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Selectmen approve routine items; new code-enforcement officer confirmed; petition seeks second polling location and $15,000 for machines
Summary
The board approved routine motions by voice vote, acknowledged and confirmed Chris Levy as the town’s new code enforcement officer, and heard a petition from a resident seeking a second polling location and $15,000 to buy voting machines. The board also made motions to approve minutes and to enter non-public sessions from Dec. 18.
At the start of the meeting the board approved routine procedural items by voice vote: a motion to approve the minutes of the Dec. 18 regular meeting, a motion to hold a non-public meeting on Dec. 18 under RSA-authorized exemptions, and the consent agenda. Each motion was seconded and approved by voice vote with members responding "aye."
The board acknowledged and the town welcomed Chris Levy as the new code enforcement officer. Levy addressed the board and said he appreciated their "vote of confidence to take this job." Levy said he retired from federal government service in Washington, D.C., and moved to northern New Hampshire to be near family. "I look forward to getting to work here," he said.
During public input a resident who identified themselves as a petitioner presented a petition to the board asking for a second polling location (one in Swansea Center and one at the town’s main location) and said the petition gathered what the petitioner estimated was about 160 signatures. The petitioner said the petition sought $15,000 to acquire additional voting machines and to pay staffing and programming costs. "We also, in the petition, tried to raise $15,000 to get voting machines and to pay the help and to have them programmed," the petitioner said. The board took the petition and discussion included questions about logistics and voter-notification processes; no immediate vote on the petition occurred.
Motions recorded at the meeting (voice votes): approval of Dec. 18 minutes (motion made and seconded — outcome recorded as "aye"), motion to hold non-public session on Dec. 18 (made and seconded — voice vote "aye"), and consent-agenda approval (seconded and approved by voice vote). The meeting record does not name motion mov ers or seconds in the minutes excerpt.
What’s next: the petition for a second polling place will be processed under the town’s petition rules; staff indicated budget and location questions would be addressed before any warrant article or implementation step. No financial commitment was made at the meeting.
