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Votes at a glance: Council approves equipment purchases, road acceptance and personnel changes
Summary
At its March 27 meeting the Merrimack Town Council approved multiple capital withdrawals and administrative actions, accepted a subdivision road, and advanced a tax-exemption change to public hearing. Key vote tallies and motions are listed below.
The Merrimack Town Council on March 27 approved a series of motions ranging from capital reserve withdrawals for emergency equipment to acceptance of a newly constructed subdivision road, and moved proposed changes to the town's elderly tax-exemption schedule to public hearing.
Votes at a glance
- Girl Scout tree-planting project: Motion to approve the Girl Scout Troop 62031 request to plant two trees in Frasier Square and authorize the town manager to sign any related paperwork. Motion by Nancy Murphy; second by Mackenzie. Vote recorded as: yes 6, no 0, abstain 0. Outcome: approved.
- Resignation of Mark Williams (Planning Board): Motion to accept the resignation and issue a certificate of appreciation. Motion by Nancy Harrington; second by Jennifer. Vote recorded as: yes 6, no 0, abstain 0. Outcome: accepted.
- Appointments to committees (Heritage Commission alternate, Planning Board full member, Town Center Committee): Motion to approve presented appointments. Motion by Andy; seconded by Jennifer. Vote recorded as: yes 5, no 0, abstain 0 (one councilor temporarily absent). Outcome: approved.
- Withdrawal from Ambulance Capital Reserve Fund: Motion to approve withdrawal of $31,000 to cover increased product/manufacturing costs for an ambulance ordered ~2.5 years earlier, and authorize necessary signatures. Motion by (councilor); second. Vote recorded as: yes 5, no 0, abstain 0 (one councilor stepped out). Outcome: approved.
- Acceptance of Whitetail Ridge (road acceptance, easements, fire cistern): Motion to accept the road, associated sidewalk/slope/drainage easements, and fire cistern, and authorize the town manager to sign related documents. Motion by Nancy Harrington; second by Andy. Vote recorded as: yes 6, no 0, abstain 0. Outcome: approved.
- Withdrawal from Computer Capital Reserve Fund: Motion to withdraw $26,571.30 for replacement of server infrastructure approaching end of warranty; authorize town manager to sign. Motion by (councilor); second. Vote recorded as: yes 6, no 0, abstain 0. Outcome: approved.
- Ambulance equipment (cardiac monitors): Motion to withdraw up to $218,000 from ambulance equipment capital reserve fund to buy three new cardiac monitors, refurbish two older monitors, purchase mounts and training, and authorize town manager to sign. Motion by (councilor); second. Vote recorded as: yes 6, no 0, abstain 0. Outcome: approved.
- Fire equipment (thermal imaging cameras): Motion to withdraw up to $25,000 from fire equipment capital reserve fund to buy three larger thermal-imaging units and eight personal imagers plus mounts, and authorize town manager to sign. Motion by Nancy Murphy; seconded by Jennifer. Vote recorded as: yes 6, no 0, abstain 0. Outcome: approved.
- Personnel policy manual update (comprehensive rewrite and pay plan adjustments): Motion to adopt the updated personnel policy manual (including clarified ADA/pregnancy accommodations, payroll deductions language, call-in pay change, new paid military leave language, transition of personal-leave accruals to fiscal-year timing, a special-award day, and associated appendices). Motion by Nancy Harrington; second by Jennifer. Vote recorded as: yes 5, no 0, abstain 0 (one councilor absence recorded in roll). Outcome: approved.
- Elderly-exemption adjustments: Motion to move proposed changes to Merrimack Town Code Chapter 178 (elderly exemptions) to public hearing and to make any adopted changes retroactive to April 1, 2025. Motion by Nancy Harrington; second by Nancy Murphy. Vote recorded as: yes 6, no 0, abstain 0. Outcome: moved to public hearing; council directed staff to publish hearing notice.
- Rotary Club project at Wasserman Park (ten changing stalls in junior camp cabin): Motion to approve the Rotary Club of Merrimack's proposed project to build 10 individual changing stalls in the junior camp cabin at Wasserman Park. Motion by Michelle Mackenzie; second by Nancy Harrington. Vote recorded as: yes 6, no 0, abstain 0. Outcome: approved.
- Minutes approvals (Feb. 27 as amended; March 12 special session): Motions to approve minutes passed (Feb. 27 approved as amended; March 12 special session approved). Vote tallies recorded in the minutes (Feb. 27: yes 5, no 0, abstain 1; March 12 special: yes 6, no 0, abstain 0). Outcome: approved.
Notes: vote tallies and mover/second attributions are taken from the meeting transcript and reflect council roll calls and spoken tallies recorded during the March 27 meeting.
