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Andover Select Board approves Warrant #24 payments, wage warrants and two tax abatements
Summary
At its Dec. 9 meeting the Andover Select Board approved Warrant #24 payments including a $107,742 school payment and $72,261.29 to Pike Industries, authorized two wage warrants, and granted two tax abatements; members noted FEMA reimbursements and a future discussion on payback timing.
The Andover Select Board on Dec. 9 approved a slate of municipal payments and payroll warrants totaling several hundred thousand dollars and granted two property tax abatements.
Chair Brian Mills moved to approve Warrant #24, which included a $107,742 payment to Andover School and $72,261.29 to Pike Industries for road work tied to FEMA projects. The motion was seconded by Justin Thacker and carried. Mills said the FEMA payment for South Arm Road came in under budget by roughly $12,000, and the board noted the town will need to hold a separate discussion about how borrowed funds will be repaid.
The board also approved vendor payments in Warrant #24: CN Brown ($1,457.03) for diesel heating fuel; GPE ($1,881.00) for insurance; MedCare ($2,695.00); Morrison Motors ($7,058.27) for vehicle work; and $47,830.72 to Steve Swasey for dust control, FEMA work on Lohnes Road and gravel for South Arm Road. The remainder of the warrant ($244,717.07) was also carried. Motions were made by Mills and seconded by Thacker; the transcript records the votes as “Carried” but does not list individual tallies.
The board approved Wage Warrant #24 for $7,233.99 and an adjustment to Wage Warrant #23 bringing it to $6,779.81 (an additional $1,166.73) after a taxes-related correction. Both wage motions were carried.
The Select Board approved two tax abatements: $462.92 for Scott and Christina Farrington (Map 6 Lot 8), which the board said corrected an assessor removal of a Homestead exemption, and $351.25 for Charles and Norma Farrington (Map 6 Lot 9), which the board said restored Veteran and Homestead exemptions removed during a property update. Brian Mills moved each abatement; Justin Thacker seconded and motions carried.
The meeting record notes members discussed FEMA reimbursements and payback planning but provides no definitive repayment schedule; the transcript advises a follow-up discussion is required.
What happens next: the warrant payments and wage warrants were authorized immediately; the Select Board expects to follow up on the FEMA-related borrowing and repayment details at a future meeting.
