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Board members announced firms and prices: McGrath Human Resources Group (proposal $31,525; travel costs listed separately), Evergreen Solutions LLC ($34,500, all inclusive), Gallagher (price range $34,575 to $54,575 with $20,000 noted for travel/expenses), Salary.com (total $45,500, including travel), PayPoint HR LLC ($28,500 firm fixed price) and Municipal Resources, Inc. of Plymouth, N.H., which proposed a lump sum fee of $19,500. The Municipal Resources proposal stated: “The process will be completed for a lump sum fee of $19,500. This fee represents all costs associated with completing the specified services, including all consulting fees, clerical support, travel costs, printing costs, telephone costs, and other incidental costs associated with the project.”

Board members noted that the budget included approximately $20,000 for the study and agreed not to make a selection at the meeting. Susan (staff) and board members agreed to prepare a comparative table of scope, deliverables, timeline and total cost for review; board members volunteered to assist in evaluating the detailed proposals. One board member offered to begin the tabulation immediately and return recommendations after review.

No award decision was made. The board thanked the firms for submitting proposals and asked staff to complete a vendor comparison and return with a recommendation for the next meeting.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Kingston, New Hampshire - Select Board - May 12, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","The Select Board opened six proposals for a town compensation and benefits study, with lump‑sum bids ranging from $19,500 to roughly $54,600; staff were asked to tabulate proposals for detailed review and a budget line of about $20,000 was noted.","taxTitle","Kingston, Rockingham County, New Hampshire","taxId",54738,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":75,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":76,"_41":77,"_43":78,"_45":79,"_46":80,"_48":81,"_50":82,"_52":83,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":84,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":85,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":67,"_71":72,"_73":72},6057701,"Select Board conditionally awards town‑hall electrical contract; public hearing set for June 2",864,4276000,5140000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3300302-63491ac48a7bd9fde6420c0ba1d6a654&start=4276&end=5140","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3300302-63491ac48a7bd9fde6420c0ba1d6a654/thumbnail_4276000.jpg","/articles/6057701/Kingston/Rockingham-County/New-Hampshire/Select-Board-conditionally-awards-townhall-electrical-contract-public-hearing-set-for-June-2","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6057701-5a5b03c0ec0ba57c172e7480a489ba0b/orig.mp4?Expires=1775124498&Signature=cJ7E9MyEG9fHoPD5A5yNzjUDp2IXLjhwB1KoJc4pSSQT6o5fVrknCCP87I4VdV1R11BcQ8croGHuiYaZO5LOZfaC9tr~AUDDN6JVxRr-6mKnPyoPip8xajT0rQACg5KqlrMQF3-EWPhCzF3yYSuYgMiLrsRrlueRWicaquMevHqtBlv~2LyDMG6DY~bw4R2XYZexSYJnwBKfhz46BfM~sLQyHS5VMiXdTQOPjAzwzSlbmuxH~EUnTHmbWb~2bVUPt7miNn41V6I6uNSgADZVOnxJGyVa~NzUeFBgEX4unX0GVcuXi~hJ57UmhVt~foU~sRZSCTXpfd805zU6viwdfw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Kingston Select Board voted to award the town‑hall electrical contract to Kingston Electric for $39,614.95 pending funding approval at a public hearing scheduled for the board’s night meeting on June 2.

Public works road agent Tom Rowan summarized the bid review and recommended Kingston Electric. “Their recommendation came down to two very close in price... Kingston Electric was his decision,” Rowan said, noting the chosen firm was local and considered accessible for project coordination. Rowan told the board his review weighed qualifications and the scope details in the bids.

Ellie Alessio moved to award the contract to Kingston Electric for $39,614.95; the motion was seconded by Ellen Faulconer and passed unanimously by the board. Board members noted the award is contingent on securing funding. The chair said the contract award will be pending the outcome of a public hearing to secure funds; the board set that hearing for its June 2 night meeting to give residents an opportunity to attend.

Board members and staff discussed schedule implications and the need for environmental monitoring work at the site before excavations begin. Rowan said utility and code inspections must occur before substantial work starts; he advised the contract award and funding approval would not immediately allow site work until environmental and permitting steps are complete.

The board also agreed to keep progress on the front‑stair railing replacement and related shop‑drawing discrepancies on the agenda until the work and the final shop drawings match approved plans.","After reviewing six bids, the Select Board voted to award the town‑hall electrical contract to Kingston Electric for $39,614.95, pending a public hearing to secure funding; the board scheduled the funding hearing for its night meeting on June 2.",{"_33":87,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":88,"_41":89,"_43":90,"_45":91,"_46":92,"_48":93,"_50":94,"_52":95,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":96,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":97,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":67,"_71":72,"_73":72},6057704,"Select Board backs professional help, timeline for $5.6M solid‑waste RFQ and collection‑center review",1551,1564000,3115000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3300302-63491ac48a7bd9fde6420c0ba1d6a654&start=1564&end=3115","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3300302-63491ac48a7bd9fde6420c0ba1d6a654/thumbnail_1564000.jpg","/articles/6057704/Kingston/Rockingham-County/New-Hampshire/Select-Board-backs-professional-help-timeline-for-56M-solidwaste-RFQ-and-collectioncenter-review","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6057704-c64a64ba9262e7855dfa39f0bb64d06b/orig.mp4?Expires=1775124498&Signature=R5-p3LAew2itx56zRLmgU0kColilbQ0cxrtpAI8S658AZTaFlZnE6yyuesKcaKr0kWj4rMuUGj6BrYwy13fnaENmqvKrSTTj7CfIzNmOMN0fELYZpiL2XXgVnEiAd6nqfQQ6VpTk5tExKqwcMdD~8h1QRlQ-z9w-WqlUaJ15T8BxEyvwHNbgZcogtDO5qThFaSrkVP787WR8Ki2UFFw1aLuDUeg40vrrez28cVmqhyfrg1oFnT9Ms7MnSfbr5BaQmwZxIRIMFkLUAp47LMqgpqekn2z0aKznFCpX-cY1FBlzFjNygcAaW9wZA8aCApfXqBpUdADV~DlRKuQnVsRfTQ__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Kingston Select Board agreed to pursue specialized contract and negotiation assistance to ready a municipal solid‑waste request for qualifications (RFQ) and follow a timeline intended to allow awarding a new contract by July 13, 2026.

Phil Coombs, chair of the Solid Waste and Recycling Committee, presented a proposed timeline that would present collection‑center data to the Select Board in November and release the RFQ in April 2026 with responses due May 13, 2026. “This would then allow for the committee and the select board to evaluate the responses, or the committee to evaluate the responses, make recommendations to the select board no later than 8 June of 20 26, and then executing the contract 13 July of 20 26,” Coombs said.

Committee members and Select Board members agreed the town needs specialized assistance drafting contract terms and negotiating to avoid past problems with the current provider. Coombs and others described the municipal solid‑waste contract as the town’s largest procurement — roughly $900,000 per year under the existing contract and an expected total over the five‑year term in the range of $5.6 million. Committee members asked the board to check whether the town’s regular counsel has contract specialists; Coombs offered to provide candidate names for firms that specialize in solid‑waste contracts.

Public commenter Chuck Margosian, who said he has experience on both sides of procurement tables, urged moving the bidders conference earlier, saying it often prompts RFQ amendments: “Expect the unexpected... getting that bidders conference moved up, the sooner the better,” he said.

The committee also debated the role and scope of the town’s collection center. Committee members and Select Board members discussed whether the collection center should focus on materials that cannot be disposed of in household trash (mattresses, appliances, sponsored events like shredding), how volunteer labor factors into operations, and how removing curbside recycling could change town costs and participation. Phil Coombs noted the collection‑center trial approach was intended to be low‑cost and that the committee plans to present actual collection data to the board in the fall.

The Select Board instructed staff to check with town counsel about in‑house expertise and to report back; Coombs will suggest possible contract consultants. No formal contract award decision was made during the meeting.","The Select Board agreed to seek specialty legal/contract help and follow a timeline aimed at awarding a new municipal solid‑waste contract by July 13, 2026; the Solid Waste and Recycling Committee urged a bidders conference and better RFQ detail while debating the town collection center’s role.",{"_33":99,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":100,"_41":101,"_43":102,"_45":103,"_46":104,"_48":105,"_50":106,"_52":107,"_54":55,"_56":57,"_58":108,"_60":61,"_62":63,"_64":109,"_66":67,"_68":69,"_70":67,"_71":72,"_73":72},6057706,"Kingston officials move to enforce cease-and-desist at Lone Tree Summer Camp",1290,170000,1460000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3300302-63491ac48a7bd9fde6420c0ba1d6a654&start=170&end=1460","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3300302-63491ac48a7bd9fde6420c0ba1d6a654/thumbnail_170000.jpg","/articles/6057706/Kingston/Rockingham-County/New-Hampshire/Kingston-officials-move-to-enforce-cease-and-desist-at-Lone-Tree-Summer-Camp","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6057706-cdea349f28982226d9b9f7aa254a24e2/orig.mp4?Expires=1775124498&Signature=nOxJIvG0NvLSadMY7CYOPZTL8Xkxfd9-BgUYkbrPVQzgtZCRzllpAZa523GA9qXUir5aqWwS8d2DeCbVyD6AooJzUrxQqlXCQN5Bguik4AGbjbYiwyMDIv3DlF6LgSRP3xF6L1Pw71IZpuBsZ9rwkPE2MiAFY0NBVij6uy2HrCSUQky5o2eMq-xulnj3MfLa0GCbCSqTTFCYrQOJ8Zb~m2xZYrAjWDL6mXjK~IF-1Gx6z35RKBOWjEOViJft-Kes114RXHUB-EWNVRqEhzqGqlcXq2qZiFRX8DdtPX6jveFv0mMkqPlcffrv5Db0LuMSLNGuOfVdajgcKcSSD1JCOA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Kingston Select Board voted unanimously to authorize town counsel to pursue enforcement steps after the planning board reported that Lone Tree Summer Camp LLC had expanded uses of the property without site-plan approval.

The planning board chair, Lynn Merrill, told the Select Board the camp was approved originally as a children’s camp and for a small trades-education program but later added unpermitted features, including concerts, short‑term cabin rentals and day visitors. Merrill said the planning board repeatedly asked the owner to file a formal site‑plan application and received only an “existing conditions” plan that did not document changes of use. “We want you to do this, could you please just do a site plan so that we can have the discussion,” Merrill said of the board’s outreach.

Town planner Glenn Greenwood, who accompanied Merrill, said the property provided an existing‑conditions plan but no site‑plan application and no documentation of any change of use from the previously approved children’s camp. “We did receive a plan. However, we did not have, we had an as‑is plan, the buildings were labeled, but not labeled with any use,” Greenwood said.

Merrill and Greenwood told the Select Board that the town issued a cease‑and‑desist/notice of action on 06/18/2024 and later gave the property owner until Feb. 28 to submit a site‑plan review application. The notice also set a July 9, 2024 deadline to abate specific unpermitted activities and cited RSA 676:17 for potential daily fines if violations continue beyond the date of notice.

Board members expressed concern about public‑safety and code issues observed during prior inspections. The Select Board chair asked that counsel outline enforceable steps, including reissuing the cease‑and‑desist, assessing fines per town and state authority, and if necessary seeking court orders. The board voted to authorize a town official to contact counsel and proceed as advised. Motion by Ellie Alessio; second by Ellen Faulconer. The motion passed unanimously.

The board also discussed whether health, fire and building inspectors should do follow‑up inspections to document specific code violations that would support enforcement. Greenwood and Merrill emphasized the planning board’s view that the owner has had repeated opportunities to come into compliance through site‑plan review and said the current filings do not show the additional uses the owner is operating.

Select Board members said they would ask counsel to prepare enforceable next steps and report back to the board; the chair said he would contact counsel “tomorrow or sooner.” The board did not immediately impose fines at the meeting; it authorized counsel contact and potential enforcement actions based on counsel’s recommendations.","After planning-board reviewers say Lone Tree Summer Camp has expanded uses without approval, the Select Board authorized counsel contact to pursue fines and shutdown options under a June 18, 2024 notice and RSA 676:17.","actionData","errors"]

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