Town of Amherst Board of Selectmen September 11, 2006 Meeting Minutes

Chairman Bruce Bowler called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.  Selectmen present:  George Infanti, Thomas Grella, Jay Dinkel and Reed Panasiti.  Also present Town Administrator Gary MacGuire and Executive Assistant Sharon Frydlo.

In Memoriam

A moment of silence was held in memory of those fallen on September 11, 2001 followed by a presentation by EMS Director Brian Gleason entitled “Can’t Cry Enough” – a tribute to the victims of September 11, 2001 which was followed by a recording of the National Anthem.

Employee Recognition

Mr. Bowler announced that this item scheduled for 6:30 p.m. would be postponed until a later date.

Citizens’ Forum

There were no questions or concerns brought before the Board. 

Solid Waste Task Force

Tom Lewis, Vice Chairman and Steve Morgan were present.  Mr. Bowler advised they were present to talk about the change in name and charter of the committee since they felt they had successfully completed the first charge given them.  Mr. Lewis explained that their new goals were to: (1) Coordinate with the DPW Director to refine changes to the Transfer Station with the goals of improving efficiency and increasing recycling.  (2) Promote the benefits of the upgrade of the Transfer Station to Amherst residents.  (3) Be a resource for the DPW Director to consult on ways to improve the operation of the Transfer Station.  (4) Continue to communicate to Amherst residents, the benefits of recycling and (5) Assist the DPW Director in holding down costs by reviewing the operation and finances of the Transfer Station.  The new proposed name – “Recycling & Waste Reduction Task Force. 

Mr. Lewis added that the current Task Force members support these goals and want to continue serving on the Committee.  The document originally given them, does not now reflect the duties of what they have been doing and their new role.  Mr. Bowler thanked the entire Committee for what they have been doing, including Jane Heinke who was also present in the audience. 

Mr. Infanti mentioned the Committee’s good works and spoke specifically about Mrs. Heinke’s level of commitment behind the scenes.  He was pleased that the entire Committee want to continue in this new role.  Mr. Grella echoed Mr. Infanti’s thoughts and felt it a step forward.  Mr. Dinkel mentioned that this was a great addition to the “plan of attack”.  Mr. Panasiti felt that when you hear people talk about recycling, they know this is a job well done.  Mr. Bowler spoke about the amount of time committed by the Committee.  Mr. Infanti moved that the proposed new name of the Solid Waste Task Force, be accepted by the Board of Selectmen as the Recycling & Waste Reduction Task Force, second by Mr. Dinkel.  Vote: Unanimous.

Upgrading the Transfer Station

Mr. Lewis asked if they could speak briefly about the above.  Mr. Morgan commented that the Selectmen, when they met with them the last time, asked what could be done to increase recycling while they were waiting for the redesign of the Transfer Station.  They were asking for the Board’s interest and enthusiastic support of the redesign and upgrade of it for the following reasons:  (1) Amherst would lose almost $200,000 that has been reserved for equipment for the Town if an upgrade does not begin next year.  (2) Cost to the Town in future years may be prohibitive.  (3) As recycling increases, DPW may have to add staff with the current layout.  (4) Increase in  recycling reduces costs to the Town in glass separation (saves the Town between $8-10,000) and mixed paper.  (5) The enthusiasm of Task Force members may be affected. 

Mr. Bowler reported that the $200,000 was being reserved by the SRLD with no guarantees by other SRLD town members to continue to hold these funds.  There was a possibility that when the budget is next prepared, they may not want to go forward with this reserve.  With these funds, the District would be looking to buy equipment for Amherst.  He also mentioned that the SRLD and New Hampshire the Beautiful were selling recycling bins for $5.00.

State of the Departments

Library

Library Director Amy Lapointe and Library Trustee Chairman Don Holden were present.  Mrs. Lapointe commented on the busy summer and recent staffing changes.  A new addition to the staff was Jackie Hockett, Children’s Librarian who was fresh out of Librarian’s School and held an interest in early childhood.  Her written report to the Selectmen contained a much more detailed description of the programs being offered by the staff in this age bracket, as well as other specific staff members, their names and their program roles in the Library. 

Mrs. Lapointe added that the Library had something new and exciting to offer and that was Digital Downloadable Audiobooks.  There were 20 Libraries in New Hampshire that started this approximately one year ago and Amherst was “right behind Nashua and Manchester” and she thought they saw a lot of use.  They had purchase a few MV3 players and patrons can borrow a player to see if they were interested in this new service.  She briefly spoke about the pre-school outreach program that was extremely successful where staff members visited seven pre-schools reaching over 1,000 students once or twice a month.  They also introduced three new databases this year:  Learning Express, Newsbank, and Auto Repair Reference Center ( a bookmark was passed out containing information on this database).  Her detailed report explained what each database included.  She also spoke about and passed out a bookmark for the Newsbank link to the Nashua Telegraph, Union Leader & NH Sunday News and the Concord Monitor, that upon original launch had 60% hits. 

Mrs. Lapointe commented that children’s programs continue to be enormously popular and they have tailored the times to respond to people’s needs.  They have also enhanced services to teens.  She talked about adult programming, but commented that they had not reached the saturation point.   She also spoke about enhancing the Library’s response with working with the Historical Society, working on marketing and getting the word out about their services.  September was Library card sign up month and she presented the Board with a packet of what every new member received.

Mr. Infanti commented that the Library was “his life for his kids” and was surprised that the Amherst Library Card allowed him access to many other town libraries to take out books.  Mr. Holden commented that the Trustees were very pleased with the staff and Director.  Mr. Infanti expressed his positive experience with the Library and staff and felt they have done a wonderful job for the Town.

Finance Department

Merri Howe, Finance Director, indicated that each year brings challenges to her Department.  The Department rarely has changes from year-to-year, but is deadline driven.  This year there was a shift in the role of the Finance Director to take a more active position in the financial planning and budgeting for the Town.  She has a 16 hour per week part time employee whose is responsible for accounts payable and payroll.  Each department continues to enter their own bills and payroll.  She is looking to provide the most up-to-date information for each department when they need it.  In the future, she would like to change the role of the Department Assistant to take on a high level of bookkeeping.  Mrs. Howe would like additional hours if this could be done.  She told the Board that this field is not exciting, but ever changing.  She hopes to provide the best information to each Department, so that they can move forward and know where they stand. 

Mr. Grella asked how many more hours was she seeking.  Mrs. Howe indicated she had not given this much thought. but an additional eight hours would give her 24 hours.  Mr. Bowler asked if she was proposing an additional eight hours in this budget.  She advised she would like to increase it in this fiscal year.  Mr. MacGuire explained that this change started at this time last year with Lee Mayhew and has continued through his time and there is a refocus on what they are expecting from the Finance Office.  He has seen some of the demands put on the office with additional hours needed to handle routine functions. 

Recreation Department

Recreation Director Nancy McMillan and Recreation Commission Chairman Dana Redmond met with the Board.  Mrs. McMillan mentioned that she was designing a plan whereby she would like to rearrange the office structure in terms of support staff.  After making a recommendation to Mr. MacGuire, she would like to maximize the number of support hours they have and offer a better level of service to the community.  They currently have 45 hours of support staff between  two people they have.  There is also a staff at Baboosic Lake and advised they had a good summer.  They had one incident of blue algae and it appeared two days before they were going to close.  She is planning on working with the same level of funding as this year.  She is also planning on working with the Baboosic Lake Homeowners Association and the DES and has had brief conversations with them both regarding improving the quality of the lake, as well as services. 

Mrs. McMillan briefly spoke of the following goals:  (1) Implement a facility participant fee structure program to offset field maintenance costs.  (2) Develop policies and procedure to define the working relationship between Recreation sponsored and private sponsored sports programs/organizations.  (3) Develop a Capital Improvement Plan.  (4) Develop a comprehensive scheduling process to incorporate Recreation, Amherst School District, and Souhegan High School.  (5) Assess programs and facilities and their delivery of service. 

She talked about becoming partners with the Library and PMEC.  She also spoke about the new Coach’s Manual that contains policies, procedures and philosophies.  She commented that the “life blood of our sports programs is our volunteers”.  They were always looking to work in a positive light that whatever they do, they are using the best resources that are available to them.  Relative to future trends, there is a need to form a Master Plan to reach these goals in an every changing community. 

Mr. Panasiti said that after sitting in on many Recreation meetings, he was amazed on the amount of programs offered and what Mrs. McMillan has accomplished in the short period of time she has been with the Town.  Mr. Dinkel commented she “was a real spark” and a good combination with the Recreation Commission.  He was struck by the newsletter and the breath of activities being offered.  There were many things going on that are available to everyone in the community and he thanked her.  In answer to Mr. Grella’s question, Mr. Redmond explained that  the new Commission was formed to have representation for all the various groups and Schools.  The Commission is up to 15 people.  When Nancy came, it was unmanaged.  They broke the Commission up into several committees because 15 people didn’t work.  They depend on Nancy’s knowledge and work ethics.  Mr. Infanti commented about what he heard almost a year ago from Mrs. McMillan at a budget meeting.  Tht night there were a lot more answers and he was very impressed with the Recreation programs and impressed with what she has done for the citizens of Amherst.  He, too, thanked her.  Mr. Bowler also expressed his thanks for doing a great job.

Peabody Mill Environmental Center

PMEC Advisory Board Chairman Ann Logan and Program & Administrative Director Victoria Laforet met with the Selectmen.  Mrs. Logan introduced Mrs. Laforet and advised she had put together the Departmental Review.  The biggest goal this year was to get Phase II of the Center completed.  The bids were received, they looked very good and they will go forward with  enclosing the building, putting the roof on, windows in and do whatever they can before winter. 

Mrs. Laforet told the Board they had put together a full fall schedule and were receiving a reasonable response.  They were also looking to do online registration.  She believed if they did not have enough participants to cover the cost of the program, it should be canceled.  Mrs. Logan mentioned that the Advisory Board had been divided into several segments – Building Committee, Fundraising Committee and Volunteer Committee.  They could use more volunteers and Vickie was going to work on this.  Mrs. Laforet added they have a Stone Wall Committee and they are planning on doing a workshop to build the wall near the Sawyer Cottage.

Mr. Infanti was pleased with what has been done and saw the bid results via email that afternoon and felt they looked realistic.  Mrs. Laforet remarked that they had sufficient bids to cover all the aspects of the building.  Mrs. Logan added they also have sufficient money set aside.  Mr. Grella mentioned that this was the second time the Board heard about online registrations and asked if the Town has the ability to collect those fees.  Mr. MacGuire advised that Recreation has done this, but there were a few glitches on the finance side of it.  Mrs. Laforet explained they were looking to piggyback on this.  Mr. Dinkel asked what did they see in the future near term.  Mrs. Laforet advised the near term is the building.  They also needed to look at how to serve the adults and families in the community as well as go through a “needs assessment”, perhaps outdoor environmental activities, however, she was not quite sure of this yet.  She spoke briefly about upcoming programs, about partnering with local groups and commented that there were many ideas “floating around”.  Mr. Panasiti indicated he had sat at all PMEC Board meetings for the past 5-6 months, they concentrated around the building and once it was complete many more programs can be included in the building.  Once the building was done, the programs would expand and grow.  Mr. Bowler had no questions, but remarked that the building was the big accomplishment and the Board had done a great job.  Mrs. Logan added they raised the money themselves for the first Phase and they may come to the Selectmen for a warrant article to complete the building. 

Mrs. Laforet briefly spoke about having a non-profit group such as Friends of PMEC, and to ask businesses and community to partner in the third Phase.  They needed to show programs and have started to grow.  W&M member Robin Warren congratulated them on Phase II and a job well done.

Police Department

Chief Peter Lyon told the Board that it had been approximately four months that he had been in this position and from the outset it had been a “honeymoon” and a recommendation by the Selectmen, Town Administrator and people he worked with.  The Department is in a position much as it has been for many years.  They were down two people and hired one person who was in the Academy and would be at the Department at the end of December.  They were in the midst of another recruitment process.  If they were successful, they would hope to have this person in the Academy in January and the Department would be up to full strength by the summer.  One of the most important part of the Department was the hiring and training process and they continue to work hard on this.  He briefly spoke about the Lieutenant’s position that may not be open at this time, but instead address promoting a third Sergeant’s position first and then address the Lieutenant’s position which was a few months away. 

The Chief advised there were nine people testing for the promotional Sergeant’s position which spoke well for the Department, in that there was this much interest.  Regarding the summer vacancies, the School Resource Officers filled the two positions during this time.  He also spoke about the creative scheduling, as well as in-service training. 

Chief Lyon remarked that during the summer the motorcycle has a great deal of presence in Town and added that Officer Matt Saunders has given more than what he thought he could do and has a “real positive effect with the bike”.  He briefly mentioned purchasing tactical equipment, radar equipment, and the recent purchase of an Administrative software package associated with the IMC package that helps the Department’s Executive Assistant, Sharon Higley, a great deal.  The IMC and mobile data software was helping them greatly. 

In the future, the Chief will be looking at staffing, weapons and the building.  The Department has not added a patrolman since 1997, however, they added a Detective and SRO since that time and something he will look at in the next 1-2 years.  He would like to address their handguns in the next 12 months, since the ones they are using were purchased 17 years ago.  The cost will be between $8-10,000 for the guns and leather gear.  The current building is 10,000 s.f. and the Police Station utilizes 5,900 s.f. of it  There is an additional 700 s.f. on the top floor that contains attic storage space which he would look to expand to a training area and men’s locker room. 

Mr. Infanti indicated the report was thorough and as the Selectmen’s representative, he has not gotten any calls of problems.  Everything seems to be going very well and it was a good transition.  He has been upstairs and it would be nice to give the employees a little more room.  He was very happy with the job the new Chief was doing.  Mr. Grella also thought the report thorough, very comprehensive and easy to understand.  He thought the weapons should be looked into.  Mr. Panasiti asked if there was any Homeland Security grants that the Town would qualify for the weapons.  Chief Lyon was unsure and something he would look into further. 

In response to Mr. Panasiti’s second question, the Chief explained communications for officers in the south end of Town have improved to the extend that they finished installing a Voter System for the Fire, EMS and Police Departments and he spoke briefly about what the system addresses.  Problems remain in the north end because the antenna is at the Police Station and the other at the South Station.  They were looking at other sites for an antenna for the north end of Town.  Mr. Panasiti asked if they thought about having a secondary building at the south end.  Mr. Lyon commented that this was thought about over the years.  The Police can start in the south end and stay there for eight hours.  101A should be a sector of its own at some point in time.  The current car is responsible for everything down there – Wal-Mart, Lowes, Boston Post and the car is being spread fairly thin. 

Mr. Bowler agreed that 101A needs more enforcement.  He was concerned about the firearms and would strongly support this in the coming budget - $10,000 was not a lot of money for the officers’ protection.  He asked about the K-9 unit and if the Chief had any information on what it might cost to support this type unit.  Mr. Lyon did not have any numbers and advised he hoped to come back in a year with a plan.  There were several  expenses associated with this – purchase of the dog and training along with other costs associated with a K-9 unit.  Mr. Bowler asked how the bicycle patrol was doing and thought it a great tool.  The Chief advised this was just another thing that connected them with the community with one-on-one communication.  Mr. MacGuire remarked it was a great four months and wanted to make sure he added this to the discussion. 

Department of Public Works

DPW Director Bruce Berry told the Board he manages ten budgets in various forms, spoke about the number of people DPW and the Transfer Station employs along with the number of part time and summer help.  During the winter they utilize staff from other Departments along with outside hire and their equipment.  He briefly spoke about the different directions his Department goes through, spoke about new Federal mandates on their equipment and that the Stormwater II Committee will be bringing an ordinance before the Selectmen.  Baboosic Lake Community Septic System has not been adequately addressed, has been growing and there was a need to discuss how to proceed.  The staff is adequate if they were just doing their work, but if pulled in other directions, they have a hard time meeting people’s expectations. 

Mr. Berry talked about some of his equipment that sits outside during the winter without protection, the setback last year when the dump truck warrant article was defeated by the voters and that the two oldest trucks continue to cost them money.  He commented that the Community Access Channel has worked very well in bringing their issues forward and spoke briefly about the Asphalt Zipper.  He mentioned that the Departments work well together and gave the example of the Mother’s Day Flood.  The team work started with the prior Town Administrator and continues today.  He still has a way to go on the new road specifications that he is working on which depends on the recommendations from the CIP Committee.  Many people are concerned about the quality of the roads and he was concerned that it is all on his watch.  He commented that the bid for pavement last year was $38.00+ and this year it is $46.00 in the truck in place, which was a huge jump in the cost of repairing the roads.  The new Asphalt Zipper is scheduled to be delivered the week of the 16^th.  The Board met earlier with the Solid Waste Committee and he was not sure where they are heading at the Transfer Station.

Mr. Berry indicated that his Department goals for improvement are:  (1) Part time in-house engineering services. (2) Road Plan recommendation by CIP Committee and funding support by the Selectmen.  (3) Additional part time help.  (4) Completion of and adoption of a DPW personnel manual and (5) Update of the 45 year old Road Specifications.  Fiscal goals included funding for road improvements, engineering, transfer station improvements and vehicle and equipment replacement plans, all of which will impact the bottom line of his budget. 

Relative to future trends, needs and impact:  Mr. Berry told the Board  there was room between May and July 1^st for significant road repairs; three old trucks needed replacing; there is a need for more detailed engineering and inspections; there was a change and more restrictive solid waste requirements; within the next 5-7 years, he anticipated both DPW Foremen and the Executive Assistant will retire and within all Departments they own, lease or bond over 55 vehicles or pieces of equipment and slowly the DPW Mechanic is becoming more involved in the repair and maintenance of the Town’s fleet. 

Mr. Berry indicated that the last item mentioned above, was working out well for his Department and wondered if this was working out as well with other Departments.  In response to Mr. Infanti’s question, Mr. Berry advised they were charging back the cost of equipment to other Departments and a discussion for another day since this was in the infancy stage.  His equipment is in much better shape than it has been in previous years.  At this point, he was comfortable having parts charged back and have confidence in the Public Works Department that this is being taken care of properly. 

Mr. Infanti mentioned they know there are serious problems with the roads and it was not on Mr. Berry’s watch, he inherited the problems and did not create them.  At some time this needs to be fixed and this Board of Selectmen and his Department will need to do it.  They will need one or two more dump trucks.  He talked about the comment made about compaction of dirt along the roadways.  In Milford, they hire a firm such as Dufresne-Henry who oversees the roads during development and then recharge this cost back to the developers.  They should not have to pay Bruce or someone else to watch them compact trenches and this should be part of doing business in Amherst, the same as other towns do. 

Mr. Grella asked if the Mechanic was also doing State Inspections.  Mr. Berry advised yes, and he was certified as a State Inspector.  Mr. Dinkel thanked Mr. Berry for the nice concise review.  Relative to staffing, he had mentioned the Baboosic Lake Community Septic System and asked if he had some idea of what the extra staffing effort would be.  Mr. Berry could not answer his question because during Phase I there was no point person.  He spoke briefly about several issues that arose and expected to be more involved as time went on.  In response to Mr. Bowler’s comment, Mr. Berry did not believe they would be able to construct the salt shed addition before fall.  Mr. Bowler was thrilled with the Mechanic’s work and would like to see this expand to doing maintenance in-house much like many towns around them.  John Trowbridge has done a fantastic job in his short time with the Town. 

Road Approvals

Mr. Berry told the Selectmen they were being asked to approve Bon Terrain Drive and Hertzka Drive as public ways.  A punch list was written by him and the seven corrections were made.  He produced pictures of an issue remaining and that was the access to the Pennichuck Water tower.  The Road Commission endorsed these two roads with the following stipulation that he approach Pennichuck and ask them to clean and pave their apron and that a cash bond be put up by PSNH to repair a small flaw by DPW on the apron pavement where a little rip rap was required.    Mr. Grella moved the Town accepts Bon Terrain Drive and Hertzka Drive as public ways and No. 1 (in Bruce W. Berry’s August 30, 2006 memo) be taken care of by Pennichuck Water Works and No. 2 (in the same memo) be taken care of by PSNH, second by Mr. Dinkel.  Vote: Unanimous. 

Discussion of Municipal Lease Proposals

Mr. MacGuire advised they were looking to receive the Asphalt Grinder next week and he solicited proposals from financial institutions the Town has used before and one the Grinding Company brought to their attention.  Some offered annual and semi-annual terms and one offered a monthly payment.  He was recommending Ocean National Bank who came in with the lowest interest rate (4.74%) and payment ($20,569.37).  The other proposals received were from:  Baystone Financial, First Colebrook Bank, Capital Innovations and Granite Capital.    Mr. Infanti moved to accept the Town Administrator’s recommendation of Ocean National at 4.74%, second by Mr. Grella.  Vote: Unanimous.

State of the Department

Town Administration

Mr. MacGuire saw his role as Administrator facilitating the other Departments.  He talked about staffing, plans and areas they have to take care of.  He did not foresee the expansion of the Town Administration staff.  The team approach of the Department Heads working together has worked well in the past – the Communications Center was a good example.  He would like to bring the Baboosic Lake Community Septic System Phase I into Phase II which works now and will in  the future.  An immediate goal this year was to improve the communications between various departments and administration and ultimately back to the Board of Selectmen.  He did not see any budget increases coming up.  Collectively, the IT function is being shared between several departments.  He needs to spend some more time on policy review revisions, need to look at their organizational structure and positions within it and review how they are doing things. 

In summary, Mr. MacGuire said, they have had a change in this 12 month period and saw some changes in the Town in general.  They need to look at how they deliver services to the Town for the least cost and he saw his role to facilitate this happening. 

Mr. Dinkel spoke about the great group of Department Heads and volunteers.  Regarding IT and last year’s warrant article, he would like to try and get this on track.  Mr. MacGuire advised they were just starting this transition last year and they couldn’t get answers to W&M’s questions.  The IT person does have a long range plan.  Mr. Dinkel commented that the Town has put a lot of investment in technology over the past several years. 

Mr. MacGuire asked for feedback on how the State of the Department reviews went for the Selectmen and Department Heads and  to see if this is a good process.  W&M member Robin Warren asked if the Town Administrator was going to be on the list to meet with the sub-committees.  Mr. MacGuire indicated he would be there if time permitted and would like to be there for all of them.

Other Business

Mr. Panasiti reported bids were in for PMEC and they will be reviewed the next day. 

Mr. Grella wondered if it was worthwhile for them to direct Gary or Nancy Demers to give out guidelines that the Town has established relating to campaigning at the Landfill, putting up signs, etc.  Mr. Bowler agreed with this and mentioned that the only ones they can’t control were those who were not signing up.  Mr. MacGuire indicated there was a new sign ordinance covered under the RSA’s along with information about campaigning at the Landfill.  He suggested they also include the Moderator’s ideas.  Mr. Bowler asked that they also include the School District Clerks in this.

Mr. Infanti reported the Planning Board met the past two weeks where they discussed the two consultants vying for the Master Plan process.  He will keep the Selectmen informed of what was going on.  He also reported that PSNH did not have the right to close roads to cut down trees without going through proper channels.  The Cemetery Trustees had a meeting that morning and they received a four phase project proposal to do the mapping of the Forestview Cemetery for $8,600 and they would like to get this started.  He also reported that the Trustees had a GPR survey done on the parking lot in front of the old cemetery to get an idea how far the tombs may be from the stone wall.  It has been determined that they may be anywhere from 10-16’ which brings them almost to the road.  Where the cars are parked, it appears there are existing vaults.  They will be contacting a company today or tomorrow that flushes out an area to examine the locations further.  If this is true, that entire section of parking will have to be abandoned.  The entire wall also needs to be re-pointed and perhaps more work done on it.  They also talked about moving the wall forward.  Mr. Infanti indicated that at this time, he was not sure people should be parking there.  They believe there are stairs leading down to the tombs.  Realistically they could parallel park on both sides of Courthouse Road.  The Board and Administrator discussed the matter further as it related to the number of parking spaces used by the staff as well as for visitors and the need to do it sooner rather than later.  The consensus was to stop parking in front of the cemetery immediately. 

Mr. Grella reported the Heritage Commission will be meeting Thursday night.  Mr. Bowler thanked Mr. MacGuire for resolving a sign issue that arose last week. 

Minutes

Mr. Infanti moved to accept the minutes of August 28, 2006, second by Mr. Grella amended as follows:  Line 24 – Change “their” to “our”, Change “who” to “and said she”; Line 69 – Change “State – when online” to “State. When online”; Line 176 – Change “a” to “two”, Change “vacancy” to “vacancies”, Change “two” to “three”; Line 207 – Change “went” to “failed”; Line 214 – Insert “in the station” after “engines”; Line 214 – Insert “for non-emergency calls” after “sirens”; Line 357 – Change “box” to “container”.  Vote: Unanimous.

Mr. Infanti moved to accept the Board of Health minutes of August 31, 2006, second by Mr. Grella.  Vote: 3-0-2, Mr. Dinkel and Mr. Panasiti abstained.

Primary

The Board briefly discussed assignments at the Primary on Tuesday, September 12 at Souhegan High School from 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Non-Public Session

Upon a unanimous roll call vote, the Board entered non-public session at 10:26 p.m. under RSA 91-A:3 II (d) Land Acquisition. 

The Board exited non-public session at 10:48 p.m. after receiving updated information on a potential future acquisition of land.

Upon a motion made and duly seconded, the Board adjourned the meeting at 10:48 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Sharon L. Frydlo

Executive Assistant