The Rockingham County Board of Commissioners approved a slate of organizational and fiscal items at its Jan. 8 meeting, including officer appointments, liaison assignments, consent-agenda payments and several personnel- and policy-related motions.

Commissioners voted to confirm officer assignments for the newly seated board: Commissioner Coyle was named chair, the maker of the nominations took the vice-chair position, and Commissioner Tom (last name in record: Tamberrillo/Barrello – recorded as Commissioner Tom in the meeting) was designated clerk. The board also approved a set of departmental liaisons and committee assignments distributed among the three commissioners.

On financial matters the board approved the consent agenda, which included an accounts-payable list totaling $4,166,724.90. The board also declared two long-term-care beds surplus under the county disposal policy and approved the remainder of the consent agenda items.

Personnel and policy votes included: approval of changes to the county's earned-time accrual anniversary policy and a one-time adjustment to correct accrual balances affected by a payroll-system error; approval of emergency dismissal pay for courthouse and county attorney employees on Jan. 2, 2025, after power outages; and approval (after an executive-session follow-up) of a regrade/retitle for a senior office administrator position to business services manager and an associated exception request for a Department of Corrections employee.

The board nominated and appointed Commissioner Tom to the New Hampshire Association of Counties (NHAC) executive committee and approved a request to support a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) application from OneSky Community Services for purchase of property in Kensington, including scheduling a required public hearing on the request.

Where motions were moved and seconded the board recorded unanimous approval; most roll calls recorded three "yes" votes. Several agenda items were discussed at length before votes, and one personnel item was temporarily tabled for nonpublic review before final action later in the meeting.

The board handled other routine matters, including authorization language about commissioner authority to enter agreements (see separate item on organizational protocols), electronic-signature use by the commissioners and direction on requiring department liaisons to notify the commissioners' office before contacting legal counsel on new matters.