose of the
grant is to provide that and then we can
also build a grant for any costs that we
incur related to it such as if we're
sending our on shift firefighters to
[clears throat] an MIH visit. Uh we can
we can tag those costs to to that grant.
So
>> great. We've heard about this topic a
couple times. Chief Miller's come to the
board to talk about the NIH program and
you spoke about it this morning as well
with Goodlander. So
>> yeah, we in the grant application was
asked to provide uh a number of uh
uh I forget the term they used exactly
uh but um I'll use a term like critical
incidents related to the opioid crisis
and I was able to name five I won't name
them specifically but what I would call
once in a career type incidents that uh
I've responded to or the department has
responded to and you started toing them
all up, the opioid crisis really has had
a tremendous effect on the uh town's
first responders as well. And um so the
more we can do to support people in
crisis to keep them from the big crisis,
I think is uh a good process.
>> Agreed.
>> Yes. Do do you know uh are these funds
on did the state get a big one big
payment or are they being paid out over
a period of time?
>> So I I I
don't know exactly how the state is some
of both. So they got some they got a
large sum of money but it continues
ongoing for a period of time.
>> Uh I don't know what that split is. Um,
so this the grant we got they gave a
2-year commitment to and then it'll kind
of just be to see what happens after
that. Um,
yeah. And uh we were able to access some
of the county's funds as well. We you
guys had previously supported [snorts]
uh that we used for some first responder
wellness, some community CPR, then some
background like uh MH system stuff.
>> Yeah, this is great. Yep.
>> Can some of this be used for I actually
read the whole thing. Um, good. Yeah, it
sounds like a pretty tough time for some
of the uh first responders. So, can some
of this be used to help them along after
an incident?
>> Not this specific grant, I don't
believe, but some of the uh because uh
this one had a more narrow scope, but
some of the opioid money we received
from the county, we have their mark for
first responder wellness. Okay. and
we've used it uh for that purpose. Um
and that's been uh that's been very
helpful.
>> That's a good question. I imagine that
there's sometimes levels of PTSD that
happen when someone
>> Yeah.
>> first responders are called to a certain
situation.
>> Uh
and it's all kind of emerging right with
PTSD right now or or what sometimes now
is called PTS post-traumatic stress.
Yeah.
>> And some of it's not all it doesn't fit
uh like a worker's comp or a
traditional. So like some people find uh
yoga very beneficial uh and helping them
process that. Well, that may not know
you break your arm, you put it in the
cast. It seems pretty straightforward.
Uh but you suffer from PTS and
there's not a single path forward.
Right. So that those monies give us some
flexibility in trying to
find ways to help first responders that
may not be just your traditional talk
therapy.
>> Great.
Paul, any thing? I'm going to open it
up. We can still have more to say.
Anybody from the
>> public? Quick question. Chief, if I
heard you correct me, so this money, all
of it or largely all of it is going to
go toward the salary of the person who's
going to
>> So there's some program support and and
part-time position. Uh that that was the
plan until this new round of funding in
a separate funding source was announced.
Um which we should have an answer on in
the next couple weeks essentially. So
we're we're not going to advertise right
away. Hey, we're going to, you know,
wait a short period of time, uh, and see
how that goes. Cuz then if we can if we
can get somebody full-time, we we'd
rather do that
>> um than than start parttime. And then if
that person's not available to take a
full-time job, you know, then we are we
starting over, what are we doing? So, it
seems prudent just to wait a few weeks
and see how everything shakes out. But
that's the majority of it is is the
program in support of the program.
>> Are there any NIH programs um locally?
>> Yeah. So, uh, we're very we're very
fortunate. I I've really, uh, Wilton
Regional Healthcare got us started in
this. Essentially, they got it they got
a northern border
northern borders regional grant, uh, and
started this whole process. And there's
no road map for doing this. It'll appear
like there is, but very much you have to
will it into existence. And it's really
about
uh relationships, you know, building a
relationship with uh the mental health
workers, with our community health
workers, with physicians, and finding
that path forward for each one of these
individuals that are in this program.
And what I really like about this
program, too, it's not just for those
having a mental health crisis or an
opioid crisis or co-core current
disorders.
We just received word from the state
we're 17th in the state for lift assist.
So we're the 17th CS EMS service to
provide lift assist. These are usually
typically elderly people who are in
their homes often with a loved one, a
spouse or a family member where we get
called to help them out. So this program
can provide support to them as well uh
to for uh emergency department
avoidance.
So making sure that uh they have all the
do they have a walker? Are there trip
hazards like rugs, cables, do they have
smoke detectors? Can we can go put
handrails in the bathroom if that's the
obstacle? Uh so we get to provide a lot
of support and it's been a big mission
of mine to keep people in their homes as
long as you can. I think that's
>> all any of us want. Uh we all know how
it ends. Uh but you know it's the
journey that makes it interesting and uh
I think that's you know one of the best
things that our department does is help
keep people in their homes as long as
possible and uh this program provides a
lot of support for that as well.
>> That's great.
>> So you see this program lasting 2 years,
3 years? Well, so it's kind of
interesting because the the the feds
have recognized this as innovative, but
they they funded it through a grant
program, but they don't fund it through
the traditional reimbursement processes.
So like when we do an ambulance
transport, if you're a Medicare patient,
we will build Medicare and they pay it.
Uh if we go do a liftist, Medicare
doesn't think that that brings any
value. Uh and so they don't pay it. uh
they don't they don't pass to go check
and do med reconciliations and with the
elderly. Um it's very much an old system
designed in the 60s which is if you
bring somebody to the hospital we'll pay
you to do that. Well healthcare has
changed dramatically and so part of what
needs to come from this the federal
government recognizes that this is
innovative but they need to completely
change the payer structure.
That's politics. Do I have a lot of
faith that we can find, you know, a
political solution to, you know, how to
fund this? I don't. But I'm hopeful
because I think we're going to get
really good results. And I think anybody
that deploys the system has gotten
really good results and uh I think it's
the way of the future.
>> They'll keep people out of the hospital
and the cost down
>> by visiting them at their home. And um
so you're it's a grapper. I mean, it's a
care and then getting that doing
wraparound services. Well, there'll be
like a social work component to it then
obviously cuz you're
>> Yeah, not in our initial program and
that's a weakness that we've recognized.
Uh because I can do a lot of things. Uh
I've been trained pretty well, but uh
I'm not a social worker and we really
lack those types of skills. You know,
we're good in an emergency. We can go
pick you up. We can counter those. We
can get you settled. We can do all those
things but the the ongoing
connectivity to to the not just the
health care system but whether it's PT
uh you know home health there's a gap
you can fall
uh and get injured and ultimately
qualify for home health but there's
there's a waiting period to get in or
maybe maybe you don't qualify for
another reason because you're your the
care that you expect to need isn't
long-term enough. I just need care for a
month. Well, you don't qualify for a
whole month, but what do I do for a
month? You know, there's a lot of gaps
and holes. And so, this program uh if
we're able to get that uh that um world
transform healthcare grant, the thing I
love about that model is it combines the
social worker, the paramedic, and some
mental health components. And I really
want this to be like a no holds barred,
no rules type environment where
everybody can pull data from their
siloed systems. the police department
know the families they're coming in
contact with, the people in crisis that
we don't necessarily see because they
don't have a medical component.
>> Uh we see the people with the medical
component that maybe the police
department don't see. The mental health
uh system has a completely different,
you know, uh case load often. And so
with members from those three resources
uh that can access all of their data
systems, you know, they're the type of
this is the type of group that can show
up on Monday morning and be like, "Hey,
we had a crisis, you know, Sunday night
at this person's house." Great. Let's go
check on them. Let's just go right now.
And that's that's the type of
environment that I want. That's the type
of flexibility that I want because I
think that's what you need.
>> Yep. December.
>> Yeah. Chief, um, how does this program
um, like integrate with like a an actual
overdose, an active overdose matter? So,
is this does this cover that situation?
So, it [clears throat] it wouldn't
initially, you know, somebody we get an
call of somebody overdosing, probably
wouldn't necessarily initially interact
with that person other than to re to
co-respond with the on duty crew. So the
first thing we need to do is revive a
person and uh make sure that they're
medically stable. U but that's where uh
what the the existing resources the
police department has with uh drug
counselors uh and this program can come
into play because again tomorrow they
may decide that they they're not ready
for treatment but they can go knock on
that person's door tomorrow and the day
after and the day after till basically
they're told never come back. uh you
know they they'll have the freedom that
to check on that uh and to continue to
provide resources. In my experience has
been uh that um
there's a group of people that initially
after resuscitation realize that they
need emergency treatment. And there's a
group that days afterwards recognize
uh you know through conversations with
family and loved ones and friends that
they need treatment and just knowing
that they can pick up the phone and
we're going to show up no questions
asked, you know, uh the system has the
ability right now like when we implement
it. Uh there's crisis stabilization. We
can drive you right there. We don't have
to worry about transportation. We're
going to have a vehicle. We'll we'll
just drive you right there. No questions
asked. Uh so there's a lot of
flexibility in it.
>> Okay.
>> Yeah. Just for asking. That's great to
hear because you know unfortunately a
lot of stigma behind even assisting
someone with the lock the lock zone and
reviving them is what is going to happen
if you know police department show up as
well. What's going to be the the fallout
from that? You know, I mean, again, as
you noted, sometimes someone who's
revived, that may be that next step in
their recovery to say, okay, you know,
this is, you know, I just faced death
and I'm I'm back alive. Now I can take
the steps to remain alive. You know,
maybe that's the decision where it comes
time to say, okay, I need to get into
recovery. You know, I need to get into
programs. I need to take an active um
responsibility in my own in their own
recovery. Um, but like how I guess my
concern is somewhat I don't this may not
be specific to this or if it is please
let me know but is kind of how in these
situations you know the no question to
ask situation kind of affects
individuals that are are in an active
overdose situation like if the police
show up as well you know how does that
integrate into the no questions asked
>> you know how does I mean you know does
that invite in well here's here's a
substance. Yes, we just revived you, but
now we're going to go ahead and cite you
for this. So, that's I'm kind of
wondering how how that is is currently
handled with with the police department
like in partnership and is there
anything you know that's that no
questions asked kind of how does that
work in that scenario?
>> Yeah, so I don't have a complete answer
for you uh but you know I can share
experience the the police department our
police department is very recovery
focused. they have uh drug counselors on
staff. It's hard for me to
accept that they would hire a drug
counselor only to you know to then uh
you know provide information on that
person's recovery to law enforcement for
the purposes of of you know legal
convictions and whatnot. Uh but I I
don't know the inner workings of it. I
do know that there are there's a law on
the books that basically provides
amnesty for anybody that calls to uh it
during a drug overdose. Um and so that
uh it provides protection so that the
the person that's overdosing and those
who call 911 aren't convicted. I think
there's obviously guard rails on that
and I don't know to the extent of that,
but it's really focused on providing
that care in the in the immediate moment
and people not worrying about getting
arrested as a result of that.
>> It was just in the news St. Johnsbury
had on one of the security cameras for
their park, their common area. They
watched somebody do CPR, I think in the
middle of the night on a person for 15
minutes, never called 911. Wow. and then
saw them like carry that person away and
you have to just wonder like what
happened there. I don't know. Uh but I I
uh that's why I ask,
>> you know, I feel like I'm not aware of a
case like having responded on a lot of
these where there's been maybe that
person that was revived been arrested or
whatnot. So it it' be a better question
for for Chief Smith maybe. But uh I
really see the police department as
partnerships. I've seen a lot more
um
compassion than you than those who
interact with the legal system might
think that the police department offers
in these types of situations and they've
been phenomenal partners uh to this
point. So, it's not a worry that I have,
but I can understand if the public has
some concern about it. Right. Well,
thanks for answering that. Appreciate
it.
>> Thank you. Anyone else? Anyone Anything
from here? No more
>> ready for me to close the public
hearing. Okay, I'll close it. It's 4:18
and we
can take a vote on accepting this grant.
If anybody wants to read the
motion,
>> I didn't bring my book.
>> Oh, Taylor, do you want to do it? Paul,
it's okay.
>> MY GLASSES ARE
YOU GET to read the motion. Do you see
where it is? Um, it's on the bottom of
the cover page.
>> Yep. It says um
great
>> to accept and expend up to that part.
>> I can see that.
>> Yeah, you say I make a motion to accept
and expend. I could have done it, but
I'll
>> I'll do it. My first official duty.
>> Yes. Uh, I make a motion to accept and
expend the $150,000 from the opioid
abatement community grant program for
the purposes of supporting the Littleton
Fire Rescue's EMS operations and mobile
integrated healthcare program.
>> Great. And I'm looking for a second.
>> A second.
>> Taylor second. And um All right. Any
more discussion?
>> No.
>> Okay. All in favor?
>> I opposed. All right. 40.
All right. Thank you, Chief. Thank you.
>> All right. Next up, you're up.
[laughter] All right. Next public
hearing is um a FEMA grant for Mansill
Culver at $1,455,820.
And we'll open this one up at 420. And
we've got Eric here. Go ahead.
>> Um so,
a little background story. You're
submitting with your packages. Um at the
last town meeting or voting I should say
um it was uh voted in at 823 yes the 326
no that we put up our part of the grant
which is 500,000 is our match 25%.
It actually um is a little less than
that. I think it number comes out to 485
27350
if I match. So um we threw
uh town manager Brown myself and I
believe Carrie you had a little bit of
part in this as well keeping this alive.
>> Oh great with FEMA.
>> Oh right.
>> So we had a we had a little bit of a uh
there's a 1.0 0 uh grade that you need
to meet to qualify for these these grant
funds. Uh we originally met that we
submitted our paperwork. We were the
only qualifying program uh project
that was submitted. Um after further
review they
changed the criteria on us move the
goalpost. Uh so we uh kind of dug our
heels in went back. uh did the necessary
work and got them to re-evaluate our
application again. So, it wasn't until
July of this year, the 23rd, that they
gave us the okay, and we're going to be
able to move forward with the project
accepting this grant money. Um like
Carrie had mentioned, um
1,45,820.
So, this will be
uh a new box culver/bridge
over Halmerbrook on Mansill. Uh it'll
actually raise the elevation of the road
uh additional foot. It'll meet 500 foot
500 foot um criteria
and provide critical infrastructure for
the town for the next 50 years at least.
Thank you for your work on that. That's
pretty exciting.
>> Significant amount of money.
>> It is. Um, so with that being said, I
mean, it's pretty straightforward. I
think it's
exciting to get something this size in
town. Uh, especially with seeing um,
Cott Street
coming to
closure this year. Okay. Um, it'll be
nice to have another another big project
on the way that's going to be
[clears throat]
beneficial to the town.
>> Well, thank you for all your hard work
on these things. I know it's coming at
you from left and right and center.
>> Yeah, I apologize. I get I got caught up
being so
>> Oh,
look across the street.
>> Yeah. No, it's all good. Um, all right.
Let's start with questions from us and
I'll open it up to Taylor. All right.
So, first of all, I saw uh concrete
sidewalks on Cottage Street earlier
today. So, that's definitely shown signs
of nearing completion.
>> The uh if if assuming this all goes
forward and all that, when does when do
you figure you'll be um setting to work
on that type of thing? How much work do
you have to do between now and then?
>> Thank you.
So with uh previous director of public
works Doug Danco he had uh reached out
to HB
um I don't I don't have the entire
backtory but we have completed the
completed the H&H study on it. So
>> when the governor's council awards this
after this is accepted by the town,
we can start immediately
>> y
>> moving forward with uh permitting
>> under designs permitting. I just talked
to Chris Warner this afternoon. That's a
four to five month um
time frame for review.
>> Yeah,
>> you got winter anyway.
>> Yeah, I got winter. So it' be a ne it's
going to be a 2027 project. Yes.
So, uh
we will be able to hit the ground
running. Um the goal will be hopefully
to have something out a bit next year
and then construction.
>> And and did I hear right that there's
there is going to be some paving up on
Mansil Road like soon higher up or is
>> Yes. So, this year it's from Cardinal
Lane.
>> Yeah. Uh, I'll pass the air.
>> Okay,
>> I'll let Ed know.
[laughter]
>> Yeah, I saw you replaced all the
culvers. Uh, a bunch of culvers got
replaced on
>> uh the guys have been busy this year. We
had an aggressive schedule that we put
forward and
uh we lost uh our operations foreman in
April.
26 years of experience with the town.
So, myself and Keith Reinhardt have been
working daily
>> together to try to fill that void.
>> But yeah, it's um
>> with this uh we have
>> Mil Street that's in the process as
well.
>> That's another big project that is
coming along.
>> Oh, okay. the bank stabilization.
>> Oh. Oh, yeah. Okay. I thought you meant
actual like the street. Oh, yeah. Oh,
good. I think on the
>> Yeah, I would love update on that.
What's What's going on with that?
>> So, we are through uh preliminary
design.
They've accepted our mitigation and our
restoration.
>> Um now it's just moving forward with uh
getting a plan together.
>> Of actual design
>> coming on.
>> In your department especially. It's
>> so you don't see that happening this
year be next year.
>> Yeah, that
I was So this year we have obviously we
have the work that's going on in the
treatment plan. We have our paving um
which is yearly which is uh changing out
culverts and doing prep work, raising
structures, fixing structures,
cottage street. I was like, "Oh, after
this year, I'm going to get a little bit
of a break." This is coming along. We're
still going to have the trip to plant
and then we're going to have um the Mil
Street stabilization project probably
all happening in 2728.
>> Wow.
>> So, the next the next 2 to 3 years,
>> let's not call it bank stabilization.
People are going to start think we're
bailing out banks.
>> What can we call it?
>> River. We can say river bank.
>> There we go. That's better for the river
in front.
>> Is
>> all right.
>> I notic having to do with the college
street. Is that going to get any
narrower? It didn't look to me.
>> What are we doing? Adjust the lines on
the road or it doesn't look
>> so where there was there was a wider
breakdown lane on the right hand side.
>> That's going to go away.
>> That's going to as as you're heading
south up the hill.
>> Um that's going to go away and you're
going to have a more normal breakdown
lane. not so wide. So there is no actual
parking that side of the street except
for in front of Dr. Mitz's office.
Those two spots are still there, but
those will be the only two parking spots
on that side of the road. The green
space, the sidewalks have been widened,
so they're actually 88 plant. And the
green spaces go from anywhere from 4 ft
to 7 ft. And that's
where you had you where you had
breakdown. Oh, so that's not been done
yet. We're just doing the side
>> where you see where you see the curving.
>> that'll be the edge of the road and then
it'll be a white line.
>> I'd have to look. I'd say probably 36 in
40 in off from that.
>> Not enough for a vehicle though,
>> but wide enough for a bike.
>> Yes.
>> And the sidewalks are going to be
wonderful.
>> A lot.
>> It looks better already. It's going to
narrow it. It is going to narrow down.
That's part of that project is to slow
traffic as it comes.
>> That's what the two uh what do you what
you call those two at the top of the
hill and the road? [laughter]
>> Islands, I guess.
>> But there's going to be the crosswalk
and a light there. So, it brings people
off the highway and makes gets them to
slow down. Correct.
>> And that's the part of the the uh speed
reduction.
>> Yeah. That needs to happen because they
come off the interstate, they don't
touch the brakes.
>> Well, they start if you're coming like
from a co-op or something. I sat at the
end and went, "Holy crap."
>> But with a light there, that's going to
change everything.
>> Well,
>> I think yield doesn't mean slow down.
Maybe when people come off the
interstate.
>> A lot of I've seen a lot of people, they
don't even slow down.
>> A lot of it's visual cues though.
>> And having
just naturally slows people down. And
there's going to be a there's already a
speed limit sign there. We'll throw one
up there. I'm sure as you're coming off
that exit.
>> we could put one there that's up ahead.
You're going to be dropping your speed.
>> All right. Any more questions about this
particular grant? Cuz I want to open it
up to the public, too.
>> I got one question.
>> Cuz I'm the new guy.
>> So total amount of this project is like
roughly $2 million.
So, as a general rule, what percentage
of that is like planning and engineering
versus getting the actual work done?
>> It's a good question.
>> Roundabout, not precise, just
roundabout.
>> 25%.
>> Not as much as I thought. Good
>> roughly.
>> I mean, permitting is in there. That's
part of your engineering. There's a cost
that is associated with that. But um
>> if you just real quickly if you wanted
to do the math, you could say we're
going to pay for the engineering and
we're going to get a finished product.
>> Oh.
>> Oh yeah, that's a good way to think of
it. That's a good question. New guy.
>> Anyone December, Robert?
>> So the odds are that next year
construction anticipated to start next
year and wrap up in 28?
>> That would be the goal. It would all
depend on the awarded contractor's
schedule.
>> Um, where we where we [clears throat]
>> end up landing, where they could start,
what amount of time there is.
>> I'm sure it would probably be like
Tottish Street and anything they can
prep for.
>> And do in the fall, they will.
>> Yeah. So, realistically though, if
everything goes well, probably 2028
completion.
>> 2028.
>> Okay. Yep. December.
>> Just a comment. Um, so as I've come to
realize more and more uh the extent of
Littleton's infrastructure and how the
immense it actually is, I've come to
appreciate like what you do, Eric, and
and and in your department, what they do
to make sure the town is taken care of.
So I and I I I I also recognize the fact
that applying for a grant is not just a
push of a button, and it takes a lot of
a lot of leg work before anything really
any of us really see anything happen. So
looking at Lilton's resilience, looking
ahead 50 years like you noted that's
what we need to be doing is looking
ahead 50 years 100 years um and making
sure that little is resilient and our
infrastructure is taken care of and plan
for that. So, I just um wanted to extend
an appreciation of of what you're doing.
Um you know, Carrie her her role in
that. Uh town manager Brown's just in
making sure that you know the taxpayers,
the residents, the tourists coming into
town and that the roads are safe and you
know when we get floods and things cuz
things happen, you know that it's been
planned for. So, I just wanted to extend
that. I do appreciate all the effort
you're putting into it and and I I said
I've come to understand more and more of
how extensive you know your jobs
director and what your department really
does and making sure that Littleton is
is taken care of. So I just appreciate
that.
>> Yeah, thanks for that comment.
>> If I can I just want to go.
>> Yeah, go ahead. Uh it's
it it is a vast network of
uh collection system, the sewer system,
roadways,
uh sidewalks,
and really we we do we try our best to
make sure that we get everything
completed. And it's
not a bad thing to have citizens reach
out and say, "Have you seen this? This
is what I saw. Uh, this is what I see."
It gives us a chance to address the
things that either get overlooked,
missed because something else came up
and it it it swings you back to where
you need to be. Um so with that I with
that being said um
thank you. It's a total team effort. Uh
the support of the board board of
selecting the support of the town
manager other department heads um Chief
Snoke Chief Miller and
the citizens. And that's why we have an
answering machine at the highway
department. Uh that's why I have an
email. I make myself available. Um,
and come to work, try hard. [laughter]
So,
>> yeah, it shows. Thanks.
Anything else?
No. All right. We close the public
hearing at 4:34. Um, there's two parts
to this. I'll read the first. So, we
have to read and complete a certificate
of authority. I'll read this part and
then we'll have somebody read the um
actual motion. All right. So, I'm just
going to read this out loud because I
think it has to be done as part of the
grant. I, Carrie Harrington, chairman of
the board, Littleton to New Hampshire,
hereby certify that Troy Brown, town
manager, um, have authority to sign an
entry into a grant agreement with the
state of New Hampshire Division of
Homeland Security and Emergency
Management on August 17th, 2026 for the
town of Littleton and further hereby
authorize Troy Brown to execute any and
all contract and agreements related to
the hazard mitigation grant program,
HMGP. I further attest that Troy Brown
was granted authority prior to the day
the grant agreement was signed and has
not been amended or appealed as of the
day the contract was signed. And I'll be
signing this as chairman of the board.
Um I just want to read that to the
record. Um I don't think I have to read
the bottom.
>> Nope.
>> No, just that part. And then we have the
actual motion which Taylor, do you want
to read it? Is that part two under
recommendations?
Yeah, but this is more of a similar
statement.
>> It's kind of a past statement. I still
think we have to take a vote, right,
Vicki? Yes,
>> I do believe. Okay.
>> So, I think we take a a vote on the
motion to accept this and then we read
>> All right. So, you want to make the
motion to accept it first?
>> Yes, I'll make that motion.
>> I'll second it.
>> All right. Taylor motioned. Dave
seconded. All in favor of accepting this
grant and then he'll read this into the
record. I
>> Okay. Unanimous 40. And if you would
read that, please.
>> And then uh the select board in a
majority vote has accepted the terms of
the hazard mitigation grant program as
presented in the amount of $1,455,820.50
for mitigating local infrastructure main
road project. Furthermore, the board
acknowledges that the total cost of this
project will be $1,941,94
in which the town will be responsible
for a 25% match, which comes to
$485,273.50.
>> Wow. Thank you. So, we're all set. We're
voted in. All right. That will conclude
our meeting. We do have another meeting
um next week. So, August 24th, it'll be
our public meeting at 5:00 p.m. We have
a very full agenda. Um, so we will see
everybody then. And Oh, yes. Go ahead.
>> I just wanted to make a quick statement.
>> Sure.
>> I know we haven't done it yet, but we do
have with Ed's not here, but with Ed
Taylor coming on and I'm sorry.
>> Oh, I'm sorry. Dave.
Yeah. Uh I am working on we have uh the
warranty work is being done on clarifier
number one.
>> Schedule for the 1st of September right
after uh Labor Day. I am putting
together with H2O and um Troy
>> Y
>> a tour of the treatment plant for
selecting. We're hoping to do that first
meeting in September.
>> Okay. Maybe get down there around 3:00.
>> Oh, just do it right prior to So it' be
September
>> 14th. Is that the fir? Yeah, September
14th. Okay. I would love to do that.
>> I will have plans sure up.
>> Relatively soon. And hopefully
at the next meeting will announce that.
>> Um I'm just going to write it down, put
in
Okay, great.
I don't know
>> how many of you have been to the
treatment plant, but
>> I actually don't think any of us have
>> some big changes down there, especially
this year.
>> Linda and Roger had toured it and I was
about to and then everything kind of and
you were like, let's wait until
Yeah. But um thank you.
>> Yeah, we're we're we're in a a really
stable phase right now and um we made
some good progress.
>> Great. Thank you for that. just begin.
>> All right. If nothing else, I'll take a
motion to adjourn the meeting.
>> I'll make the motion to adjurnn.
>> Okay. Paul second.
>> Taylor seconds. All in favor?
>> I I
>> All right. Journed. Thank you all for
coming. Thank you, Eric. Chief
Keep.
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