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Orange Select Board approves timber intent, building permit and administrative items; representative raises bus-driver reciprocity
Summary
At its Oct. 21 meeting the Select Board approved a Timber Intent to Cut for DH Hardwick & Sons, accepted a building permit for 54 Cross Rd, reviewed action items, heard public comment on bus-driver reciprocity from Rep. Thomas Oppel, and entered a sealed nonpublic session where a letter and a veteran exemption were approved.
The Orange Select Board on Oct. 21 approved routine permitting and administrative items, reviewed open action items, heard a public comment about school bus-driver reciprocity, and entered a sealed nonpublic session.
The board accepted a Timber Intent to Cut from DH Hardwick & Sons for Cardigan Mountain Forest (map 7 lot 2) after confirming the contractor had won the NH Division of Forests and Lands bid process and posted the required bond. Select Board member Lucy LaChance moved to accept the timber intent; Samara Pitre seconded. The motion passed 2-0-0.
The board also approved a building permit for new construction at 54 Cross Rd submitted by the Stone Family Revocable Trust; the Building Inspector had approved the permit and fees were received. Select Board member Samara Pitre moved to accept the permit; Lucy LaChance seconded and the motion passed 2-0-0.
During the action-item review the board closed tasks such as adding deed guidance to the town newsletter and following up with the Canaan Fire Chief about Orange Pond access; other maintenance and capital-improvement items were postponed or assigned to named contractors and volunteers with target timelines, some pushed into 2026.
In public comment, Thomas Oppel, Grafton District 9 Representative for Canaan, Dorchester and Orange, told the board there is a shortage of school bus drivers and that New Hampshire currently does not accept Vermont driver certifications; he said he has opened legislation to allow reciprocity. The board did not take action on that issue at the meeting.
At 7:02 p.m., Samara Pitre moved to enter nonpublic session under RSA 91-A:3-c to discuss two reputation issues; the roll call recorded Aaron Allen absent, Lucy LaChance yes and Samara Pitre yes. The board left nonpublic at 7:28 p.m., voted to seal the nonpublic minutes and later reported actions taken in nonpublic: a letter to a resident and acceptance of a Veteran Exemption Application. The meeting adjourned at 7:30 p.m.
