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Select Board approves minutes, signs contracts and seals non-public minutes under RSA 91-A:3 II(c)
Summary
At its Jan. 20 meeting the Lancaster Select Board approved the Jan. 5 regular and non-public minutes, signed a North Country Fire Mutual Aid District contract and a $2 gravel tax warrant, entered and later sealed a non-public session under RSA 91-A:3 II(c), and adjourned at 8:13 p.m.
The Lancaster Select Board on Jan. 20 approved routine governance items, signed paperwork, heard department updates and entered a sealed non-public session under state law, according to the minutes.
Motions recorded in the minutes include: approval of the Jan. 5, 2026 regular meeting minutes (motion by Selectman Leon Rideout, second by Selectman Kathy-Jean Lavoie; all in favor) and approval of the Jan. 5 non-public session minutes (motion by Lavoie, second by Rideout; all in favor). The board signed paperwork including the North Country Fire Mutual Aid District Contract 2026 and a gravel tax warrant for AB Aggregates, Inc. (Tax Map R01, Lot 6) in the amount of $2.00.
The minutes record a motion (Rideout, second Lavoie) and roll-call vote to enter non-public session under RSA 91-A:3 II(c) (matters which, if discussed in public, would likely affect adversely the reputation of any person, other than a member of the public body, unless such person requests an open meeting); the board returned to public session at 8:10 p.m. and subsequently voted to seal the non-public minutes until all matters are resolved. The meeting adjourned at 8:13 p.m.
Department highlights reported to the board included police staffing updates (Police Chief Jon Woodworth), transfer-station budget and tire-revenue declines (Supervisor Rusty Scott), a draft 2024 audit under review (Finance Director Maggie Frizzell; Tim Greene of Roberts & Greene), fire/EMS statistics and delayed ladder-truck parts (Fire Chief Randy Flynn), a sidewalk-plow axle repair cost of about $900 and rising parts prices, and a Lancaster Housing Authority resignation (Britini Cummings). The minutes include a public-comment question about valve operation for river flow from Alan Savage and a notice of a Joint Planning & Zoning meeting on Jan. 28 to review zoning amendments ahead of town meeting.
The minutes identify the Select Board members present (Shane Beattie, Kathy-Jean Lavoie, Leon Rideout) and note that the board agreed to an earlier start time of 6:00 p.m. for its Feb. 17 meeting to accommodate public hearings.
