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Bristol Select Board elects chair, approves warrants and indefinitely seals a nonpublic session
Summary
At its March 19 meeting the Select Board elected Shaun Lagueux chair and Scott Sanschagrin vice chair, voted to indefinitely seal a just‑held nonpublic session, and approved quarter‑one water and sewer warrants and routine consent agenda items.
The Bristol Select Board on March 19 reorganized its leadership, approved routine financial warrants and consent items, and voted to indefinitely seal the minutes from a nonpublic session held earlier the same evening.
Selectman Don Milbrand moved to elect Shaun Lagueux as Select Board Chair; the motion passed 4‑0‑1. The board then elected Scott Sanschagrin as Vice Chair by a 4‑0‑1 vote. The meeting record also shows a motion by Chair Lagueux to indefinitely seal minutes from the nonpublic session held under New Hampshire RSA 91‑A:3 II (a),(b),(c); the board approved the seal by roll call, 5‑0‑0. The earlier nonpublic session had been entered at 5:01 p.m. and the board returned to public session at 6:00 p.m. after a motion by John Miller and a second from Lagueux.
On routine business the board voted to accept the public and nonpublic minutes of March 5, 2026 (motion by John Miller; vote 5‑0‑0), and approved the consent agenda (motion by Shaun Lagueux; amendment to add an additional appointment date and a missing facility report was moved and approved). The Consent Agenda is attached to the meeting minutes as Appendix A and lists accounts payable and payroll manifests, facility report updates, veterans credits and elderly exemption removals, appointments, and the distribution of building maintenance funds totaling $24,093.31.
The board also approved the Quarter 1 Water Warrant for $142,059.00 and Sewer Warrant for $149,495.85, retroactive to Jan. 2, 2026, to authorize billing; the motion to approve was recorded as passing 4‑0‑1. Town Administrator Christina Goodwin said the warrants authorize sending bills and do not transfer funds.
Why it matters: the reorganization sets board leadership for the coming year and the sealed minutes preserve confidentiality for matters discussed in nonpublic session under RSA 91‑A. Approving warrants enables utility billing and routine town operations to proceed.
What happens next: sealed nonpublic minutes will remain closed unless the board later votes to unseal them; the board will process the approved warrants and continue routine consent‑agenda business at subsequent meetings.
