Greenland Selectmen accept Highway Safety grant, release road retainage and approve routine financial measures

The Greenland Board of Selectmen on May 19 accepted a Department of Safety/Highway Safety grant for its police department and approved a slate of routine financial and personnel actions. Staff said the 2026 Highway Safety Grant totals $11,900; the Board voted to accept the funds and authorized Town Administrator Steve Smith to sign the grant paperwork.

The Board approved the minutes from its May 5, 2025 meeting by voice vote. It also approved release of 2024 retainage for road repairs in the amount of $19,246.93 to Rosencares, as requested by Altus Engineering; a motion to release the retainage was made and seconded and carried. Board members confirmed the work had been reviewed and withstood the winter.

Financial manifests were approved: accounts payable in the amount of $145,554.76 and the payroll manifest for $95,609.31. The Board approved a $750 veteran tax credit for a resident at 22 Sunset Drive. The Board reappointed Bill Villadue to the Conservation Commission for a term expiring in March 2028.

During general discussion members also raised a state budget item (HB475) that was on an "ought to pass" list; a board member urged residents to contact state senators and legislators to request reconsideration or removal from that list ahead of Senate floor action. The meeting concluded with public comments about local speeding concerns; town staff said no recent increase in speeding had been verified and that new speed display devices will collect data to inform any future action.