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Votes at a glance: New Durham select board approves tax credits, appointments and personnel moves
Summary
At its May 26 meeting the New Durham Board of Selectmen approved a set of routine actions: a conditional charitable real-estate exemption, veteran and disability tax credits, an interim fire-chief hire, an adviser appointment for the Meeting House, and authorized signing of a Prospect Mountain contract; the board also scheduled a June 9 public hearing on an access-road renaming.
The New Durham Board of Selectmen recorded several formal actions during its May 26 meeting, summarized here for quick reference.
- Real-estate exemption: The board approved a charitable real-estate exemption for Map/Lot MAC 115-001 conditioned on receipt of the required IRS paperwork (motion recorded and approved by voice vote; board stated condition of receiving last year’s IRS form).
- Veteran tax credit: The board approved a $750 veteran tax credit for a qualifying lot (motion approved by voice vote).
- Service-connected total disability credit: The board approved a $4,000 tax credit for a service-connected total disability for the same parcel (motion approved by voice vote).
- Prospect Mountain survey contract: Members confirmed a previously approved contract would be signed that night now that finance indicated funding is available; staff agreed to circulate a signed copy to interested members.
- Interim fire chief: The board moved to hire 'Cougar Varney' as an interim fire chief at 26 hours per week at $29.59 per hour. Members said they had contacted the candidate, who was reported to have accepted and to start the following morning; the motion passed by voice vote (tally announced in meeting audio as 2 to 1).
- Meeting House steward adviser: The board appointed Greg Anthes as a special adviser to form a stewardship committee for the historic Meeting House; the motion passed by voice vote.
- Road-renaming public hearing: The board set a public hearing for June 9 at about 6 p.m. to consider renaming the Shaw's Pond Access Road (also called the public right of way) to 'Beach Street' and directed staff to notify nearby residents and post the agenda notice.
- Sealing minutes / nonpublic: The board entered nonpublic under RSA provisions and moved to seal the minutes for the nonpublic session; the motion to seal was approved as announced in the meeting.
These items were adopted as part of the evening’s consent and action agenda; where the motion record included a vote tally it was recorded as announced in the meeting audio. The board discussed next steps and documentation for several items (signed contract copies, IRS form for exemption, and follow-up on interim-hire paperwork).
