Select Board
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A meeting of the Selectboard
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Meeting of Selectboard
Members: (Quorum)
- Present: Tom Hankinson, at 7:00 PM
- Present: Jed Proujansky, at 7:00 PM
- Present: Patricia Duffy, Chair, at 7:00 PM
Also Present:
- Pat D.
- Jed P. and Tom H. Also attending: Margie M.
- Carol Heim
- and several other residents.
Final Minutes
Meeting opened: 7:00 PM
Meeting closed: 8:32 PM
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Meeting Preliminaries
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Meeting Opened / Attendance Taken (see above).
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Minutes Approved: Tue, May 6 - Select Board
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7-7:15 Public comment
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- Richard Nathhorst stated that the Planning Board is unhappy with the meeting room electronics and believes the town should have more Zoom accounts. He also believes the town should have a town credit card so department heads do not have to use their personal ones for online purchases. Margie read Tim Shore’s statement about the close of the fiscal year as far as the elementary school goes. Tom announced that he went to the Regional school’s track kick-off event.
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Appointments (open to the public after initial conversation)
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7:15: New Library Appointment
General Discussion...
Hannah, Library Director, attended to request that the Selectboard appoint Margaret Marshall as the new Library Assistant.MOTION, moved by Tom Hankinson, seconded by Jed Proujansky: Motion made to appoint Margaret Marshall as the Library Assistant at $18.50 per hour. Voted 3-0 in favor.
Pass: Aye: Tom Hankinson, Jed Proujansky, Patricia Duffy.
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Business (public participation is at the discretion of the chair)
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2025 re-appointments
MOTION, moved by Tom Hankinson, seconded by Jed Proujansky: Motion made to reappoint everyone on the reappointment list. Voted 3-0 in favor. .
Pass: Aye: Tom Hankinson, Jed Proujansky, Patricia Duffy.
Employee personnel action forms for FY 26 were signed.
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Approve minutes of June6, 2025
MOTION, moved by Tom Hankinson, seconded by Jed Proujansky: Motion made to approve the June 6, 2025 meeting minutes with Tom’s amendments. Voted 3-0 in favor.
.Pass: Aye: Tom Hankinson, Jed Proujansky, Patricia Duffy.
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Award gas/diesel bids
MOTION, moved by Tom Hankinson, seconded by Jed Proujansky: Motion made to award the FY 26 diesel fuel purchase to Kieras Oil at the fixed price offered and the gasoline purchase to O’Connell Oil. No fixed price was received for gasoline. Matt has reviewed the two bids received and made this recommendation. Voted 3-0 in favor.
Pass: Aye: Tom Hankinson, Jed Proujansky, Patricia Duffy.
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Change number of members on Field Building Committee
General Discussion...
The Board discussed the request from the Field Building Committee to reduce its membership size. The Board asked that the Committee attend the next meeting to answer questions about the request and give an update. -
IMA for Wendell police services
General Discussion...
Margie mentioned that she would like to get the revised Intermunicipal Agreement (IMA) with Wendell for police services signed pretty soon. Board members requested more time to review it. Steve Weiss announced that he is the new Fin Com representative to the Police Advisory Committee and asked for copies of the IMA. -
LIP process
General Discussion...
Jed explained his newest draft for an affordable housing LIP process. He took one of the samples previously provided and cut out much of it, leaving a more open ended pre-approval process. Carol Heim explained that she has spoken to several towns that have approved LIP applications and some have a process and some do not. She presented and explained a flow chart diagram of how affordable housing applications can go. She requested that the adoption of a policy for this be widely advertised.
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Mail (mail is not read or discussed during meetings. Copies are available by request.
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Eversource Vegetation Mgmnt letter, thank you from Roy Kimmel
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Meeting Wrap-up
- Next Meetings:
- Tue, Jul 1, at 7:00 PM "Select Board" -- Town Hall/remote
- Mon, Jul 7, at 3:00 PM "Fire Chief hiring screening Committee" -- Town Hall/remote
- Tue, Jul 15, at 7:00 PM "Select Board/Finance Committee" -- Town Hall/remote
- Tue, Jul 29, at 7:00 PM "Select Board" -- Town Hall/remote
- Tue, Aug 12, at 7:00 PM "Select Board" -- Town Hall/remote
- Tue, Aug 26, at 7:00 PM "Select Board" -- Town Hall/remote
- Next Meetings:
Minutes prepared by L. Stratford
Minutes approved on Tuesday, Jul 22, 2025