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Select Board approves Class VI permit, upholds Lancaster Estates billing and denies late Boy Scout exemption
Summary
At its Jan. 6 meeting the Lancaster Select Board approved a building permit on a Class VI road contingent on a liability waiver, kept the existing Lancaster Estates water/sewer billing structure, and denied Troop 219’s late charitable exemption, among other administrative actions.
The Lancaster Select Board took several administrative actions at its Jan. 6 meeting, approving a Class VI road building permit, maintaining existing billing practices for Lancaster Estates Mobile Home Park and denying a late charitable-exemption application from Boy Scout Troop 219.
On the Class VI permit for Tax Map R05, Lot 8 (Causeway), Town Manager Jessica Cyr reviewed the permit process and Land Use Coordinator Robin Irving said she was uncomfortable approving construction already underway without required steps; the board approved the permit contingent on a signed liability waiver after a motion by Selectman Kathy-Jean Lavoie and second by Selectman Shane Beattie.
The board reviewed an email from Lancaster Estates Mobile Home Park requesting base water/sewer fees be charged only on occupied lots. The board voted to maintain the existing billing structure, citing concern about setting a precedent.
Northtown Associates recommended denying Boy Scout Troop 219’s 2024 charitable exemption for untimely filing; the board voted to deny the application and asked staff to identify other abatement or relief options the troop might pursue.
Other actions included approving minutes from the Dec. 16, 2024 meeting; sending a Land Use Change Tax abatement package and assessor memo to property owner Daniel Morris; and requesting an official response from the assessor on a 2023 abatement request filed by Leo Rideout Jr. (vote on the Rideout request: Beattie and Lavoie yes; Rideout abstained). The board also set a public hearing on updated police ordinances for the April 7, 2025 meeting.
The board voted to enter a non-public session under RSA 91-A:3 II(a) for personnel matters and later voted to seal those non-public minutes indefinitely.
