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Votes at a glance: Lancaster Select Board approves minutes, signs reports and authorizes EMS equipment warrant
Summary
The Lancaster Select Board on Nov. 3 unanimously approved meeting minutes, signed required assessment papers and authorized placing a lease/purchase for two power cots and an automatic CPR machine on the town-meeting warrant; the board also entered and sealed a non-public session under RSA 91-A:3 II (j).
The Lancaster Select Board unanimously approved routine business at its Nov. 3 meeting, including acceptance of Oct. 20 regular and non-public meeting minutes, signing the MS-1 assessed valuation report and a repurchase deed, and approving a town-manager request to place a lease/purchase for medical equipment on the town-meeting warrant.
Why it matters: These actions complete ministerial steps that keep municipal reporting current and move a lease-purchase agreement for two power cots and an automatic CPR machine to a town-meeting vote, where voters will decide whether to proceed. Town Manager Jessica Cyr told the board the agreement contains an escape clause if the warrant article is defeated.
The board took these formal actions: - Approved the Oct. 20, 2025 regular meeting minutes (motion by Selectman Kathy-Jean Lavoie; seconded by Selectman Leon Rideout). All in favor; motion carried. - Approved the Oct. 20, 2025 non-public meeting minutes (motion by Lavoie; seconded by Rideout). All in favor; motion carried. - Signed the MS-1 assessed valuation report for submission to the Department of Revenue Administration and signed the repurchase deed for Tax Map P11, Lot 56 (administrative signatures). - Approved a motion (mover: Selectman Leon Rideout; seconder: Selectman Kathy-Jean Lavoie) authorizing the lease/purchase contract for two power cots and an automatic CPR machine and empowering Town Manager Jessica Cyr to sign documents related to the lease/purchase; the motion passed (All in favor). Cyr stated the contract includes an escape clause if town meeting rejects the article.
The board also voted by roll call to enter non-public session under RSA 91-A:3 II (j) to consider confidential commercial or financial information; roll-call votes were recorded as: Rideout—aye; Lavoie—aye; Beattie—aye. The board later returned to public session, voted to seal the non-public minutes until related issues are resolved, and adjourned at 7:34 p.m.
Next steps: The equipment lease/purchase will appear as a warrant article at town meeting; voters will determine whether the town proceeds. Minutes and the MS-1 will be filed per usual reporting procedures.
