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Richmond selectmen approve payroll, IT contract and intent-to-cut; defer hazardous-waste decision
Summary
At their Jan. 12 meeting, the Town of Richmond Board of Selectmen approved $17,749.01 in payroll/accounts payable, a 2026 IT services contract with Wilderness Technical Services and an intent-to-cut for Map 405 Lot 024; they postponed a decision on hazardous-waste collection and will wait for an absent selectman before deciding on a timber cut.
The Town of Richmond Board of Selectmen met Jan. 12 and approved several routine financial and permitting items while deferring other decisions for further discussion.
At the meeting, Selectman Andrew Wallace moved and Selectman William Daniels seconded a motion to approve the weekly check detail for Jan. 2–Jan. 8, 2026, covering payroll and accounts payable in the amount of $17,749.01. The board approved the motion. Wallace then moved — with Daniels seconding — to approve the town’s 2026 annual IT services agreement with Wilderness Technical Services; the board approved that contract as well. Later in the meeting, Daniels moved and Wallace seconded approval of an Intent to Cut for Map 405, Lot 024; the board approved the filing. The transcript does not record individual roll-call vote tallies beyond the recorded mover and seconder.
Susan Harrington, town staff who prepared the minutes, reported that the Trustees of the Trust Funds asked her to advise the board that the Fire Department Equipment Fund balance was $18,929.86 as of Dec. 31, 2025. Harrington also told the board about a proposed IT annual service agreement for the Richmond Public Library and said that the agreement will change the library’s proposed 2026 budget; the transcript does not specify the dollar impact.
The board reviewed the Cheshire County Sheriff’s Office dispatch log for December 2025 and noted a letter from the law firm Drummond Woodsum about an updated municipality hourly rate effective Jan. 1, 2026. Members discussed capital reserve and EFT funds and raised the front door of the Taylor Van Brocklin Building as an item to address; no formal action was recorded on those items.
On a separate agenda appointment, Shane Hakala met with the board to advise on a timber cut on town property and to discuss road salt. The board agreed to wait for Selectman Douglas Bersaw, who was absent, before deciding on the timber-cut request. Harrington said she would contact Cargill regarding road salt and would inform Hakala and the road agent of any findings.
Board business concluded and the meeting adjourned at 6:26 p.m. The minutes also note that Town Hall will be closed Monday, Jan. 19, 2026, in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
The board did not adopt a final decision on the hazardous-waste collection commitment for Summer/Fall 2026 and Spring 2027; members said they would hold the matter for further discussion at a later meeting.
