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Hillsborough selectmen approve reduced event fees, several payments and project updates
Summary
At their Aug. 13 meeting the Hillsborough Selectmen voted to charge $100 for the Dawg Tournament, waived a $100 pavilion fee for the Lions Club with a $4-per-nonresident reimbursement condition, approved payroll and accounts-payable manifests (including a $1,081,610.34 payment to HDSD) and authorized a $22,000 paving invoice; the Board also heard updates on Woods Woolen Mill, sidewalk RFQs and demolition bids.
The Hillsborough Board of Selectmen on Aug. 13 approved several administrative motions and heard updates on infrastructure and redevelopment projects.
Selectman Richard Pelletier moved and Selectwoman Iris Campbell seconded a motion to charge a $100 usage fee for the Dawg Tournament at Grimes Field, reduced from the filed usage fee of $1,125. Organizer Bryan Parenteau told the Board teams pay entry fees that cover porta‑potties, cleaning, umpires, field lining and prizes and that he typically subsidizes the event by about $300 to break even.
The Board also waived the $100 pavilion rental fee for the Lions Club’s September picnic, with an agreement that the Club will reimburse the town $4 for each attendee who is not a Hillsborough resident. Pelletier moved the waiver and Campbell seconded; the motion passed.
On routine business, Selectwoman Campbell moved and Selectman Pelletier seconded approval of the July 23, 2025 meeting minutes and the Aug. 13 consent agenda (which included a cemetery deed for James Rock). The Board authorized signing payroll check numbers 20369–20462 (Vouchers 31–33) totaling $423,300.49 and Accounts Payable check numbers 034322–034427 (Vouchers 28–29) totaling $1,468,726.61; the minutes note an A/P payment to HDSD of $1,081,610.34. Those manifests were approved by unanimous motion.
Town Administrator Laura Buono asked the Board to approve payment of a $22,000 invoice from Bow Paving for work completed on Second NH Turnpike; Selectwoman Campbell moved to sign the invoice, Selectman Pelletier seconded, and the motion passed. Buono said the invoice had not been included in the night’s printed manifest because it arrived after checks were prepared and the company requested quicker payment because it is a smaller firm.
The Board received updates on several projects: Buono said the Town received an additional $150,000 grant for reclamation of the Woods Woolen Mill site and that a brief presentation of current plans will be on the next Selectmen agenda. RFQs for a construction engineering firm for the sidewalk project were sent to four preapproved firms and are due at the end of August; construction is scheduled for Spring 2026 with bids expected by January 2026 if a warrant article for additional funding is needed. Buono also said a bid package for demolition work at the former Associated Electric site will be issued within about a week and that $250,000 is currently available from an approved grant toward structure removal.
Selectman Pelletier updated the Board on a feasibility study regarding the Town of Deering’s possible withdrawal from the SAU; a committee recommendation is expected by early November. Buono reported that Deering continues to distribute transfer‑station stickers without the expected accountability, a practice she said undermines the purpose of monitoring eligible users.
The meeting adjourned at 7:56 p.m.
