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Votes at a glance: Carroll County Commission meeting, May 19, 2025
Summary
A roundup of formal actions taken at the Carroll County Commission meeting on May 19, 2025, including minutes, accounts payable, committee appointments, procurement approvals and contract cancellations.
The Carroll County Commission recorded the following formal actions on May 19, 2025. Where the meeting transcript did not record full roll-call tallies or the name of the mover/second, the motion and outcome are summarized as shown.
- Approval of minutes (May 12, 2025): Motion to approve the minutes was made and seconded; commissioners voted to approve. (Vote tally not specified.)
- Accounts payable and payroll: The commission moved to approve accounts payable totaling $781,394.12 (presented as a string of numbers in the meeting) for the 05/16/2025 cycle and payroll for May 16 in the amount of $300,055.17. Motion carried. (Vote tally not specified.)
- Hay policy revision: Commissioners reviewed a revised hay policy, recessed for additional review, then approved the four-page updated hay policy governing sales and operations related to hay. (Motion carried; vote tally not specified.)
- Appointments to municipal records committee: The commission approved committee members including the executive coordinator, Aaron Ziffrick (finance), Keith Blair, April Carpenter, Karen Bridal (registrar of deeds) or her deputy, Brian King (jail), Mike Santuccio (sheriff) and Justin Lakey (IT). (Motion carried; vote tally not specified.)
- Authorization for registrar of deeds to proceed with Fiddler negotiations: Commissioners voted to allow the registrar to pursue contract discussions with Fiddler Technologies using delegation-approved ARPA-designated funds. No final contract was executed at the meeting. (Motion carried; vote tally not specified.)
- Bid award: Construction manager for Mountain View Community Facility upgrade awarded to Bonnet, Paige & Stone (BPS) — BPS bid $219,840 with an eight-month schedule; alternate bidder submitted $145,787 with a five-month schedule. Commissioners voted to award the contract to BPS. (Motion carried; vote tally not specified.)
- Cancellation of Siemens measurement-and-verification agreement: Facilities staff presented a cancellation of the county's measurement-and-verification agreement with Siemens after staff concluded the county had achieved the promised energy savings. The agreement required a final payment (noted in the meeting at $12,700). Commissioners authorized the facilities director to sign the cancellation. (Motion carried; vote tally not specified.)
- Nonpublic session and sealing of minutes: The commission voted to enter a nonpublic session under New Hampshire RSA 91-A:3, II(a) (personnel/public employee matters) and II(c) (reputation of a person other than a member of the public body), and later to seal the nonpublic minutes. The roll call included a recorded "yes" from Commissioner Parker; the transcript records the motion as carried. (Vote tally not specified.)
Several items recorded in the meeting were discussed but not decided at the May 19 session, including the county's proposed check-signing policy, a planned right-to-know training on June 2, and additional technical confirmations needed for the Fiddler records migration.
