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Selectmen approve auction, bond releases and appointment; budget items advanced
Summary
The Candia Board of Selectmen authorized an auction of nine surplus properties, released two project bonds, appointed a new firefighter candidate and approved several budget adjustments including a 2.7% COLA treatment and a higher welfare stipend; multiple votes passed by voice roll call during the Oct. 6 meeting.
The Candia Board of Selectmen on Oct. 6 authorized several routine town actions and advanced budget items during a meeting dominated by department reports and budget preparation.
The board voted to authorize an auctioneer to proceed with sale of nine surplus properties after two public hearings produced no public comment. A committee member moved to "authorize the auctioneer to proceed to sale," the motion was seconded and approved by voice vote. The board discussed an approximately 60-day timeline for advertising and sale preparation.
Members also approved release of remaining performance bonds for recent road projects. A motion to release the two-year bond for Meadowwood/Maplewood Road was made and seconded; members then approved release of a bond for the Landing Point project after members inspected the completed work and reported the roads were finished.
The board accepted Dean's recommendation to appoint Nathan Lettier to the fire department; the appointment motion was moved, seconded and approved by voice vote.
On budget matters, the board confirmed a proposed cost-of-living adjustment treatment across wage lines and agreed to send the corrected 2026 proposed budget to the budget committee for review. The selectmen approved a welfare stipend increase after discussion of hourly equivalence and asked for quarterly reports from the welfare officer to document activity.
Other procedural votes included approval to authorize residents to erect a neighborhood watch sign on Halls Mill Road (moved and seconded during the police report) and a voice vote setting the town's Halloween/trick-or-treat evening and hours (members discussed an evening window around 5–8 p.m.). Each motion recorded during the meeting was moved, seconded and approved by voice roll call; members present answered by name during roll-call confirmations.
The board adjourned following routine business.
