Jackson Select Board swears in new police chief, approves landfill monitoring and trust-fund withdrawals

Jackson’s Select Board convened May 12, 2026, and administered the oath for the town’s newly appointed police chief, acknowledged the outgoing chief, and completed a series of routine municipal actions including a landfill monitoring contract and trust-fund withdrawals to cover ambulance and groundwater-monitoring invoices.

Barbara Campbell, Select Board chair, read the appointment and administered the oath to the town’s police chief; the minutes refer to the officer both as “Lt. Mosher” and later as “Chief Mosher.” Campbell also thanked outgoing Chief Perley for succession planning. The minutes record the board’s congratulations to “Mike” in relation to the appointment but do not include direct quotes from the oath.

On financial and contract matters, the board approved HEB Engineers’ annual monitoring contract for the former Meloon Road landfill, a one-year engagement that includes two site visits and inspection reports for an annual cost not to exceed $4,500; funding was identified in the landfill expendable trust fund. The board also read and approved a timber-bond notice for an Intent to Cut on Green Hill Road (Map R13 Lot 19), which states, “This letter is to inform you that a bond will be required before your request of Intent to Cut on Green Hill Rd. in Jackson, NH is approved. The bond amount is for $3,291.50.”

The Select Board acted on a slate of property tax exemptions and credits after the assessor’s recommendations: the board denied a charitable-exemption request from the New England Forestry Foundation for two parcels (Map R30 Lots 4 and 17) citing insufficient proof of charitable use; it approved a charitable exemption for the Jackson Historical Society, a religious exemption for Jackson Community Church, an elderly exemption, four solar exemptions, and five veterans’ credits as recommended.

The board reported completion of the town’s 2024 independent audit and that the 2025 audit is underway. The Select Board requested two withdrawals from trustees’ funds to pay invoices: $180,448.50 from the Bartlett/Jackson Ambulance Capital Reserve Fund for Sugarloaf Ambulance/Rescue Vehicles (Invoice #SO 1806, dated 4/05/2026) and $1,057.50 from the Meloon Road Groundwater Maintenance Expendable Trust Fund for HEB Engineers (Invoice #33185, dated 3/31/2025). The minutes record motions to request those withdrawals, seconded, and approved; no roll-call tallies are recorded in the minutes.

Other procedural business included a motion to seal the May 4 non-public minutes under RSA 91-A:3 II(a), and multiple motions to unseal and reseal specified executive-session minutes from 2003, 2004 and selected sessions in 2024 as listed in the minutes. Bob Thompson moved and Barbara Campbell seconded those motions; the minutes record that the motions were approved.

The board announced that construction and landscaping at the new fire station are complete and set a grand opening for Saturday, June 6, from 10 a.m. to noon. Road Agent Jim Langdon reported that a DOT application has been submitted for the Town Hall parking lot. Building Inspector Kevin Bennett noted an unpermitted driveway installation on Wilson Road and said he will notify the road agent.

The minutes show a recurring practice of unanimous-board approvals phrased as “All approved,” but they do not provide individual roll-call votes or numeric tallies. Where the minutes record approval, the article describes the motion and the recorded outcome without inferring absent numeric details.

The meeting adjourned at 4:14 p.m.