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Henniker selectmen approve three police grant actions, including OHRV and cruiser-printer funding
Summary
The board delegated signature authority and accepted a $2,700 New Hampshire Fish & Game OHRV enforcement grant and approved a $9,069.50 Office of Highway Safety grant to add in-cruiser printers; the police chief said a third grant application is pending.
The Henniker Board of Selectmen approved grant acceptances and delegated execution authority to the police chief and town administrator for current police grant awards.
Police Chief Matt French described three grant actions in sequence. First, he asked the board to accept a New Hampshire Fish & Game OHRV enforcement grant and to authorize the chief to sign grant paperwork; the board moved, seconded and approved acceptance of a $2,700 grant (motion carries, 3-0). Next, Chief French described an Office of Highway Safety grant intended to install printers in patrol cruisers so summonses and crash reports can be printed and transmitted electronically; estimated town cost-share for materials and installation was discussed (the chief cited about $625 for equipment plus labor). The board moved, seconded and approved acceptance of an Office of Highway Safety grant in the amount of $9,069.50 and delegated signature authority to the police chief and town administrator (motion carries, 3-0). Chief French said he is working on a third grant application and hopes to bring it to the board in the coming weeks.
Board members asked operational questions about backup procedures for printers if they fail (the chief said officers would revert to hand-written summonses) and about how electronic transmission to courts would be handled (the chief explained the court still requires a printed copy to be delivered).
