[0:00] Good evening everyone.

[0:01] Welcome to the Tuesday, June 2nd, 2026 Town Council meeting.

[0:04] Council foot, would you lead us in the pledge please?

[0:08] I pledge allegiance to the flag

[0:11] by the United States America

[0:12] and to the Republic in one nation

[0:16] undergo indivisible with liberty and justice for all.

[0:23] Thank you. Just a reminder

[0:25] that please silence all cell phones

[0:27] and in case of emergency there's an

[0:29] at the back and the side.

[0:30] And don't use the elevator. Alright, we'll do roll call.

[0:35] Council Mills, can you hear me down there?

[0:39] Good evening, councilor Chase.

[0:43] Good evening, councilor Foot.

[0:45] Oh, sorry, I skipped Councilor Flood. That's right.

[0:48] Councilor Foot. Councilor Foot. Good evening.

[0:51] Good evening from the chair. And Councilor Webb

[0:53] and Councilor Healy are unable to join us this evening.

[0:58] Alright, is there a Motion for Public forum? So moved.

[1:03] Second. All right. All those in favor? Aye. Aye. Alright.

[1:07] Public forum is open floor is yours. You can come up.

[1:10] Please state your name and address for the record please.

[1:15] And I apologize for my sniffly allergy.

[1:19] My, Hello?

[1:24] Can you hear me? Yes. Oh, there we go.

[1:28] Jamie Car six L Richardson Road.

[1:31] I just wanted to say happy pride month everybody.

[1:34] And I noticed the pride flag hanging downstairs,

[1:37] so I just wanted to thank you guys

[1:38] for continuing that tradition.

[1:40] I'm sure Dave Nessi will be very happy

[1:42] 'cause I know that was something he was concerned about.

[1:45] And I also just wanted to say for anyone who doesn't know

[1:48] that Wyndham Pride is on Saturday from 12 to four

[1:52] at Windham High School.

[1:54] So happy Pride.

[1:56] Thank you.

[2:24] Good evening counselors.

[2:26] Madam Secretary, Tom Cardin, two Cunningham Drive.

[2:29] I just had a couple comments about the Brook Hollow Project

[2:34] that is a proposal in London Dairy.

[2:37] I'm sure most of you guys know about it.

[2:39] It's a, you know, a a thousand unit development with 160,000

[2:45] square feet of, of commercial retail,

[2:48] which is about the size of, of Walmart.

[2:50] But they're, they're proposing that,

[2:52] and I just wanted to read just a couple

[2:54] of the notes from the planning board

[2:56] recent planning board meeting.

[2:58] And this is from the town admin from the London

[3:02] Dairy Town Administrator.

[3:04] You know, he said they could approach the town council about

[3:07] exploring inter local agreement with dairy.

[3:10] And this has to do with, with the,

[3:11] with fire safety, with the fire department.

[3:13] 'cause they don't, the closest fire department is, I guess,

[3:17] is over by the airport, which is nine minutes away

[3:20] or 10 minutes away, where, you know,

[3:23] station three in Derry is only a couple of minutes away.

[3:26] You know, it's an agreement with the neighboring town will

[3:29] cost money, but it might be more

[3:30] affordable than a new station.

[3:33] I know that's not traditionally

[3:34] how things are done in New Hampshire,

[3:36] but it would make sense for us to look at it that way.

[3:39] The administrator said a $15 million fire station

[3:43] with $47 million worth of equipment

[3:45] and operating expenses would be very challenging

[3:48] for the community to be able to maintain in the long run.

[3:51] Some planning board members best doubt whether Dairy's

[3:55] Fire station has large enough apparatus to serve

[3:58] Brook Hollow development as proposed.

[4:01] So I think this is something that I, I hope that,

[4:05] that the town does not consider doing this.

[4:07] I think London Dairy stands very much to benefit from this

[4:11] because they'll be getting tax dollars from us

[4:14] and, you know,

[4:15] and then on, on the other side, you know, dairy's gonna have

[4:19] to be using their infrastructure for,

[4:22] for the fire department there.

[4:23] And I think it's one of the gentlemen said here,

[4:25] it's not gonna be anywhere near big enough.

[4:26] So anyway, I just, you know, I I think one of the things

[4:31] that kind of bothers me over the years is there hasn't been

[4:33] that much communication between dairy

[4:36] and London Dairy over some of these projects.

[4:38] I know when, when they were doing the Gateway community, one

[4:42] of the suggestions I made is, you know,

[4:44] have you been talking to London Dairy about, you know,

[4:47] about any of the zoning changes and what they're gonna do?

[4:50] And the comment to me was, well we've,

[4:53] we've had a little bit of contact with them

[4:54] and that seemed to be about it.

[4:56] So anyway, thank you very much.

[5:06] Madam Chair. We're seeing gun rise online.

[5:10] Anyone Else? Signal further participants, I move

[5:12] to close the public hearing, please second.

[5:15] All those in favor? Aye. Aye.

[5:18] All right. Public forum is closed on the consent agenda.

[5:21] We have a few items. 26 57

[5:25] to approve the non-public minutes from May 19th, 2020

[5:28] 6, 26 58 to approve the minutes from May 19th, 2026.

[5:33] Item 26 59 is resolution 2026 dash 0 3 5

[5:38] to accept a donated gift card from T-Bone.

[5:41] And given that that is a gift

[5:42] of less than a thousand dollars, we are authorized to accept

[5:44] that under consent agenda 26 60 is resolution

[5:49] 2026 dash 0 3 6 to accept a gift from

[5:54] Children's Hospital of Dartmouth or Chad.

[5:55] And again, that's a gift of less than a thousand dollars.

[5:58] So we can authorize

[6:00] and accept that under the consent agenda.

[6:04] Madam Chair, I move approval

[6:06] of the consent agenda as published.

[6:08] Second. Alright.

[6:11] Motion by Councilor Mills, second

[6:12] by Councilor Foot on the motion.

[6:14] Councilor Mills? Yes. Councillor Chase? Yes.

[6:17] Councillor Flood? Yes. Councillor Foote? Yes.

[6:19] And Chair votes? Yes. Motion passes. Five zero.

[6:23] I do not have anything under the chair's report tonight.

[6:28] I will save my one comment I have till the end

[6:30] of the meeting, so I will turn it over to

[6:33] our town administrator.

[6:34] Alright, good evening.

[6:36] As the weather, it looks like it's going to eventually turn

[6:40] to warm here.

[6:42] We're entering into the month of June.

[6:44] I've got some community information to pass along.

[6:46] So tomorrow, June 3rd Wednesday is the first of the what we,

[6:51] colloquially you'll know as the farmer's market.

[6:54] That'll be going on in downtown, starting three

[6:57] to 7:00 PM every Wednesday until September 30th.

[7:00] So that'll be something that's an attraction

[7:02] to the downtown area.

[7:03] It's been going on for many years.

[7:04] Volunteers do a great job at that.

[7:07] I also wanted to take an opportunity to talk about some

[7:10] of the summer updates for the Parks

[7:12] and Recreation Department.

[7:14] We have Spring tee-ball

[7:16] and peewee soccer that's gonna be concluding in mid-June.

[7:20] The summer concert series,

[7:21] those are Tuesday nights at 7:00 PM Those

[7:24] begin on June 12th.

[7:26] So that's going to be held every Tuesday night

[7:30] through August 18th.

[7:33] Galleon's Beach and the splash pad are open on June 20th,

[7:38] weather permitting and those operating hours are 10

[7:40] to seven, seven days a week.

[7:43] And obviously if it's thundering

[7:44] or if it's raining, they may not be open.

[7:47] But that's a very popular outing for many families.

[7:51] Birthday parties at the Dawn Ball Park patio.

[7:54] Those will begin on Saturday, June 27th.

[7:58] If there's any questions for availability, please reach out

[8:00] to the Parks and Recreation Department.

[8:03] Story Time will be going on at the Dawn Ball Park.

[8:07] Those will be held on Tuesdays at 10 30.

[8:10] We have fireworks coming up that's on the 4th of July.

[8:14] That'll be held at dusk

[8:15] and that is in the traditional location behind Hood Park.

[8:20] And then obviously we have other activities such

[8:22] as Wednesday Fun days.

[8:24] All this information that I'm providing here today is found

[8:27] on the town's website

[8:29] and please refer to that for additional information.

[8:35] I also wanted to point out the activities by our DPW crews.

[8:38] They've been out freshening up all the lines.

[8:41] Crosswalks stop bars.

[8:43] Just as a reminder, we also do the long lines, our yellows

[8:47] and our white fog lines.

[8:49] Those are typically done later in the year by contract.

[8:53] So those are not done at this time of the year,

[8:55] but you will see the crosswalks and the stops

[8:58] and the, any of the parking situations set up

[9:03] by our crews from DPW.

[9:04] So there's still quite a bit to do,

[9:06] but they've made quite a bit of progress.

[9:08] Other general governmental information

[9:11] tax collector's office is changing its hours

[9:14] along with the town clerk.

[9:16] That'll be effective starting July 6th.

[9:18] And those hours will be Monday through Friday, 7:00 AM

[9:22] to 4:00 PM and Wednesdays it will be open an extra late hour

[9:26] until 5:00 PM And lastly,

[9:29] the first half tax bills have been sent.

[9:31] The due dates on that will be July 1st, 2026.

[9:35] If there's any questions on the assessment,

[9:37] reach out to the assessor's office.

[9:39] Any questions on the tax bill

[9:41] and their due dates, please reach out to the tax collector.

[9:44] So that's all I have this evening

[9:45] for the town Administrator's report.

[9:47] Great, thank you. All right. Onto public hearings.

[9:51] So our first two items are kind of grouped together.

[9:55] So 26 52 and 26 53.

[9:58] We're gonna do things a little bit differently

[10:00] but we'll we'll get, we'll get you through it.

[10:02] So they 20, I'm gonna announce both of them

[10:04] and then we'll start the process.

[10:05] But we'll be talking about things separately.

[10:08] Item 26 52 is for resolution 2026 dash 0 3 1

[10:14] CDBG authorization for the upper room.

[10:17] And 26 53 will be resolution 2026 dash 0 3 2.

[10:21] An update to update housing and community development plan.

[10:24] And so for both of these I'm gonna turn over to Mike Fowler

[10:28] and our CBDG consultant. Don Elaine.

[10:32] Alright, thank you. Donna,

[10:33] you can head up to the podium there.

[10:35] So the, the Town of Dairy serves

[10:39] as a, as a agent for CBDG grant funding.

[10:44] So we're having multiple public hearings this evening

[10:48] to support an effort at the upper room.

[10:50] We have been a partner with the upper room for many years

[10:54] on our own programs.

[10:56] We do provide funding for the upper room for various matters

[11:00] and they do a wonderful job throughout the community.

[11:03] And as such, there was a previous,

[11:05] I think this was back three years ago, there was a grant

[11:09] that was set up for planning for their existing facility.

[11:12] This is another grant opportunity

[11:14] that we would like to support.

[11:17] So with that, I'll hand it over to Donna

[11:19] to start the public hearing process.

[11:22] Thank you. Good evening.

[11:24] I have to read too, and I apologize for that.

[11:26] But Community development block grant funds are available

[11:29] to municipalities through the New Hampshire Community

[11:32] Development Finance Authority up to $500,000.

[11:35] I have to change this, actually this just changed last week.

[11:38] So up to $500,000 is available

[11:40] for economic development projects

[11:42] and now we have up to $750,000 for housing projects.

[11:46] Up to $750,000 for public facility projects up

[11:51] to $500,000 in emergency funds

[11:53] and up to $25,000 per planning study grant,

[11:57] all projects must directly benefit a majority of low

[12:00] and moderate income persons.

[12:01] This is a proposed community development block grant

[12:04] application to the community development finance authority

[12:06] for up to $25,000 in community development block

[12:10] grant planning study funds.

[12:12] The town will retain up to 3,500 for administrative expenses

[12:16] and the remainder will be subgrant to the upper room.

[12:19] A family resource center located at,

[12:21] I can never say this name,

[12:22] that's Yourdo Shado 36 Shado Road in Derry.

[12:26] The upper room has acquired a neighboring property at 42 CDO

[12:30] Road and would like A-C-D-B-G planning study funds

[12:33] to get preliminary design and cost estimates

[12:36] and adequate documents to determine the feasibility

[12:39] of increasing their current services in space.

[12:41] Utilizing this new property,

[12:43] the upper room offers services such

[12:45] as high school education, juvenile diversion and parenting,

[12:48] and home visiting, food pantry, homeless youth services.

[12:52] The majority of persons

[12:53] and families accessing these services are

[12:55] of low and moderate income.

[12:57] This project conforms with dairy's proposed housing.

[13:00] Its proposed and existing housing community development plan

[13:04] goal of promote activities that protect the health

[13:07] and safety of residents and visitors.

[13:09] And that is a short term and a long term goal in that plan.

[13:13] Alright, is there for this, this piece of it,

[13:16] is there a motion to open public hearing?

[13:19] So moved Madam Chair second. Alright, all those in favor?

[13:24] A. Aye. All right.

[13:26] So public hearing on this is open right now,

[13:30] if anyone would like to speak.

[13:34] Is there anyone Line Owen

[13:37] Madam chair, we're seeing none rise at this time.

[13:39] Move to close public hearing. Second.

[13:41] Alright, motion to close public hearing. All those in favor?

[13:45] Aye. Aye. Any opposed or abstentions? Okay.

[13:48] Any questions from counselors before we move on?

[13:52] Alright, one down next part.

[13:57] So the next one is on the residential anti displacement

[14:00] and relocation assistance plan for this proposed study.

[14:04] This is a funny plan because we're not displacing

[14:08] or relocating anybody at all.

[14:10] But every time we apply for CDBG funds, we have to adopt it.

[14:13] It's project specific.

[14:15] That means you have adopted this every time we've

[14:17] asked for funds in the past.

[14:19] So this plan outlines measures under the Uniform Relocation

[14:22] Act required for CDBG projects that involve any displacement

[14:25] or relocations of persons or businesses.

[14:28] If the town were to undertake A-C-D-B-G project,

[14:31] which involved displacement

[14:32] or relocation, they would follow this plan.

[14:35] The plan outlines measures they would take

[14:37] to find comparable suitable housing for persons

[14:40] or businesses displaced or relocated.

[14:42] This project does not anticipate displacement

[14:45] or relocation as it is just a planning study.

[14:50] Motion to open public hearing

[14:51] Chair. I move to open public hearing.

[14:53] Second. Motion by Council foot second by Councilor Mills.

[14:56] All those in favor? Aye. Aye. Alright.

[14:59] Anyone from the public wish

[15:00] to speak on the residential anti displacement

[15:03] and relocation assistant plan assistance plan?

[15:06] Seeing none rise online. Madam Chair,

[15:09] Move to close public hearing.

[15:10] Second. Alright, motion by council foot second

[15:13] by Council Mills to close public hearing.

[15:14] All those in favor? Aye. Aye. Aye. Okay.

[15:17] And finally, the updated housing Community

[15:20] Community Development plan.

[15:22] The housing Community development plan outlines long

[15:24] and short term goals for the town.

[15:26] It was adopt last adopted in 2023.

[15:29] CDBG requires a housing community development plan

[15:32] that is no more than three years old.

[15:34] No changes have been made to your 2023 plan.

[15:38] So would you like me to go through these goals?

[15:42] Yeah, if that. Okay.

[15:43] So the short term goals are review current zoning

[15:46] and extend water and sewer

[15:48] to encourage commercial development on Route 28 s market

[15:51] and fully develop available properties within dairy

[15:54] commerce corridor.

[15:55] Tax increment finance district work

[15:58] with the Rockingham Economic Development Corporation

[16:00] to assist local and prospective businesses

[16:02] with their expansion plans and loan and tax credit programs.

[16:06] As well as community development block grants

[16:08] through the community development finance authority,

[16:11] annual review

[16:12] and adoption of capital improvement plan,

[16:14] regular two times a year, meetings of town council

[16:17] and the planning board and economic development director

[16:19] to ensure that zoning regulations promote

[16:22] effective economic development.

[16:24] Continue to review and revise

[16:26] as necessary the land development control regulations,

[16:28] architectural design regulations, which were adopted

[16:31] by the town in 2005.

[16:33] Okay. These are more the ones we generally see for CDBG.

[16:36] Encourage public and private water

[16:38] and wastewater systems that are safe.

[16:40] Sanitary. Meet DES regulations.

[16:44] Develop a plan to promote heritage tourism, develop a vision

[16:48] and plan for the exit.

[16:49] Four. A gateway which will support

[16:51] and encourage economic development

[16:53] and redevelopment opportunities.

[16:54] This is another general CDBG one.

[16:56] Encourage a varied stock of safe, sanitary, decent,

[16:59] and affordable housing for persons

[17:00] of all age and income groups.

[17:02] Encourage economic development activities

[17:05] to increase quality industrial com

[17:06] and commercial development.

[17:08] Encourage the expansion

[17:09] and retention of employment opportunities for residents.

[17:13] This one seems to be a another. Repeat.

[17:16] Encourage municipal and private water

[17:18] and wastewater systems at are safe Sanitary.

[17:20] Meet DES regulations, preserve

[17:22] and promote the town's historically

[17:23] and culturally significant structures.

[17:26] And this is the one that we're addressing with our study,

[17:28] is promote activities that protect the health

[17:30] and safety of resident and visitors.

[17:35] I'm gonna open the hearing on this one.

[17:37] Madam Chair. I move to open public hearing.

[17:40] Second. Motion by council foot second

[17:43] by Council Mills to open public hearing.

[17:44] All those in favor? Aye. Aye. Aye. All right.

[17:47] Anyone wanna speak on this last part?

[17:51] Seeing none online. Madam Chair,

[17:53] Move to close public hearing.

[17:54] Second. Motion by Council foot second

[17:56] by Council Mills to close public hearing.

[17:58] All those in favor? A. Aye. Tention. All right.

[18:02] Thank you very much. Okay.

[18:04] So as far as voting on these, we have two resolutions.

[18:07] I believe that the resolution 2026 dash 0 3 1 covers the

[18:11] first two public hearings we had.

[18:13] And then 26 20 26 32 will cover the last one.

[18:17] So we'll take them,

[18:19] we'll take those two resolutions separately.

[18:22] Are there any other counselor comments

[18:23] or questions before we go to that?

[18:26] I'll be happy to make those resolutions.

[18:28] However, I've got looks like two conflicting things

[18:30] that says, please read resolution 26 30 ones

[18:35] which covers items for one and two. Yeah. Okay.

[18:39] Yes. That'll cover, that'll cover

[18:41] the first two public hearings.

[18:42] And then you'll need to go to the next

[18:45] 20, 26, 32 for the second. The last piece.

[18:47] Thank you. Resolution 26 31

[18:51] CDBG authorization for the upper room.

[18:55] The town council are under agenda item 26 52 on

[18:58] June 2nd, 2026 took the following actions

[19:03] as requested by the upper room.

[19:05] Two consecutive public hearings,

[19:07] which were held on the following informational packets were

[19:10] made available to the public.

[19:12] A proposed planning study,

[19:13] community development block grant application

[19:17] to this community development finance authority

[19:21] for up to 25,000 to community development block grant funds.

[19:26] The town will retain up to 3,500 for administrative expenses

[19:31] and the remainder remainder will be sub

[19:33] granted to the upper room.

[19:35] A family resource center located at 36 Shanita Road,

[19:38] dairy New Hampshire oh 3 0 3 8 To do a planning study for

[19:43] a potential expansion at the facility at 36 Shado

[19:48] Road, dairy New Hampshire oh 3 0 3 8.

[19:51] The study will provide the upper room with a valuation

[19:54] of current facility

[19:55] and land for potential purpose of a building addition

[20:00] or modification that would increase meeting

[20:02] and classroom space.

[20:04] The majority of upper rooms clients are of low

[20:06] and moderate income.

[20:09] Two. The res residential anti displacement

[20:12] and relocation assistance plan

[20:14] for the proposed upper room Family Resource Center Planning

[20:19] study project one, the town council approves the submittal

[20:23] of the upper room planning application

[20:26] and authorizes the town administrator to sign

[20:29] and submit the application and any amendments thereto.

[20:32] And upon approval of the CDBG application,

[20:35] authorize the town administrator

[20:37] to execute any documents which may be necessary

[20:40] to effectuate the CDBG contract on behalf of the upper room.

[20:45] Two, the Town Council adopts

[20:47] and approves the residential anti displacement

[20:50] and relocation assistance plan

[20:52] for the proposed upper room Family Resource

[20:55] Center Planning Study project.

[20:59] This resolution shall take effect immediately

[21:01] upon its passage.

[21:03] A second. All right. Motion by Councilor Mills.

[21:07] Second by Councilor Flood. Any further discussion?

[21:11] All right. On the motion, councilor Mills. Yes.

[21:13] Councilor Chase. Yes. Councilor Flood. Yes. Councilor Foot?

[21:16] Yes. And Chair Votes? Yes. Motion passes. Five zero.

[21:20] And then we have under item 26 53.

[21:24] The other resolution is in there.

[21:36] If I could find it. It's in the next

[21:39] subsection of where I go.

[21:40] Flip your next tab over.

[21:42] I don't, I behalf. Oh, there you go. There you go.

[21:44] Guess what? I found it too Late.

[21:50] Resolution number 2026 dash 0 3 2.

[21:53] Adopt Area's Housing and Community Development Plan.

[21:56] The Town Council under Agenda item 26 53 on

[22:00] June 2nd, 2026 took the following action associated

[22:04] with the Community Development block grant applications.

[22:07] A public hearing was held on the following.

[22:10] Informational packets were made available to the public

[22:13] Update Dairy's Housing and Community Development Plan.

[22:17] And the Town Council approves Dairies Housing

[22:20] and Community Development Plan.

[22:22] This resolution shall take effect

[22:24] immediately upon its passage.

[22:27] Second. Alright. Motion by Councilor Mills.

[22:30] Second by Councilor Flood.

[22:32] Any further discussion on the motion? Councilor Mills?

[22:36] Yes. Councilor Chase? Yes. Councilor Flood? Yes.

[22:39] Councilor Foote? Yes. And Chair votes? Yes. Motion passes.

[22:42] Five zero. Thank you. Thanks.

[22:45] Thank you. Alright, moving on to item 26 54.

[22:50] Resolution 2026 dash 0 3 3 To accept a gift

[22:53] of a 30 year supply

[22:54] of energy drinks prior Chief Greg Laro presenting.

[23:04] Good Evening counselors. Madam Chair.

[23:06] So, as you mentioned, we're here tonight seeking

[23:09] authorization to accept a very generous gift

[23:13] and I've brought firefighter Jason Rivera with me tonight

[23:16] to give a little bit of a presentation

[23:17] on how we arrived here.

[23:20] Good evening. So I have

[23:23] a typed out thing that I was gonna read

[23:26] and I still am gonna read,

[23:27] but just a, a quick, how we got to this point.

[23:32] Very innocently on social media.

[23:34] Saw a post from this company

[23:36] and I shared it with my wife to, to submit myself and,

[23:41] and dairy fire in for the sweepstakes in a,

[23:45] in like a, in the way of

[23:47] how sweepstakes on the internet almost never go through

[23:50] for at least me to my surprise.

[23:54] A month, about a month, month

[23:55] or so later, I got feedback from this company

[23:59] to confirm the fire department so they could fact check

[24:04] to make sure that we were indeed a, a fire department.

[24:06] I wasn't just a civilian trying to get free energy drinks.

[24:10] And so I submitted that information

[24:13] and they, they came back with a congratulations.

[24:16] Dairy Fire was one

[24:17] of 10 fire departments in New England chosen

[24:20] to receive this donation.

[24:23] And then they sent us six months worth of energy drinks.

[24:28] But anyways, about Phoenix Energy,

[24:32] they're kind of a newer company, so

[24:36] not quite in all the stores yet.

[24:37] A few gas stations here and there carry the, this brand,

[24:42] but they're trying to separate themselves from the

[24:43] traditional energy drink by pairing itself with hydration

[24:49] and energy as opposed to just sugar filled,

[24:53] caffeine filled energy drinks that kind

[24:54] of give you the short burst jittery energy.

[24:59] So hydration, wellness.

[25:00] And they do have a pretty significant focus on supporting

[25:04] first responders, firefighters, EMS and police.

[25:08] What makes them different from the other ones?

[25:10] Like I mentioned, traditional energy drinks rely on heavy,

[25:13] heavily on sugar phoenix markets, markets itself

[25:16] as a hydration energy drink according to their company.

[25:20] It includes electrolytes, vitamins,

[25:22] natural caffeine from green tea as well as zero sugar.

[25:25] And that just kind of seems like a,

[25:27] like a commercial really.

[25:28] But the benefits of that as opposed

[25:31] to a regular energy drink are huge in our line of work

[25:34] because a lot of times we're in a position

[25:37] where we rely on either a quick cup of coffee

[25:41] or you know, an energy drink out

[25:43] of whether it's Parkland Hospital, one of the hospitals

[25:45] who are gracious enough to supply us with those things,

[25:49] specifically for the need of some,

[25:52] some energy to keep us awake.

[25:54] And we're kind of not really thinking about the health

[25:57] effects of those constant choices.

[26:01] So having the opportunity to have an energy drink

[26:03] that not only promotes hydration, which is huge

[26:05] as you can imagine on scene of a fire

[26:08] or any other strenuous scene.

[26:11] This kind of is a, a one package deal

[26:14] where you're getting the benefits of green tea caffeine,

[26:17] as well as the hydrating benefits

[26:19] of like a Gatorade for example.

[26:24] They also have a, it's an amino acid called Altheine,

[26:28] which promotes like a steady, steady mood

[26:32] and it prohibits like the jittery crash of a, of a,

[26:36] like a coffee or monster

[26:39] or a Red Bull Energy drink may have

[26:43] kind of from the company's standpoint, they do,

[26:48] like I said, focus on their first responders.

[26:51] Their website specifies the programs that they work with.

[26:54] One of them including Tunnel for Towers,

[26:56] which honors fallen first responders

[26:58] and military heroes from nine 11.

[27:01] And they donate a portion of all their sales to that.

[27:04] And they've been doing that since their, since their birth.

[27:10] I kind of talked about the sweepstakes a little

[27:11] bit from their company.

[27:15] They promote these, gives giveaways

[27:17] and sweepstakes involving the fire

[27:18] departments and first responders.

[27:20] And yes, while the giveaways can help advertise the brand,

[27:23] Phoenix presents these programs as a community appreciation

[27:28] as opposed to a direct sponsorship.

[27:32] And the important difference is

[27:36] the focus is on supporting the departments

[27:38] and recognizing the difficult job instead

[27:40] of simply paying celebrities

[27:41] or influencers to advertise their product.

[27:43] They're seeing the benefit for us specifically

[27:47] and kind of yes, using it to their advantage,

[27:50] but also allowing it to help us in the long run.

[27:56] A little bit more information about how it's kind

[27:58] of a healthier alternative than,

[27:59] than the other energy drinks, which is big.

[28:02] Anytime you can reach for something that's gonna provide you

[28:05] with a little bit more nutrition than,

[28:08] than something else is I think very important.

[28:13] Specifically me, I can't speak

[28:14] for everyone on the department,

[28:15] but I do feel like it's a pretty blanket

[28:19] across the board feeling.

[28:21] I feel being someone who lives in dairy, was born in dairy,

[28:26] I think that this community deserves all of us

[28:29] to be in peak physical condition at all times.

[28:32] That's something that I'm very passionate about.

[28:35] And any, any leg up that we can get in that sense?

[28:39] I think this is a very, very small step in that direction,

[28:43] but something that can really benefit

[28:46] the guys at Dairy Fire guys and girls at Dairy Fire.

[28:49] So Firefighter Rivera is very active in

[28:52] our physical fitness realm.

[28:53] He was the one that specked out all

[28:55] of the fitness equipment for the new station.

[28:57] He did a fantastic job with that.

[29:00] So let's tell 'em what they've won Jason.

[29:02] So we, the award for the sweepstakes is a 12 pack per month

[29:07] for the next 30 years or as long as Phoenix is in business.

[29:12] So that brings the valuation of the sweepstakes winning up

[29:15] to the $30,000 mark.

[29:19] Does the council have any questions?

[29:21] So this isn't IR regular energy drink like Scotch

[29:24] or Irish whiskey, I take it

[29:25] This. Correct.

[29:26] It's got some different benefits to it.

[29:28] Focus is on a different D,

[29:29] different energy drinks than we do. Just

[29:31] Checking.

[29:32] We have different energy levels. It's all checking.

[29:35] Alright, this is a public hearing

[29:37] so if someone wanna make motion, we'll

[29:39] Hearing Madam Chair.

[29:40] Alright, is there a second? Manager? Second. All.

[29:44] We have a motion by Council foot.

[29:46] I think Council Flood got in there for the second.

[29:49] All those in favor? Aye. Aye. All right.

[29:52] Public hearing is open.

[29:53] Would anybody like to comment on our 30

[29:55] year supply of energy?

[29:58] Madam Chair, we're seeing none Rise online.

[30:01] Move To close

[30:02] Public hearing.

[30:02] Second. All right.

[30:03] Motion to Close Public Hearing by Councilor Foote.

[30:05] Second by Councilor Mills. All those in paper? Aye. Aye.

[30:08] All Councillors? Any further questions?

[30:11] Madam Chair, I move resolution number 2026 dash 0 3 3

[30:16] to accept the gift for a 30 year supply of energy drinks

[30:20] for the Dairy Fire department.

[30:21] Whereas RSA 31 95 dash E authorizes the

[30:26] town council to accept gifts other than money to be used

[30:29] for any public purpose.

[30:31] And whereas the fire department seeks

[30:32] to maintain a favorable community image

[30:35] and whereas the department entered a contest

[30:37] and ultimately was selected.

[30:39] Now therefore be it resolved in counsel

[30:42] that the town administrator is hereby authorized

[30:44] to accept a gift of a 30 year supply of energy drink drinks

[30:48] with an aggregate value of $10,800.

[30:52] This resolution shall take effect

[30:54] immediately upon its passage.

[30:57] Second. Alright. Motion by Councilor Mills.

[30:59] Second by Councilor Foot on the motion. Councilor Mills

[31:04] Couldn't think of a better yes.

[31:06] Councilor Chase? Yes. Councilor Flood. Yes.

[31:09] Councillor Foot? Yes. And chair votes? Yes. Motion passes.

[31:12] Five zero. Enjoy your energy drinks. Yeah.

[31:15] Woohoo. Thank You. And I'm pretty confident you're

[31:17] gonna get a side gig as a spoke small.

[31:18] Yeah. Thank you.

[31:22] And our last public hearing tonight is item 26 55.

[31:26] Resolution 2026 dash 0 3 4 To accept a New Hampshire,

[31:29] the beautiful grant for recycling equipment Public Works

[31:32] director Tom Carey presenting people just wanna give

[31:34] us all kinds of stuff tonight.

[31:35] Yeah.

[31:37] Good evening counselors here tonight to request counsel

[31:41] to authorize the acceptance

[31:45] and expending of a grant from the New Hampshire,

[31:48] the beautiful New Hampshire.

[31:50] The beautiful is a non-profit charitable trust.

[31:53] It's supported by members

[31:55] of the New Hampshire Beverage Association,

[31:58] the New Hampshire Beverage Dis Distributors Association

[32:00] and the New Hampshire Grocers Association.

[32:03] Among their many collaborative efforts is they offer grants

[32:07] to communities for eligible purchases

[32:11] of recycling equipment.

[32:12] So coincidentally, the FY 26 budget in the transfer station

[32:17] included the purchase of a new trash trailer.

[32:21] We bid that project and awarded it to Travis Trailers.

[32:26] The cost of the trailer was $102,000.

[32:29] We have applied to the New Hampshire beautiful

[32:32] before for grant awards

[32:34] and they're typically awarded at $5,000.

[32:37] So our environmental coordinator, Josh Brown,

[32:40] had submitted an application.

[32:42] We were pleased to be informed

[32:44] that we awarded actually a $20,000 grant under that program.

[32:50] It is a reimbursement program, so those funds can be used

[32:52] to reimburse the transfer station

[32:55] or general fund for the cost of that trailer.

[32:59] With that, I would be happy to answer any questions.

[33:04] Is there a motion to open public hearing? Public hearing.

[33:08] Second. Motion by Councillor Foot, second

[33:11] by Councilor Mill to open public hearing.

[33:12] All those in favor? Aye. Aye. Aye. All right.

[33:16] Public hearing is open. Would anyone like to speak on this?

[33:21] Madam Chair? Seeing none rise online. Move to close.

[33:24] Second. All right.

[33:26] We have a motion and a second to close public hearing.

[33:28] All those in favor? Aye. Aye. Aye.

[33:31] Any questions from counselors?

[33:34] Madam Chair, I move resolution number 2026 dash 0 3 4

[33:39] to accept the New Hampshire, the beautiful grant

[33:41] for recycling equipment, whereas Section nine point 15

[33:45] of the Town Charter authorizes the Town Council

[33:48] to accept grant funding

[33:50] and whereas funding is available

[33:51] through the New Hampshire, the beautiful.

[33:54] And whereas the Department of Public Works has a need

[33:57] to periodically purchase new aluminum trailers

[34:00] to haul recyclable materials.

[34:03] And whereas these activities enhance the sustainability

[34:06] of resources in dairy now

[34:08] therefore be it resolved in council pursuant

[34:10] to RSA 31 95 dash B,

[34:14] that the town administrator is hereby authorized to apply

[34:17] for, accept

[34:18] and expend $20,000 derived from New Hampshire the beautiful

[34:23] to offset cots of a new aluminum trash trailer.

[34:27] This resolution shall take effect immediately

[34:30] upon its passage.

[34:32] Second. All right. We have a motion by Councilor Mills.

[34:37] Is that second by Council Foot? Yes. All right.

[34:39] Any further discussion on the motion? Councilor Mills? Yes.

[34:43] Councilor Chase? Yes. Councilor Flood? Yes. Council Foote?

[34:46] Yes. And Chair votes? Yes. Motion passes. Five zero.

[34:49] Thank you very much. Alright, last

[34:54] new business item.

[34:55] Tonight is 26 item 26 61,

[34:58] which is resolution 2026 dash 0 3 7

[35:02] to approve funds from bank or savings bank

[35:04] and by our chief Greg Laro is back.

[35:09] Good evening Councilors. Madam Chair.

[35:12] As the council will recall, we were here in the beginning

[35:15] of the month of May, May 5th, that meeting to present

[35:19] to request authorization

[35:20] to accept the $2,500 gift from the Dairy Village Rotary to

[35:24] add additional AEDs to the fleet

[35:26] that we have from the pilot program

[35:29] that was originally funded

[35:30] with seed money from the Alexander Eastman Foundation.

[35:33] So I am here tonight to again request authorization

[35:36] to accept another $2,500 donation.

[35:38] This time it's coming from the Bangor Savings Bank in their

[35:41] philanthropic division.

[35:43] Does the council have any questions on

[35:45] the a ED loaner program?

[35:48] How many loaners does this bring us up to?

[35:51] I believe, and I can get you the exact number

[35:53] that we will be able to port purchase, excuse me,

[35:57] an additional four units with this total $5,000

[36:00] that will also get us the additional batteries

[36:02] and pads that we need that will bring us up to seven.

[36:04] What did we, what did we start with?

[36:07] One or two When we started loaning 'em out,

[36:09] We started initially with a believe, I'll have

[36:13] to check my history on this,

[36:14] but I believe a two unit purchase

[36:16] and then we added in a third additional one, I believe.

[36:19] And then now we'll be adding four more.

[36:22] And that will, we believe that will certainly meet our needs

[36:25] for the loaner program.

[36:27] Thank you very much. Any other questions?

[36:33] All right. Madam Chair,

[36:37] move resolution number 2026 dash 0 3 7

[36:41] to accept a donation from the Bangor Savings Bank

[36:44] for the a ED loaner program.

[36:46] Whereas RSA 31 dash

[36:48] 95 dash B authorizes the Town Council

[36:52] to accept unanticipated revenues to be used

[36:55] for any public purposes.

[36:57] And whereas Banger savings supports community projects

[37:00] throughout the greater dairy area, whereas the Council

[37:04] recently endorsed an a ED loaner program to be managed

[37:07] by the fire department.

[37:08] And whereas Banger Savings Bank would like to donate funds

[37:12] to purchase additional a ED units, now

[37:15] therefore be it resolved in council

[37:17] that the town administrator is hereby authorized

[37:19] to accept the $2,500 donation from Banger Savings Bank

[37:23] to support the a ED loaner program.

[37:26] This resolution shall take effect

[37:27] immediately upon its passage.

[37:30] Second, we A Motion by Councilor Mills

[37:33] and a second by Councilor Foot.

[37:34] Any questions on the motion? Councilor Mills? Yes.

[37:38] Councilor Chase? Yes. Councilor Flood? Yes. Councilor Foot?

[37:41] Yes. And chair votes? Yes. Motion passes by zero.

[37:44] Thank you. Councilors. Thank Chief.

[37:47] Okay. Counselor comments. Councillor Chase, go ahead. No,

[37:51] You I yield, I have a couple

[37:57] June 6th, I'm sorry,

[38:00] June 10th at approximately 7:30 PM The

[38:05] Dairy Heritage Commission will be

[38:08] recognizing their junior historians, the seniors

[38:10] that will be moving on from their service.

[38:13] There will be a, you can stop in at any time.

[38:17] It's a typical Wednesday night when the museum is open.

[38:20] It will be taking place at the museum.

[38:21] They promise chocolate cake

[38:23] and the departing seniors will be receiving a certificate

[38:27] of appreciation for their services to the museum

[38:32] and the Heritage Commission as a hole.

[38:37] Second, I want to remind the public of the

[38:41] open house at the new fire station.

[38:44] That will be June 13th from 10

[38:47] to 2:00 PM obviously at the new fire station

[38:50] on Rockingham Road.

[38:53] And another reminder, I know it's been mentioned before,

[38:57] but the touch truck is this Saturday the fifth

[39:01] at West Running Brook School.

[39:03] Also from 10 o'clock till two o'clock.

[39:10] Thank you, man. Jeff. So on Memorial Day second,

[39:15] we had the parade and

[39:17] although the weather didn't cooperate fully

[39:19] for the parade part of it, it did clear up

[39:21] for the ceremony aspect of it.

[39:25] Dan Stowers from the VFWs want to give a kudos out to him.

[39:27] And the American Legion, he's the commander from the Legion.

[39:30] He, he's been working on this for a year

[39:32] and I, I feel terrible about the weather didn't cooperate

[39:35] 'cause he'd put so much heart and soul

[39:36] and work into this parade.

[39:38] And there was a plane supposed to be,

[39:40] do a flyover on two occasions.

[39:41] Didn't happen due to the weather,

[39:43] but he still deserves a big shutout

[39:45] and for all out work he's done on it.

[39:47] And in the parade,

[39:48] counselor Chase drove his own fire engine in the parade.

[39:52] So that was a big hit with the spectators.

[39:55] The ceremony itself, like I said, it,

[39:57] the weather cleared up just in time for that.

[40:00] In the year absence, council Mills did a fabulous job in the

[40:04] proclamation and it was well attended

[40:07] and wanted just give out kudos to the DPW the,

[40:12] the Saturday before Memorial Day,

[40:13] we were down in the cemetery cleaning up some of the,

[40:16] the area getting ready for the, the Monday

[40:21] and the big flag

[40:22] and the new section the cemetery had come down.

[40:24] That's the really big one. I forget the diameter,

[40:26] but it's a real, it's like the biggest flag.

[40:27] It was on the ground. I had reached out

[40:29] to town administrator and the oncall personnel,

[40:33] Rick from TP, we came out and took care of it right away.

[40:35] The veterans were ecstatic, so just kudos to them.

[40:40] Thank you.

[40:41] Council Flood Council Mills?

[40:44] Yes, ma'am. I have one item tomorrow night at 6:00 PM

[40:49] at the Rockingham County Administrative Center.

[40:52] The Rockingham County was holding a public hearing

[40:57] on the 2027 budget and all are invited to comment.

[41:04] That's it. I have a few things.

[41:06] I kinda said jokingly, everybody wants

[41:08] to give us things tonight, but I do wanna say thank you to

[41:11] all of the organizations that did show their generosity and,

[41:15] and donating funds and, and in kind donations to us.

[41:20] It is nice to see our community appreciated and,

[41:24] and able to continue to grow through those kinds of things.

[41:28] Coming off of the Memorial Day parade

[41:32] and ceremonies, the two Dairy Rotary clubs also had the

[41:36] Veterans Dinner this past Thursday.

[41:37] And I just wanted to, it's my, as a Rotary member,

[41:41] my favorite event that we do.

[41:43] But I just wanted to say thank you to all the veterans

[41:46] that came out.

[41:47] We had two World War II veterans in attendance.

[41:51] That, and I think I didn't see it this year,

[41:53] but I know one of them insists on standing is wheelchair

[41:58] bound and insists on standing for he did.

[42:00] I thought he did, but I had to move elsewhere.

[42:04] Last year, he batted his daughter's hand away when he,

[42:06] he a hundred, 102, I think they said over a hundred.

[42:08] It's just, it's just a great night to be able to,

[42:11] to have all those veterans in one place and and honor them.

[42:14] And then finally, I want to, I know Jamie came up early,

[42:18] but I wanna wish everybody a happy Pride month.

[42:21] And that's all I got.

[42:23] Madam Chair. It's time for my favorite motion. I move.

[42:27] Oh, I've been short circuited.

[42:30] Yes. I, I was advised by Councilor Flood

[42:34] that I had misspoken to touch a truck.

[42:36] Is this Saturday, but it's June 6th, not the fifth,

[42:38] he said. I said the fifth.

[42:40] I I did write down the fifth. Yeah, it

[42:42] Is June 6th, but it is this Saturday at West Running Road

[42:45] from 10 to look at you.

[42:47] Sorry, Councilman Mels. No

[42:49] Damage at all.

[42:50] I move to adjourn. Second.

[42:51] All those in favor? Aye. Aye. Thank you everybody.

[42:55] Have a good evening.

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