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Selectmen take several administrative votes, authorize testimony and set temporary no‑parking period on Amherst Street
Summary
The selectmen approved routine items, authorized testimony on ambulance billing bills, raised Labor Day parade support to $8,000, approved EDAC bylaws and goals, recorded board support for a tennis‑court petition and approved a temporary no‑parking order on Amherst Street to address safety.
The Board of Selectmen recorded a series of administrative votes at the Jan. 27 meeting. Several actions were procedural or administrative but have direct consequences for town operations and forthcoming public processes.
Key votes and formal actions (outcomes recorded in meeting minutes):
- Consent calendar (donation of child restraints to Ambulance Department; two tax abatement requests): Approved (motion carried). The consent calendar included acceptance/appropriation of unanticipated revenues under RSA provisions for ambulance restraint equipment and two prorated tax abatements related to microburst damage.
- Authorization to testify on ambulance billing bills: The board authorized Ambulance Director Eric Kjellberg to testify on House Bill 316 (balance‑billing/reimbursement issues) and House Bill 185 (reimbursement fee schedule). Motion to authorize Mr. Kjellberg to represent the town passed (mover: Selectman Daugherty; second: Selectman Filbrick; recorded vote: aye).
- Labor Day parade support funding: The board amended a warrant article before deliberative session to increase requested town support for the Labor Day parade from $6,000 to $8,000 after committee testimony and a discussion of donations and parade costs. Motion to raise the annual appropriation to $8,000 passed unanimously (5–0).
- Minutes: The board approved the Jan. 23 minutes as amended (motion carried).
- EDAC (Economic Development Advisory Council): The board approved EDAC’s draft bylaws with edits discussed at the meeting and accepted EDAC’s stated goals, allowing future changes if EDAC requests them.
- Petition warrant article — Keys Memorial Park tennis courts: The selectmen recorded the board’s support in the meeting for the petition article to appropriate $60,000 for tennis court repairs; the recorded board position on that petition was 3–2 in favor after a board vote reported in the meeting.
- Temporary no‑parking on a portion of Amherst Street: After extended public safety discussion the board approved a temporary no‑parking restriction on the Amherst Street segment where parked vehicles were blocking lanes and sidewalk lines are obscured. The temporary ban was ordered to begin with signage and run until the town can repaint and shift striping — the motion specified implementation by May 1, weather permitting. The board recorded the motion as carried 4–1.
Procedural note: Several of these items will appear on the public deliberative agenda and in associated warrant materials; the board instructed staff to prepare the necessary signage, budget notes and communications for residents.
Ending: The board took a mix of consent, administrative and policy‑setting actions and directed staff to follow up on the technical steps (signage, survey/deed work, refined preliminary design and RSMS follow‑up) discussed elsewhere on the agenda.
