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Selectmen approve payroll and large accounts-payable warrants, accept donations and appoint volunteers; enter sealed nonpublic session
Summary
The Marlborough Board of Selectmen unanimously approved a $19,285.33 payroll warrant and a $278,426.48 accounts-payable manifest, accepted $150 in donations for the Revolutionary War Monument, confirmed multiple committee appointments effective April 1, 2026, and entered a nonpublic session under RSA 91-A:3, II(a), later sealing the nonpublic minutes.
The Marlborough Board of Selectmen at its March 25 meeting unanimously approved the March 26 payroll warrant for $19,285.33 and an Accounts Payable Payment Manifest for $278,426.48.
The board also accepted donations to the Revolutionary War Monument as unanticipated revenue under New Hampshire RSA 31:95(b): Rita Grace donated $100 and the D&D Bennett Trust donated $50. Selectman Pitt moved to accept the donations; Selectman Nelson seconded and the vote was unanimous.
Selectman Nelson moved and Selectman Pitt seconded approval of a slate of volunteer appointments effective April 1, 2026. Appointments included Glenn Parker (Zoning Board, April 1, 2026'March 31, 2029), Casper Bemis (Planning Board, April 1, 2026'March 31, 2029), Jane Pitt (Ex-Officio, Planning Board and member of the Heritage Commission), Peter Switzer, Alissa Delaney and Leanne Coutts (Recreation Committee), David Fairfield (Deputy Moderator), Kathy Chamberlain and Ted Mead (Heritage Commission), Deb Paxton (Alternate Library Trustee), Kim Wilcox (Planning Board) and Jerry Burns (Energy Committee). The motion passed unanimously.
The board reviewed and signed the RTC Annual Facilities Report and the Water System Emergency Response Plan and agreed to follow DuBois & King's engineering recommendation to install deep sumps for Upper Bypass treatment alternatives; TA Smith has emailed NHDES to ask whether deep sumps are required in all catch basins. TA Smith will forward the Charter/Spectrum franchise agreement to the town's new attorney.
Selectman Pitt moved, and Chairman Paight seconded, to enter nonpublic session under RSA 91-A:3, II(a) at 11:15 a.m.; the roll call vote was unanimous. The public session reconvened at 12:10 p.m. Selectman Pitt moved to seal the nonpublic minutes on the basis that divulgence would likely render a proposed action ineffective; Chairman Paight seconded and the roll call vote to seal was unanimous. The board then voted unanimously to adjourn at 12:10 p.m.
