[0:00] Good evening and welcome to the Tuesday,

[0:02] May 19th, 2026 Derry Town Council meeting.

[0:06] I make a motion that we leave non-public session

[0:09] Second, that Motion to leave non-public Council mills.

[0:15] Yes. Councilor Healy. Yes. Councilor Webb? Yes.

[0:18] Councilor Chase? Yes. Councilor Flood. Yes. Councilor Foot?

[0:22] Yes. And chair votes? Yes. Motion passes.

[0:26] I make a motion to seal the minutes indefinitely

[0:29] because we could render a proposed action. Ineffective.

[0:34] Second that. All right. On the motion, council mills?

[0:38] Yes. Councilor Haley? Yes. Councilor Webb? Yes.

[0:41] Councilor Chase? Yes. Councilor Flood? Yes. Councilor Foote?

[0:44] Yes. And chair votes? Yes. Motion passes. Seven zero.

[0:47] Just as a reminder, if you could silence your cell phones,

[0:50] exits, emergency exits, or the back of the room,

[0:52] or the side of the room there.

[0:53] And in an emergency, please do not take the elevators.

[0:57] And on that note, we'll do the pledge first.

[1:00] So, council Flood, will you raise the pledge please?

[1:10] United States of America to the Republic

[1:17] in Liberty Justice.

[1:24] Alright, and roll call Councillor Mills.

[1:27] Good evening, Councillor Healy. Good

[1:29] Evening, Councilor Webb.

[1:31] Good evening, Councilor Chase. Good evening.

[1:34] Councilor Flood. Hello, councilor Foot.

[1:36] Good evening And good evening from the chair.

[1:40] Is there a motion to open public forum? So

[1:42] Moved. Second.

[1:44] All in favor a Aye. Any opposed? All right.

[1:48] The floor is yours. If you'd like to come up to speak,

[1:51] please state your name and address for the record.

[2:04] Steve Raffe. Is it

[2:06] on Steve Raffe?

[2:10] 13 North Shore Road?

[2:12] I'm a business owner and a in downtown

[2:16] real estate owner in the town of the builder.

[2:21] Just a couple of things. First of all, welcome Mr. Haley.

[2:24] I didn't get to say that you're in my district, so it's nice

[2:26] to have you have another voice in my district.

[2:29] That's great. I brought a drawing tonight.

[2:32] I just wanna, we had previously, you know,

[2:35] the town changed the long Folsom Road from a general

[2:38] commercial zone to an I industrial zone, an I two zone.

[2:42] I was not for that. I asked the council for months not

[2:45] to vote it in right away, go through some of the things,

[2:48] make sure it's right, it really is your job.

[2:51] And of course when the resolution came out, they voted in

[2:54] that day and we had quite a bit of time, well over a year

[2:57] to take a look at it and look a little closer.

[3:00] So now that I've been to the engineer,

[3:02] there have been some issues with that zone

[3:05] that wasn't taking care of it planning

[3:06] and of course town council

[3:08] would've had an opportunity to do that.

[3:09] So I say that more for maybe the new council people

[3:14] because I think it's good to take a look if you have time

[3:16] to take the time to do it.

[3:18] One of the things that came up while I was doing some

[3:20] engineering on that was that

[3:23] anywhere there's a residential home in an I two zone,

[3:25] it's a 50 foot setback.

[3:27] The problem with that, the lots are only 80 feet,

[3:30] so now you need a variance.

[3:31] Without the variance you could render a lot useless.

[3:35] The engineer I've done, I've tried to scale down.

[3:37] We originally had a 40,000 foot plan.

[3:39] I showed the council, I try to scale it down

[3:41] and now we're doing concepts,

[3:43] seeing what's feasible, what's not.

[3:44] It has become tougher with the I two,

[3:46] the engineer recommended.

[3:47] We just do industrial,

[3:49] we can do now we can do metal buildings.

[3:51] It's I two. There's no restrictions.

[3:53] We can do something that would be much easier to build,

[3:56] much cheaper and as profitable.

[3:58] But I've started at the top end and I'm working my way down.

[4:01] So just so you'll have an idea, most

[4:04] of the lots over there are about 80 feet wide.

[4:07] And, and I wanna show this drawing

[4:09] because this is part of what we're looking at.

[4:11] But you'll see these lots, they're all like the same size

[4:14] and based on the setback

[4:18] now being 50 feet, like from here, it's a variance.

[4:21] If they deny the variance, which they could, I guess maybe

[4:25] then of course there'd be no building.

[4:27] So that property's been offline off the tax rolls for five

[4:30] or six or seven years now about

[4:32] $5 million in assessed value.

[4:34] I was against the, the $5 million we gave back then to the,

[4:39] and said okay to the state, one

[4:41] of the town council chairs rec asked, I said,

[4:44] I would've asked what we're getting for it in Derry

[4:46] before we give up 5 million.

[4:47] That previous council, none of you all voted

[4:50] to give the 5 million.

[4:51] And we ended up with what we ended up with.

[4:54] So anyway, I just want to show you that

[4:55] because sometimes your setbacks when you have another zone

[4:58] can be different and you can restrict building

[5:00] and I think the council should ask more questions

[5:03] and hopefully they will the next time.

[5:04] Now having said that, I've been told the bill straight

[5:07] industrial because it's gonna be

[5:09] a lot more profitable to me.

[5:10] But we're starting here, so this is an area we own.

[5:14] You'll know, you know, there's a garage here

[5:16] with an auto sales that

[5:18] would probably move into this building.

[5:19] And then this is some land we're still working on it,

[5:22] whether it be with the state or wherever.

[5:23] If we could get a small portion of this,

[5:25] we might be able to do too.

[5:27] So that's where we're starting.

[5:30] But who knows because now there's some variances involved

[5:33] and do the math and all that.

[5:35] So I just thought I'd bring that up

[5:36] to when you have the time as a council, take the time

[5:39] before you wrote a resolution on the first night when you

[5:42] had a year and a half to do that.

[5:43] And we could have worked a lot

[5:44] of these things out and I would've been happy to help.

[5:46] Thank you. Thank you for giving me the extra time too.

[5:48] You welcome.

[6:09] Move close.

[6:22] Good evening. Good evening.

[6:25] I wasn't gonna speak tonight, but Mr. Tren

[6:28] Name and address for the record, please.

[6:30] What name and address for the record, please?

[6:32] I can do it if you like. Oh,

[6:34] Oh, you wanna do it?

[6:35] No. Richard Trip. It's Richard Trip.

[6:36] Richard Trip 44 Wind Road. Wind Road. Yeah. Yes.

[6:41] And 46 And 46. Yes.

[6:43] 46. Yes, yes, yes.

[6:46] I was, I was going through paperwork

[6:51] to get my fraud thing from

[6:56] the registry of dates.

[7:00] And I, it's amazing the amount of paperwork

[7:03] that you can generate, you know, having a house

[7:06] and having paid off the deal, the,

[7:12] the, the mortgage and everything, you know.

[7:15] But anyhow, that's not what I wanna talk about tonight.

[7:21] Like I said, Mr.

[7:23] Tpe, he, he brought up something that I've observed in the

[7:29] few years that I've been on the zoning board.

[7:32] There's, there's zoning

[7:38] regulations that appear to be,

[7:41] you know, antiquated.

[7:44] You know, the, there's things that change

[7:48] in the annual updates that

[7:54] Im impact existing code, you know,

[7:58] and I, I I believe that you guys update the zoning what?

[8:01] Once a year? Oh, you don't have to answer that.

[8:04] I, I believe,

[8:08] and I also believe that the planning board is the ones that

[8:13] actually write the code updates,

[8:15] which is actually probably Elizabeth, you know,

[8:17] since she's a little more involved with

[8:22] ordinances than the zoning part are.

[8:25] But what I would like to recommend is that

[8:31] when you guys get together

[8:35] to start identifying what you're going to update

[8:39] in the ordinances, that you give me a call

[8:43] because I have some ideas on changes that should be made.

[8:48] Because like I said, there, there's conflicting ordinances

[8:52] that we on the zoning board have a hard time

[9:02] contending with, you know,

[9:04] and I, I believe that it would be a, a better idea than,

[9:08] rather than us have to

[9:13] operate, you know, on our own, that we, we get the,

[9:18] the town to eliminate some of these conflicting ordinances.

[9:23] Thank you

[9:27] Madam Chair.

[9:28] We're seeing none rise online.

[9:30] Madam Chair. Seeing no other volunteers.

[9:33] I move to close the public hearing. Second.

[9:36] All right. Motion to close. All those in favor? A, aye.

[9:40] Any opposed? All right.

[9:47] The motions. Oh, sorry. The clerk. Okay. Yes.

[9:52] I don't remember now. That was a motion

[9:53] by Councilor Mills and second by councilor.

[9:55] Correct. Okay. Sorry. All right.

[10:00] We have a long consent agenda tonight.

[10:03] We have, I I guess

[10:04] before I go into this, is anybody, do we need

[10:06] to separate it out at all before I read the whole thing?

[10:09] We were all here for last time. Right? Okay.

[10:11] Item 26 49

[10:12] to approve the non-public minutes from May 5th, 2026.

[10:16] 26 50 to approve the minutes from May 5th, 2026.

[10:20] 26 51 is to accept the resignation of

[10:25] Brent SCA from the zoning board.

[10:28] 26 52 is resolution 2026 dash 0 3 1

[10:33] CDBG authorization for the upper room.

[10:36] There'll be a public hearing on this on June 2nd, 26 53.

[10:41] Resolution 2026 dash 0 3 2 to update the housing

[10:44] and community development plan.

[10:46] There will also be a public hearing for that on June 2nd.

[10:51] Item 26 54, resolution 2026 dash 0 3 3

[10:55] to accept a gift of a 30 year supply of energy drinks.

[10:59] That's, that's real.

[11:01] Your department public hearing on June 2nd

[11:05] and 26 55.

[11:07] Resolution 2026 dash 0 3 4 to accept a New Hampshire,

[11:10] the beautiful grant for recycling equipment.

[11:15] I'm assuming that also is a public hearing

[11:18] is on the consent agenda.

[11:19] So that will also have a public hearing on June 2nd.

[11:24] Motion to accept the consent agenda.

[11:28] Motion to

[11:29] Accept not to do what I said.

[11:31] All right. So motion by Councilor Foote.

[11:33] Second. That second

[11:34] by Councillor Mills on the motion. Councillor Mills?

[11:37] Yes Please. Councilor Healy. Yes. Councillor Webb. Yes.

[11:40] Councilor Chase? Yes. Councilor Flood. Yes. Councilor Foot?

[11:43] Yes. And Chair Votes? Yes. Motion passes.

[11:45] Seven zero under Chair's report.

[11:50] We are looking at June 30th for our goals workshop.

[11:54] So we just need to determine where we're doing that.

[11:57] And a time Council.

[11:59] Rob, you'd had suggestion for looking at offsite venue

[12:02] Previously?

[12:03] Yes, it was at the

[12:07] Congregational Church up in East Area.

[12:10] Okay. As they've just done a completed about a year ago,

[12:15] $6 million in re in renovations that included

[12:20] to the Meeting Room Foundation.

[12:23] A new steeple oh nine yards.

[12:25] I think it would be pretty, pretty cool to see

[12:27] what they've done and have a meeting there.

[12:29] It is pretty cool what they've done.

[12:30] I would love to, I guess big question would be, Owen,

[12:34] are you able to do that there? Okay. Yes.

[12:36] Madam Chair, we're all set. We got you covered.

[12:38] Okay. Are we able

[12:39] to look into seeing if they would be able

[12:41] to accommodate us there?

[12:42] Does that work for everybody If we were to go there? Yeah,

[12:45] We can have Sheila reach out.

[12:46] What was the time determined?

[12:48] We didn't get there yet. Okay.

[12:50] So what time do we wanna do seven o'clock

[12:52] kind of when we usually meet.

[12:53] Do we wanna do earlier for that?

[12:56] I think seven o'clock is good.

[12:58] Okay. I'm fine with that. Okay.

[13:02] So we'll look at seven o'clock if I could do that. Great.

[13:06] The only other thing is,

[13:08] I know there's been some movement and things happening.

[13:10] Counselor Foot, would you like to put on your state rep hat

[13:14] and update us on the HB 1 4 6 9.

[13:17] Oh, thank you Madam Chair.

[13:20] So May 6th it came out of committee Five zero.

[13:23] Sorry. Before you do that, can you just remind us

[13:25] what about what that bill does so people at home know?

[13:28] Yes, thank you. Also, I think it's an important bill

[13:30] for the town to talk

[13:31] About.

[13:32] House Bill 1469 is a human trafficking bill that originated

[13:36] 'cause a lot of what we're dealing here in Derry.

[13:38] Bills put forward this past year, many,

[13:41] many stakeholders involved federal, state, local.

[13:47] And it had had few hurdles here and there,

[13:51] but it made it through the house on a 3 23

[13:54] to 28 vote on a roll call vote last month.

[13:59] It then went to the Senate.

[14:01] Senate passed it five zero Audit Committee.

[14:04] They made three minor amendments, nothing that was

[14:08] any impact to the underlying bill.

[14:09] They were all in inconsequential.

[14:11] May 14th, the full Senate passed it on consent.

[14:15] And I was just notified today that the House,

[14:18] 'cause once it goes to Senate

[14:19] and make any changes, comes back to the house

[14:21] to determine what happens to it.

[14:23] And I was informed today that the house side has

[14:27] non concurred and are opting for a committee, a conference,

[14:31] which means that there'll be representatives from the house

[14:34] and representatives from the state have

[14:35] to meet from the Senate, have to meet together

[14:37] and kind of have it out and whatnot.

[14:40] I was told that I'm gonna be on the Committee of conference

[14:42] to try to figure

[14:44] that out. That's all I know.

[14:48] Okay. And now, so you went back to committee in the house

[14:51] and then they decided to send it to,

[14:53] So yeah, so the committee chair, when, when it comes back

[14:57] to the house, the, the, the committee that it started in

[15:01] that chair makes a decision whether to concur non concur

[15:04] or do a committee conference.

[15:06] And it was decided non concur

[15:08] request a committee conference. Okay.

[15:11] Do we know who the chair of that committee is?

[15:14] Representative Leon. Okay.

[15:16] Thank you. Are there any questions on that Bill?

[15:22] Again, I just feel this is a bill

[15:23] that has hugely impacted our town

[15:25] and we've seen, we've made such strides

[15:27] to the extent we can in town

[15:29] and this is a really important bill to get passed. So

[15:32] It's definitely, definitely important.

[15:33] Hopefully I'll get there. Yeah, no,

[15:34] and again, the, the town administrator

[15:38] and the chief can, can attest how important this bill is

[15:41] and, and what the ordinance that we have here in town

[15:44] that we've been establishing for the last few years,

[15:46] I think 2023, I think we established that, you know,

[15:49] still some loopholes and whatnot,

[15:51] but dairy has been utilized as the, the sounding board

[15:56] and the example of how

[15:58] they want things to operate in the state.

[16:00] So hopefully,

[16:01] hopefully I have a good feeling it'll come out in a good,

[16:04] Isn't this result?

[16:05] Oh, sorry. Okay. Isn't representative of Leon on

[16:10] A dairy rep?

[16:12] Yeah, I, I haven't seen the, the amendment. Okay.

[16:14] So I don't know what the language change will be,

[16:16] so I'm not, I'm not sure what it entails,

[16:20] but again, I, I have a pretty,

[16:23] pretty comfortable it'll come out successful.

[16:26] Excellent. Well thank you for your work on that.

[16:29] That was all I had. Town administrator's

[16:31] Report.

[16:32] Yes. Good evening. So I have a couple of items

[16:33] of community interest.

[16:35] Monday will be the town's Memorial Day festivities.

[16:41] So it will start with a parade.

[16:44] The Memorial Day parade will stage at Hood Commons 55

[16:48] Crystal Ave at 10:00 AM

[16:50] and the parade will kick off at 10:30 AM the parade work

[16:53] route works its way down Crystal Ave finishing at McGregor

[16:58] Park where there'll be some additional

[17:00] ceremonies at that location.

[17:03] All this information is on the town's website.

[17:06] I believe it's on the Linked through the Town's parks

[17:09] and Recreation department.

[17:10] And I've seen it on Facebook a couple of times

[17:13] because of the America two 50 anniversary.

[17:15] There's gonna be a military flyover

[17:18] and also a static display of military equipment.

[17:21] So that's gonna be enhanced from kind of the, you know, the,

[17:25] the normal parades that we've seen in the past years.

[17:28] But many thanks to the Memorial Day parade committee,

[17:30] including VFW post 1617

[17:33] and their auxiliary American Legion post nine in their

[17:36] auxiliary dairy cam and dairy parks

[17:39] and recreations for their

[17:40] contributions in planning this event.

[17:41] And I'm sure, I hope I didn't leave anybody out,

[17:44] but that's gonna be on Monday, May 25th.

[17:48] A couple other governmental items of note

[17:51] tax collector's office, again,

[17:52] I mentioned this at the last meeting,

[17:53] their hours will be changing effective July 6th, 2026.

[17:58] This will also be in effect for the town clerk's office.

[18:02] We will be open Monday through Friday, 7:00 PM to 4:00 PM

[18:07] and we will have a one hour late on Wednesdays

[18:10] until 5:00 PM So that change will be posted

[18:13] with a sign outside.

[18:15] It'll also be on our town website, I believe it already is.

[18:18] And so we'll continue to talk about

[18:20] that in future meetings just

[18:21] to make sure everybody is aware of that.

[18:23] And then lastly, I was in contact with the tax collector.

[18:27] She indicates that the

[18:29] first half tax bills are almost done in their proofing

[18:33] process and they will be distributed within the next

[18:36] seven to 10 days.

[18:37] The due date on the first half tax bills

[18:40] for 2026 will be July 1st, 2026.

[18:43] So that'll be coming in the mail.

[18:46] I do wanna make sure that, that we talk about this openly.

[18:50] The first tax bill in 2026 is, is going

[18:54] to be at the $18 and 99 cents rate.

[18:57] That's the tax rate that is determined at the end

[19:01] of the 2025 calendar year.

[19:04] So all the items that we went

[19:07] through the town council's budget

[19:09] and also through the school SB two process

[19:12] is not included within this tax bill.

[19:14] So a new rate will be determined in October, 2026

[19:18] that will be reflected in the bill that is due in

[19:22] December, 2026.

[19:23] And new rate will be determined.

[19:25] So we as the town council had

[19:30] or will be holding to that 3.3 CPI rate.

[19:34] I do want to make sure that people understand

[19:36] that the way it works, you pay for the full value

[19:39] of 2026 based on that higher rate.

[19:43] And then you subtract out the first half tax that you paid.

[19:46] So in some instances,

[19:48] let's just say it was a $10,000 tax bill

[19:51] that was determined in the second half of the year,

[19:53] you paid $4,000 based on the old rate you would be due

[19:57] to pay the remaining $6,000.

[19:59] So the point I'm trying to make is that the bills going from

[20:03] the June to the December, 2026 could be vastly different.

[20:08] And I just wanna make sure people are aware of that.

[20:10] Not necessarily because of the towns 3.3 CPI,

[20:14] but you have county and school components that

[20:17] people should be aware of that were voted through

[20:20] and that are in the process in the county situation.

[20:23] So just wanna make sure everybody's aware of that.

[20:25] If any questions, feel free to reach out.

[20:27] But the tax bills will have the old rate of 1899

[20:31] for the June or July due date

[20:34] and then a new rate in December.

[20:35] So that's all I have.

[20:37] Any questions? Council

[20:39] Webb, on the tax bill, when,

[20:41] when the final numbers are determined in October, will we

[20:46] put it out on the webpage

[20:48] and social media, including the breakdown

[20:51] so people can understand even

[20:53] before they get the, the tax bills go out in December,

[20:56] what the tax rate would be on,

[20:58] let's say the average value home in dairy?

[21:00] Yep, absolutely. If you recall last year we had a

[21:05] PowerPoint presentation

[21:06] that was done immediately after that.

[21:07] Right When the tax rate is established,

[21:10] it is posted immediately

[21:12] to the town's website is also available

[21:14] through the New Hampshire DRA.

[21:16] So all the, this information is readily available of

[21:19] what I'm talking about Now for the current rate,

[21:21] when the future rate is determined, sometimes we have

[21:24] to wait for New Hampshire DRA to give us that final number.

[21:27] But when it's all put together, we do put that out

[21:31] and it's picked up pretty, pretty rapidly on,

[21:33] on social media for sure.

[21:39] Any other questions? All right.

[21:43] Next up we have a public hearing item 26 45,

[21:48] resolution 2026 dash 0 29

[21:50] to accept a New Hampshire Highway Safety grant

[21:53] for various traffic enforcements activities.

[21:55] Chief FII chair,

[21:57] Would you mind before that, I heard

[21:59] that House Bill 1469 was discussed.

[22:01] I'd like to provide a timely and correct update to what's

[22:05] Going.

[22:06] I think you can wait till though

[22:06] we've gone through our business.

[22:07] Okay. Thank you. If you've actually,

[22:09] I'll miss the little league game. I'll sit in the back

[22:10] Door.

[22:11] Ready? No, you there Was there was public

[22:12] forum at the start of the meeting?

[22:13] Yes. Come on. Be part

[22:15] Of it.

[22:16] Thank you.

[22:23] Good evening counsel. This evening I appear to seek

[22:27] authorization to apply for Highway Safety Agency grant for

[22:33] specific enforcement patrols,

[22:35] specifically DUI enforcement patrols,

[22:38] distracted driving patrols, pedestrian bicycle patrols

[22:41] and mobilization patrols each year.

[22:43] You may recall we do this every year.

[22:45] The Highway Safety Agency,

[22:47] New Hampshire Highway Safety Agency Awards communities,

[22:50] various communities, certain amounts of money

[22:52] to perform extra patrols for these enforcement patrols.

[22:57] This year they've awarded dairy

[22:59] for speed enforcement patrols, $12,000

[23:03] for DUI enforcement patrols, $1,600

[23:06] for distracted driving patrols, $4,000

[23:09] for pedestrian bicycle patrols, $3,000

[23:12] and for mobilization patrols $3,700 for a total

[23:16] of $24,300.

[23:19] That amount of that grant demands a public hearing.

[23:22] I'm happy to answer questions now or

[23:24] after the public hearing your choice.

[23:27] Okay. Is there a motion to open public hearing?

[23:29] I make a motion that we open the public hearing second. A

[23:32] A All those in favor?

[23:34] Aye. Sorry. There's a motion by Councilor Webb,

[23:36] second by Councilor Mills.

[23:38] All right. Public hearing is open on this topic.

[23:42] Madam Chair, we're seeing none rise online.

[23:45] Madam Chair, seeing no input.

[23:48] I move to close the public hearing.

[23:51] Second. It Is there. There second. I second.

[23:56] Sorry. Motion by Council Mills second by Councilor Healy.

[23:58] All those in favor? Aye. Aye. Opposed?

[24:01] All questions from counselors.

[24:05] Madam Chair, I move. Oh, hold

[24:08] On. First

[24:08] Question, just one quick question.

[24:11] You said pedestrian bicycle patrols

[24:14] and I've just noticed through town we're seeing a lot of,

[24:18] it may not be appropriate to this grant,

[24:20] but I thought of it when reading it

[24:25] a lot more kids on e-bikes

[24:27] and e scooters talking to one of these kids.

[24:30] I know they can get 'em up to almost 50 miles an hour.

[24:34] And has, have you been seeing any issues

[24:37] or problems with those?

[24:39] We have had complaints about the operation

[24:41] of various types of e-bikes and minibikes Yeah.

[24:45] Motorized bikes in town over the, the past few months

[24:49] and as we get through all months, those,

[24:50] those complaints increase.

[24:52] That was that those types

[24:53] of operation would absolutely be pertinent to these patrols.

[24:56] Okay.

[25:01] Any other questions? Seeing no further questions Madam

[25:05] Chair, I move

[25:06] that the Town Council adopt resolution 2026 dash

[25:10] 0 2 9 to accept a New Hampshire Highway Safety Agency grant

[25:14] for various traffic enforcement activities.

[25:18] Whereas Section nine point 15 of the Town Charter

[25:22] authorizes the town council to accept grant funding

[25:26] and whereas funding is available

[25:27] through the New Hampshire Highway Safety Agency

[25:30] and whereas the town may receive funds

[25:32] for various traffic enforcement activities

[25:35] and whereas these activities enhance the safety

[25:38] of the traveling public in dairy now

[25:40] therefore be it resolved in counsel pursuant

[25:43] to RSA 31 95 B,

[25:47] that the town administrator is hereby authorized to apply

[25:50] for except

[25:52] and expend $24,300 derived from the

[25:56] New Hampshire Highway Safety Agency grants

[25:59] and to enter into agreements with the state of New Hampshire

[26:02] as may be necessary to finalize receipt

[26:05] of this grant funding

[26:07] for the following Speed enforcement troll patrols $12,000,

[26:12] which consists of 44 hour patrols,

[26:16] DUI enforcement patrols $1,600, which is equal

[26:19] to five four hour patrols distracted driving patrols,

[26:23] $4,000 equal to 13 four hour patrols,

[26:28] pedestrian bicycle patrols, $3,000 equal

[26:32] to ten four hour patrols.

[26:34] And finally mobilization patrols, $3,700 equal to 12

[26:40] four hour patrols.

[26:41] This resolution shall take effect

[26:43] immediately upon its passage.

[26:47] I second it. Okay.

[26:49] Motion by Council Mills second by Councilor Webb.

[26:51] Any further discussion on the motion? Councilor Mills?

[26:55] Yes. Councilor Healy. Yes. Councilor Webb? Yes.

[26:57] Councilor Chase? Yes. Councilor Flood? Yes. Councilor Foot?

[27:00] Yes. And chair votes? Yes. Motion passes.

[27:02] Seven zero. Thank you.

[27:04] Thank you Counsel. And the last one,

[27:08] and this isn't just new business resolution 2026 dash zero

[27:13] nine to accept a New Hampshire Highway Safety grant

[27:15] for the purchase of mobile data equipment.

[27:18] Good evening. Once again. This agenda item,

[27:21] I seek authority to apply

[27:23] for equipment from the New Hampshire Highway Safety Agency,

[27:27] specifically two rugged tablets,

[27:30] two keyboards to go along with those.

[27:32] And a jet printer for installation

[27:35] and not one of our cruisers.

[27:36] All this equipment will go in, in, in some of our cruisers.

[27:40] And this equipment will make our fleet complete

[27:44] and whole with respect to the application of this technology

[27:47] so that all of our cruisers are patrol ready, ready to go.

[27:50] With this technology on board.

[27:53] We will get 80% funding

[27:57] for the computers

[27:59] and we get 100% funding for the pocket printer.

[28:03] So you can see on the staff report if you have it in front

[28:06] of you, we seek to spend $7,896 on the computers.

[28:11] $450, $54 on the keyboards

[28:13] and $350 61 cents on the printer.

[28:17] The grant total is the requested expenditure is

[28:21] $8,700 and 61 cents.

[28:24] The grant will cover $7,030 and 61 cents.

[28:29] So we have a local match cash match, which we will take out

[28:32] of our already approved and appropriated funds.

[28:36] I'm not looking for any additional appropriations this

[28:38] evening of $1,670.

[28:42] We do not need because of the amount,

[28:44] I believe a public hearing for this matter.

[28:46] So I'm happy to answer any questions and go from there.

[28:51] Any questions from the council?

[28:55] Alright, I like to

[28:58] Madam chairing no further questions.

[29:01] I move resolution 2026 dash 0 1 9

[29:06] to accept a New Hampshire Highway Safety Agency grant

[29:10] for mobile data equipment.

[29:12] Whereas Section nine point 15

[29:14] of the Town Charter authorizes the Town Council

[29:17] to accept grant funding.

[29:19] And whereas funding is available

[29:20] through the New Hampshire Highway Safety Agency,

[29:23] and whereas the town may receive funds

[29:25] for various traffic enforcement activities

[29:28] and whereas these activities enhance the safety

[29:30] of the traveling public in dairy now

[29:33] therefore be it resolved in counsel pursuant

[29:35] to RSA 31 95 B, that the town administrator

[29:40] is hereby authorized to apply for, accept

[29:43] and expend $7,030

[29:46] and 61 cents derived from the New Hampshire Highway

[29:50] Safety Agency grants.

[29:52] And to enter into agreements with the State of New Hampshire

[29:54] as may be necessary to finalize receipt

[29:57] of this grant funding for the following two G Tac,

[30:02] a one 40 fully rugged tablets at

[30:05] $3,948 each for a total

[30:08] of $7,896 two G tac rugged keyboards

[30:13] at 2 27 each for a total of $454

[30:18] and one brother pocket Jet eight printer at $350

[30:23] and 61 cents.

[30:25] Total project cost 8,000

[30:27] seven hundred and sixty one three $8,700

[30:32] and 61 cents.

[30:34] This grant covers $7,030 and 61 cents.

[30:39] This resolution shall take effect

[30:40] immediately upon its passage.

[30:44] I'll second it. Right.

[30:45] Motion by Councilor Mills second

[30:47] by Councilor Webb on the motion. Councilor Mills?

[30:50] Yes. Councillor Healy. Yes. Councilor Webb? Yes.

[30:53] Councilor Chase. Yes. Councillor Flood? Yes.

[30:55] Councillor Foot? Yes. And Chair votes? Yes. Motion passes.

[30:59] Seven zero. Thank you. You thank, thank you.

[31:01] Council Representative.

[31:03] Leon, do you have anything that is different than

[31:05] what was stated to add to this? I don't

[31:08] Know.

[31:09] I, I don't know everything

[31:09] that was stated, but I'd just like

[31:11] To provide an update on where it is. I'll be

[31:12] Very brief.

[31:13] So we received an update already,

[31:14] so I will give you two minutes

[31:16] to give an update, but that's it.

[31:17] 'cause we, that's what we

[31:19] received was an update on the bill.

[31:20] Okay. Thank you. So as far as the bill goes,

[31:23] house Bill 1469 came outta the Senate with a few changes.

[31:27] However, it was not updated to ensure that a natural person

[31:31] would be the person operating a massage establishment if

[31:34] they're not licensed as a massage therapist.

[31:36] This leaves a very large loophole for the problem

[31:39] that Chief FII has been addressing when somebody has an LLC

[31:43] registered to a facility in one town

[31:45] and then swaps them out when they are brought,

[31:47] when somebody comes against them.

[31:50] What is necessary with this is to ensure

[31:52] that somebody can go to prison

[31:54] or jail for sex trafficking if this is

[31:57] happening in our communities.

[31:58] And if we cannot ensure that a natural person is holding

[32:02] that license, a health

[32:04] and safety inspection won't do anything

[32:05] to hold people accountable.

[32:07] So I appointed a representative foot on the,

[32:10] on the conference committee to ensure

[32:13] that his prime sponsor, all of his intentions

[32:15] of the bill are brought forward.

[32:16] And I'm sure that his intention is that people

[32:19] who are doing this will go to jail if necessary.

[32:22] And we were going to discuss this more afterwards.

[32:24] We formed this conference committee today

[32:26] because I received it from the Senate.

[32:28] This will move forward, this will pass.

[32:31] We will ensure that we are not having the massage

[32:34] establishments like we have seen in this town.

[32:36] And this is something that will move forward and become law.

[32:40] I believe that that had already been communicated

[32:42] to the stakeholders through some

[32:44] of the representatives who spoke with the speaker.

[32:46] But I will give you my personal word that I will ensure that

[32:50] as long as a natural person is required

[32:52] to open a massage establishment, this will move forward,

[32:55] be signed into law

[32:56] and make sure that we can get rid

[32:57] of these terrible false businesses.

[33:01] Thank you. Thank you.

[33:04] All right. Counselor comments. Councilor Haley?

[33:09] Yeah, I just wanted to remind dairy residents that the

[33:13] filing period for state offices is

[33:16] June 3rd through the 12th.

[33:18] And before that, on Tuesday, June 2nd is the last day

[33:23] for party changes before the September 8th primary.

[33:27] So the supervisors of the checklist will be in session from

[33:30] six to seven 30 that evening to accept any party changes.

[33:35] So you want to check your party affiliation, you can go

[33:38] to the Secretary of State's website,

[33:40] you can look in the lobby.

[33:41] There's the, the alpha voter list down there.

[33:45] Make sure you're registered how you want to be,

[33:48] because on election day, if you're in one party,

[33:51] that's the ballot that you get.

[33:54] A lot of people don't realize

[33:55] that when you declare on an election day, if you don't go to

[33:59] that change back table, you're in that party.

[34:01] So it's very important to check prior to

[34:06] that June 2nd date

[34:07] and just make sure you're affiliated the way you want to be.

[34:11] Thank you. Our town clerk had texted me to give

[34:14] that update, but you did it way better than I was gonna say.

[34:17] Thank you. Councilor Web

[34:21] On May.

[34:22] Actually, last Saturday, the dairy VFW had its

[34:28] flag day and annual award ceremony.

[34:32] And they selected several people

[34:34] to be recognized there.

[34:38] And the first one was patrolman Josh Morris,

[34:40] who was a police officer of the year.

[34:43] He was recognized for basically

[34:48] by himself having to talk down an armed endangered subject

[34:53] and resolve the situation peacefully.

[34:58] Firefighter Andrew Real was recognized

[35:01] for his community work fire department paramedic

[35:07] Matano was recognized for his work in the CAS accreditation,

[35:12] which he presented here as well as

[35:18] a program, hunger 365.

[35:22] And dispatcher, Chuck Tinkham was

[35:26] also recognized for all the work he has done,

[35:28] particularly in moving the communication center from the old

[35:32] central to the News News station.

[35:36] Jack Dormer or Eagle Scout from the Boy Scouts of America

[35:41] was recognized for his project.

[35:43] And there were also several Voice of Democracy winners.

[35:45] These are high school students who, with the VFW,

[35:50] they wrote award-winning essays

[35:53] and they were Elizabeth Rose Ireland, Jack Ginetti,

[36:00] and Tiana Barton.

[36:02] And the VFW also recognized as Teacher of the Year.

[36:05] Nicole Stowers. They,

[36:11] the rest of the ceremony unfortunately, wasn't able

[36:13] to keep up with all the names,

[36:15] but they recognized many of their own members

[36:17] who have contributed to the hard work

[36:19] that they've been doing throughout the year in supporting

[36:22] veterans and organizing events such as

[36:26] the Flag Day ceremonies.

[36:29] Did I miss anybody?

[36:32] I don't think so. And I was there also,

[36:34] but I didn't write everybody's names down.

[36:35] Thank you.

[36:39] All right. I would, oh no, I got one.

[36:40] Before we go, I just always, I, every year I say,

[36:45] I think I say this right before Memorial Day,

[36:47] and I just encourage people, I know that it is our first

[36:51] sign of summer and everybody wants to get to the cookout,

[36:54] but please, I just really ask people to take a moment

[36:58] to realize Memorial Day is about our veterans

[37:00] that we have lost, who have defended this country.

[37:03] Whether it's when they've defended

[37:04] or when they've been defending the country, or after,

[37:06] and an hour of your time to go to a Memorial Day ceremony.

[37:10] We do a great job here in town.

[37:12] If you have a hometown you wanna go to,

[37:14] but an hour out of your day to go honor those veterans

[37:17] who put their lives on the line for us

[37:18] before you go to your cookout,

[37:20] would be much appreciated. Yes. Councilor

[37:24] Mills, I, I would like to recognize

[37:27] and thank both Representative Foot and Leon for their update

[37:31] and their commitment to the Massage Parlor.

[37:34] Bill, thank you very much for that.

[37:36] And seeing no further questions.

[37:40] One thing. Wait, wait. You all right, go ahead.

[37:43] Thank you, Madame to Councilor Webb.

[37:47] Also the VFW this past weekend had a rock

[37:50] march very well attended.

[37:53] I saw kids as little as, I'm guessing maybe four

[37:55] or five years old, up to,

[37:57] we had a gentleman in their eighties

[37:58] that were running it and walking.

[38:00] So it was a very good turnout. So I believe it'll be

[38:03] May 15th next year. Som calendars.

[38:07] Thank you. Okay, now you're on.

[38:11] Say no further questions.

[38:13] So, Madam Chair, I'd like to move. We adjourn.

[38:16] Second. All in favor? Aye.

[38:19] Aye. Thank you everybody. Have a good night.

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