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Ossipee authorizes two-year salt contract at $85.80/ton; residents press for more paving
Summary
Selectmen authorized a 2025–26 salt contract with Eastern Minerals at $85.80 per ton and heard resident concerns about Osmond/Ossipee Mountain Road paving and town paving priorities.
Selectmen authorized purchase authority for winter road salt under the state bid and heard public concern about unpaved town roads.
The board voted to authorize contracting with Eastern Minerals for salt at $85.80 per ton for the 2025–26 period, with a smaller standing order through Morton Salt as a secondary supplier. The motion to authorize the contract was made, seconded and approved by voice vote.
In public input, resident Frank Burke asked why town crews graded only part of Osmond (Ossipee Mountain) Road and had not completed work farther up the dirt section. A public-works speaker said crews had addressed washboard areas and restored the crown in places, and noted that “to tear that whole road up makes no…
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