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Okay, we need to exit from non-public.

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So moved second. Lemme pull up the,

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we need to seal the, I'll make the mo motion.

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Motion made to seal the minutes of by.

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Oh, just do it separate. Yeah.

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Sorry about that everyone. Motion to be even done.

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Public made by Councilor. Foot

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Second.

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Second one by Councilor Mills has to be Roll call vote.

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Councilor Mills. Yes. Councilor Healy. Yes.

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Councilor Spencer,

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are you line Councilor Chase?

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Yes. Councilor Flood? Yes. Councilor Foot?

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Yes. Motion passes or vice chair votes? Yes.

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Motion passes. Six zero.

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I make a motion to seal the minutes indefinitely

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because it's determined that divulge

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of this information would likely

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adversely affect the reputation

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of any person other than a member of this board.

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Second. Seconded by Councilor Foote. Any discussion?

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All those in favor. Councilor Mills?

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Aye. Councilor Healy? Yes. Councilor Chase? Yes.

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Councilor Flood? Yes. Councilor Foot? Yes. Vice Chair votes?

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Yes. And is Councilwoman Spencer on line?

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I am. I'm here now and vote yes.

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Thank you. Motion passes.

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Sorry about that. I'm new at this.

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Alright, now we've done the basic housekeeping.

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Welcome to tonight's town Council meeting

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and I'll call the role Councilor Chase.

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Good evening, councilor Flood. Good evening, councilor Foot.

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Good evening, Councilor Mills.

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Good evening, councilor Healy.

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Good evening, councilor Chair Spencer.

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Good evening. Vice Chair.

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Says hello Councilor Chase,

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if you could lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance.

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I pledge allegiance To the flag

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of the United States of America

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and to the Republic for which stands, one Nation under God,

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indivisible, with Liberty Justice for all.

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I forgot to point out that we have

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the exit to the rear of the building.

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There is also an a ED if needed at the back of the room.

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Hopefully none of those are needed.

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There is also an emergency exit over here.

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Do I have a motion to open the public forum? So

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Moved. Second. That.

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Moved by Councilor Foot. Seconded by Councilor Mills.

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All roll call will be Councilor Mills. Yes.

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Councillor Healy. Yes. Councilor Chase? Yes.

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Councilor Fled. Yes. Councilor Foot? Yes.

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Chairperson Spencer?

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Yes. Vice Chair Votes? Yes.

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Public hearing is now open. Seven zero

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David, there we go.

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Is that mic on? There we go.

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David Procher 26 Milt Moore Road.

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Last Tuesday was the primary, as I'm sure you're all aware

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and we had someone out in the parking lot

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handing out pamphlets.

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I was previously under the assumption that

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that was against the rules

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and we got a lot of complaints from a lot of people.

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I was standing, you know, where candidates and

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and supporters are supposed to stand as defined by the

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the town moderator.

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And even just there walking by, I had a lot

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of people complaining about getting

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handed pamphlets in the parking lot.

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And I don't want to start an arms race where everyone thinks

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that they have to be out in the parking lot

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and by the designated zone.

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And we end up with, you know, a pinger

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and parking lot completely covered in unnecessary pamphlets

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that are just littering everything.

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So if you guys would please look into that

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and see what can be done

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before November, that would be great.

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Have a nice day.

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Thank you.

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Hello. How you guys doing? And I'm Charlie Buzzell.

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I live on number eight Eastgate Road

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and I just wanna let you guys know

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September 20th, they're gonna honor my grandmother

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and put up a Trio Central Station at 2:00 PM

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I just wanna let you guys know. Thank you.

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And that's Hattie Durgan, correct? Huh?

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That's Hattie Durgan, yep. Okay.

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Yep. Thank you.

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Anybody else coming up to speak?

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So last week the Town Council was asked

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to make a school district department

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to make the school district a department of the town by way

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of a charter amendment.

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In 2015, the Town Council disregarded provisions in the town

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charter after unilateral really deciding

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to defund the police department, public works,

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the fire department, other municipal functions.

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Members of the community were forced to raise money to go

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to court, to force the town council

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to uphold the provisions in the charter.

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The town council used tax dollars to defend themselves.

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When they lost, they appealed

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and we had to raise funds once again.

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For that reason, I would never agree to having the

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town take over the school department In 2018,

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representative Trip

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and then Representative Ello attempted

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to get an emergency amendment attached

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to a Senate energy bill

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that upon passage would've incorporated the school

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department into the municipal government.

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When a large contingent

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of concerned citizens voiced opposition at a Senate hearing,

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the Senate president realized

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that these two were pulling shenanigans

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and immediately withdrew the amendment.

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Last week, Mrs. Leon cited increased efficiency

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as the driver behind the proposed charter amendment.

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She failed to cite any savings, projections

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or costs associated with the implementation representative,

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love Representative Trip

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and Mr. Church cited high costs in the need

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for a tax cap last winter.

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Any one of these people could have easily put a tax cap

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warrant article on the school ballot

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by following a remarkably uncomplicated process.

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It's outlined in chapter 32, section five.

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They failed to follow the process.

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There's another uncomplicated process in RSA Section 49 B

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that citizens can follow by working with the town clerk

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to put a charter amendment on the march ballot.

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So far they failed to initiate that process.

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There's also a straightforward process that

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with a hundred signatures they could have come to you

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to request a feasibility study be completed

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on bringing the school department in under the town charter.

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Apparently they failed to consider that process.

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They're requesting drastic changes from our town government.

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They haven't provided a financial analysis.

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There's been no legal or regulatory analysis.

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They haven't proposed any language. This is ludicrous.

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Anyone using even a little bit

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of critical thinking would question whether this is sincere

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effort or if this is simply a scheme

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to circumvent the three-fifths requirement in the statute

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to enact the school tax cap.

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This might just be another flavor of shenanigans.

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I've analyzed more than 15 years of school funding data.

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My analysis has provided me we I need to stop.

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Yes. Is there a motion to extend? Motion to extend.

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I'll second. Second. By Councilor Healy.

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Roll call vote is required. Councilor Mills? Yes.

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Councilor Huey. Yes. Councilor Chase? Yes. Councilor Flood.

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Yes. Councilor Foot? Yes. Councilor Spencer.

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Sorry for all the roll call votes. Yes.

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Chair votes. Yes. I've analyzed more than 15 years

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of school funding data.

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My analysis has

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provided me with objective data to demonstrate

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that the state reps in this town have harmed property

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taxpayers by millions of dollars through their votes.

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It might be possible to improve the accountability

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of our state reps if they were assigned

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to smaller districts.

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There's a process in RSA chapter 6 62 A for citizens

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to petition the town council

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to form a redistricting commission

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and then form legislative districts within the community.

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I'm following that process.

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I'm not seeking your approval or your assistance.

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I hope that you'll ask others who want

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to initiate changes in our town government

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to do the same. Thank you.

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Thank you.

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Good evening. Brian Ello six Rollin Street.

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My understanding is the council will be talking with

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Services, Talking with the school district

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about HB 1331.

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And let's be clear, HB 1331.

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No one's asking this town council

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to make a decision whether you feel

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that the schools should go underneath the town.

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The premise of the bill is to let the people

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of Derry make the decision.

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I don't care if you vote yes or no, I really don't.

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But to deny the people the right to have a say is wrong.

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And I'm glad Mr. Cunningham brought up 2015

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because I led that charge.

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I was one of people that led that charge.

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And the reason why people were angry was

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because they did not let the people have a choice.

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Secondly, I found out that there is a lawsuit

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at the state currently now

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that will probably get ironed out

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at the beginning of the year.

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And that lawsuit would overturn Claremont.

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If that is successful, that would mean the town would have

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to come up with $21 million.

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Plus the taxpayers,

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we all know what's coming down the pike in two short months.

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Okay. $10 million increase or $8 million increase actually.

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So if that gets overturned

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and this council does not let the people have a choice

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to vote in March, they're gonna come

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and they're gonna be very angry.

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So I would recommend that when you have

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that discussion, think about it.

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It's not about whether you want

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the the schools to be under the town.

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It's the question is, is do you want the people

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to have a say Thank you.

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Do I have anybody else coming up?

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Good evening.

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Oops. Good evening. Can you hear me alright?

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Oh, Richard, trip 44 Winter Road.

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Well I have some good news for you tonight.

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Not anything that is gonna get people upset.

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Anyhow, I attend most

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of the school board meetings

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and at the last meeting they talked about

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they're gonna have a facility tour

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and I waited till they posted the notice.

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But anyhow, on the 17th at four o'clock,

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the tour is gonna start at South Range School

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and from there it's gonna go to Gilbert h Grinnell,

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Ernest Barka,

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these new SAU building, which is what used

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to be Dairy Village

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West Running Brook in East Area Memorial.

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So if you're interested in what

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the second year of the school renovation has done

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to the schools and what they look like

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and what improvements have been made, like I said,

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show up at four o'clock at

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South Range and I'll be there.

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So we can, we can make a tour with the school board

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and the citizens can see

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what's what's going on in the schools.

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Thank you.

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Thank you. Erica Leon, 84 Shado Road.

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I just wanted to bring up some clarity on one of the things

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that Mr. Cunningham said.

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The town of Derry has a cooperative school district.

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It was the first cooperative school

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district formed in the state.

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When additional laws were passed about the process

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for cooperative school districts, we sort of got bundled in

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with everybody else because we had had 13 different

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districts within the town of Derry that ended up having

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to come together so that we could build Hood Middle School

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and just so we could do those processes.

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So as the first cooperative school district,

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we actually were created by the state, not by the town.

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And the only way to make any change

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to the school district was

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by getting permission from the legislature.

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So House Bill 1331 was required to do that,

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to give the people of dairy, any voice into

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how the Dairy Cooperative School District is administered.

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You know, obviously the ball will be in your court

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or in the people's court to figure out

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what the process is going forward.

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But without that law passing, there would've been no way

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for the people of Derry to make a choice about

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how the schools would be managed.

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So thank you.

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Hi, Jenna Paradise on Hubbard Hill Road.

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I'm here today with my election worker hat on.

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I wanted to speak to what somebody came up earlier

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and mentioned was the electioneering at the last election.

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I've been a an election worker

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for going on about 10 years in this town.

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And I don't think I had ever heard

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or seen about people coming in being harassed so much

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by somebody out in the parking lot.

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From my understanding there was some sort of loophole

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that allowed him to be out there.

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But I heard from several people coming in

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that he was pushing the pamphlets

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and if people said that they did not vote for that party,

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that he was swearing at them, he was also telling people

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to leave them in the polls, which is illegal.

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And it also added a little bit more work for us.

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But that is besides the point.

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We had to do a constant sweep of the polls

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and we found many of the pamphlets being left in there.

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And from my understanding there is New Hampshire statutes

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that are just going to read to you on electioneering.

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And I'm hoping that the town

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of Derry can do something about this

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town shall have, hold on.

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I don't have my readers. I'm getting old

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town shall have the bill.

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The power to make bylaws regulating the distribution

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of campaign materials or electioneering

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or any activity which affects the safety, welfare,

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and rights of voters at any election held

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for any purpose in such town.

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Such power shall not extend to the display of printed

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or written matter attached

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to any legally parked motor vehicle.

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Nor shall such power extend

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to activities conducted wholly on private property so as

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to not interfere with people approaching

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or entering a polling place.

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And I definitely think that what this gentleman was doing

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was interfering with people entering the polling place.

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Even though it was a little bit beyond the gauntlet,

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it was still in the Pinkerton parking lot

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and that was the main parking lot

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and the main entrance for people to come into.

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So I'm hoping that we can put something on the books

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before the next election in no, in November there's going

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to be quite a bit more people coming in

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and I hope that we can do something to prevent this.

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As a side note, I really think that if you are going

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to be voting, that you should come in as an educated voter

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and not have to rely on somebody handing you a cheat sheet

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to know who you need to vote for.

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Thank you.

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Good evening counsel. Michael Ann, 84 Sdo Road.

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Relative to the voting, I can see why so many

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of our students graduate with the inability to read

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what happened at Pinkerton,

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which is private property was 100% lawful.

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There were people who called the Attorney General

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of New Hampshire, who I think knows the law better than

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anyone else who has been up here.

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Nothing illegal happened.

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Yes, it was electioneering on private property.

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This town council, in addition to having an illegal meeting

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at the voting booths after that.

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Right? You had a quorum there. A quorum was assembled there.

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That's unlawful. Absolutely.

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The behavior some of you have exhibited online,

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far exceeded anything that gentleman did out there.

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Handing out cards, the language used up here,

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used online by some of these counselors

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to affect votes was absolutely deplorable.

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Same stuff about myself, my family. Absolutely untrue.

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It's disgusting if people won an election year, whether it's

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for conservatives, communists, Nazis,

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whatever you want, feel free.

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Some of us believe in freedom

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and if you want to tarnish us, call us horrible names.

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That's a shame.

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Mr. Chair, we're seeing none rise online. Motion

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To close the public hearing. Second

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Motion made to close the public hearing

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by Councilor Mills.

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Seconded by Councilor Foot. Councilor Chase? Yes.

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Councilor Flood. Yes. Councilor Foot? Yes. Councilor Mills.

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Yes. Councilor Healy. Yes. Councilor Spencer?

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Yes. And the chair votes? Yes.

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Public hearing is closed.

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Moving on to the consent agenda

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item 26 dash 84 to prove the minutes

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of the September 1st, 2026 meeting

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item 26 dash 84 85.

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Resolution number 2026 dash 0 5 2 To accept a Bureau

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of Justice Assistance grant for law enforcement equipment,

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please see attached a staff report

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and resolution number 2026 on it.

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But a public hearing will be scheduled

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for October 6th, 2026.

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Resolution 26 dash 86,

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resolution 2026 dash 0 5 4 to approve covenants

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and commercial industrial tax relief application

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for 12 a street.

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A public hearing is required

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and it'll be scheduled on October 6th, 2020 sixth.

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On motion on the consent agenda.

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So move second.

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Moved by Councilor Mills. Seconded by Councilor Foot.

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Councilor Chase? Yes. Councilor Flood. Yes. Councilor Foot?

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Yes. Councilor Mills. Yes. Councillor Healy. Yes.

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Councillor Spencer?

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Yes. And chair votes? Yes. Consent Agenda passes.

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Chair's report. First person is

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our town clerk, Tina Guilford.

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She'll be presenting on the state primary.

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Good evening counselors.

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So we had our primary, last Tuesday

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we had 4,903 voters.

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So it was well within the estimate that I had given you.

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We had 2,523 Republicans,

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2,380 Democrats ballots.

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So that's kind of the breakdown.

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Results are available on the

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town website if anybody wants to look at those.

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I do wanna issue thank yous

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to the Town council for all your support.

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I do wanna address one comment

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that was made require it is a requirement per the

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New Hampshire Con New Hampshire constitution that a quorum

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of the counsel be present.

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And it is something that the Attorney

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General's office inspects.

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It's on their checklist. So four

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of you were there a good portion of the day.

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Three of you had pro Temes.

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Thank you Counselor Foote Mills and Healy for your pro tems.

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So we did have for a good portion of the day,

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seven counselors present, which is great.

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And the attorney general's office does look for that.

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And you are all introduced

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to the inspector from the Attorney General's office

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as were your protos.

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So I thank you. I'd like

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to thank my fellow election officials, our town moderator,

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Dave Nelson for another late night.

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Our supervisors of the checklist

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doing a great job registering over 140 voters.

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I'd like to thank dairy police and dairy fire.

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I know they're in the room for all your support

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and we're gearing up for November now.

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I'd like to thank everybody here at Town hall.

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I do know that when it's election time, Tina kind

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of takes over lots of spaces and the assessing department

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and the tax department, they just kind of smile and nod

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and they don't complain.

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And I really appreciate that support.

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I appreciate the town administrator support

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finance department.

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This is a team effort. We cannot do this by ourselves.

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And I want to thank our poll workers.

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We had almost a hundred people

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that we hired for the primary.

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I'd especially like to thank the ones

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who actually volunteered their time.

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And we actually had one poll worker

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who worked the polls open to close entirely

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as a volunteer and did not get paid.

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So again, I thank them for their volunteerism

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and I want to thank our voters who came out to vote.

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We had over 200 ballots that had

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to be fully hand counted due to over votes.

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I say this again as a friendly reminder.

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Our state rep race is a vote 10,

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even though we're in district 13, you don't get to vote

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for 13, you vote for 10.

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Some people had some issues with that last Tuesday we had

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just shy of a thousand write-ins.

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They are again available on the town website.

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I, I really don't understand.

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I really don't understand the ones who fill the bubble

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and then don't write anything at all.

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It is a lot of time for every, you know, for us

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to put eyeballs on all of those,

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which is why we are there till almost 2:00 AM

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Our supervisors of the checklist will be having their next

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session on September 29th.

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That means that all the people

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that have come in since the primary

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and there have been quite a few, we had another,

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quite a few people today changing their party affiliation

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'cause they were in the wrong party.

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So those changes will take effect on the 29th.

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So I advise everyone, not that party matters in November,

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but that on the 30th you start checking online,

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check a party affiliation, make sure you're in the party

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that you're in because the presidential primary will be

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coming in January, 2028.

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And I would love to see a primary

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where our poll workers are not screamed at

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because you're in the wrong party.

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It, it is disappointing.

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And I do understand that the cutoff will probably be at the

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end of September, beginning of October

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and you're not thinking about anything about the

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presidential primary in 2027.

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So just while it's in your brain now,

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make sure you're in the party

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that you wanna be in Graphic.

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Go to presentation. So while Owen puts up the

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graphic, we're gonna move to

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the state general election

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November 3rd at Pinkerton Academy.

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7:00 AM to 8:00 PM The

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bypass will be closed.

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We will be posting videos that the fire department made

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for us in 2024 for the traffic patterns so

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that everybody knows which way to go.

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There will be signs up around town reminding people.

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I am really hopeful that it will go as well

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as it did in 2024.

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'cause I didn't get a lot of complaints in 2024.

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I did get a lot of complaints about the primary

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that just passed last Tuesday.

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Most of them centered on the election hearing.

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So you'll be hearing more from me on that.

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But in the future.

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Anyway, that is what I have

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and if you have any questions, I'd be happy to answer them.

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Any questions? No questions. Just a comment.

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I just wanna thank our town clerk

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for another very successful election in all our election

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officials that worked that day

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and also on the lead up to elections.

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Not a lot of people know all the work that goes in

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with the machine testing, the tabulator testing,

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counting the ballots, absentees

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and all, all that work leading up to that day.

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So it's not just on that day, it's all the, the lead up

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and the, the late day on election.

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I ran into Tina at two 30 in the morning

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as she was finishing up. So

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Yes, we, we met at the Darry police station.

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He was turning in his results.

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I was turning mine so they could be

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delivered to the state police to go

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Talk. And what time was that again?

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It was about two 40 or so in the morning.

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Yeah, it was late.

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And then I went home and took a hot shower

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and I was back in this building sometime

526
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between 7, 7 30 in the morning.

527
00:29:35,355 --> 00:29:39,555
I know that Concor Spencer has some comments.

528
00:29:42,355 --> 00:29:45,305
Thank you. Yeah, I just, I just wanna echo off of what a,

529
00:29:45,375 --> 00:29:46,385
what Tina said and,

530
00:29:46,405 --> 00:29:49,785
and everybody's already kind of heard this election workers,

531
00:29:50,065 --> 00:29:53,025
I, I wanna point out that Tina worked really hard along

532
00:29:53,025 --> 00:29:54,545
with our moderator Dave Nelson

533
00:29:55,005 --> 00:29:57,145
and our printed tapes of our results.

534
00:29:57,285 --> 00:29:58,745
So all the results that came

535
00:29:58,745 --> 00:30:01,665
through a ballot machine were posted within the hour

536
00:30:02,125 --> 00:30:03,665
of the polls closing.

537
00:30:04,485 --> 00:30:06,345
You always know you're gonna have some hand counts.

538
00:30:06,345 --> 00:30:09,225
We did have some confusion with 13 versus 10, so

539
00:30:09,255 --> 00:30:10,585
that caused a little extra.

540
00:30:11,005 --> 00:30:12,825
But almost a thousand write-ins.

541
00:30:14,965 --> 00:30:16,145
I'm frankly frustrated.

542
00:30:16,485 --> 00:30:18,625
We have people come almost every week that like

543
00:30:18,625 --> 00:30:20,105
to complain about wasting of money

544
00:30:20,285 --> 00:30:21,825
and taxpayer money being used.

545
00:30:22,725 --> 00:30:24,905
The taxpayers caused a waste of money on Tuesday.

546
00:30:25,375 --> 00:30:26,545
When you write in names,

547
00:30:26,865 --> 00:30:28,585
I would never take away somebody's right

548
00:30:28,805 --> 00:30:30,065
to have a write in vote.

549
00:30:30,535 --> 00:30:35,025
However, if you vote for somebody who is a cartoon character

550
00:30:35,615 --> 00:30:39,865
dead or does not live in the town, district or state

551
00:30:39,885 --> 00:30:41,305
and is not eligible for the race,

552
00:30:41,925 --> 00:30:43,545
you are wasting taxpayer money.

553
00:30:44,045 --> 00:30:47,105
The town clerk has to stay there and all of the team

554
00:30:47,285 --> 00:30:48,305
and has to stay.

555
00:30:48,725 --> 00:30:52,225
You paid fire, you paid police, you paid election workers

556
00:30:52,885 --> 00:30:56,905
to stay for hours after the elections closed

557
00:30:57,135 --> 00:31:00,225
because of write-ins that were not valid votes.

558
00:31:00,685 --> 00:31:03,465
So I encourage people that think they, if you think you have

559
00:31:03,465 --> 00:31:04,865
to fill something in, you don't.

560
00:31:05,325 --> 00:31:07,345
And I encourage the people that vote for

561
00:31:08,665 --> 00:31:09,785
absolutely invalid people

562
00:31:10,085 --> 00:31:13,585
or cartoon characters, which are a lot to think about

563
00:31:13,585 --> 00:31:16,985
that next time you do it that each one of those ads time

564
00:31:17,135 --> 00:31:18,665
that hand counts have to happen.

565
00:31:18,665 --> 00:31:21,785
Reconciliations have to happen to make sure we we see it

566
00:31:22,245 --> 00:31:25,105
and then read it and that people have to stay

567
00:31:25,165 --> 00:31:27,225
and get paid while that happens.

568
00:31:27,845 --> 00:31:29,785
And that is costing taxpayers money.

569
00:31:30,485 --> 00:31:31,905
And that's all I have to say. Well actually no,

570
00:31:31,985 --> 00:31:34,065
I will also say thank you to all those people

571
00:31:34,215 --> 00:31:36,905
that stayed late and did all that and that's all.

572
00:31:36,915 --> 00:31:37,915
Thank you.

573
00:31:40,305 --> 00:31:41,305
I do have two comments.

574
00:31:43,085 --> 00:31:46,705
I'm a stipend so I don't get paid to be there

575
00:31:46,965 --> 00:31:49,185
to be here in this building at 5:00 AM and

576
00:31:49,185 --> 00:31:51,225
and to not get home until almost three.

577
00:31:51,775 --> 00:31:53,785
Yeah, no I didn't get paid anything extra.

578
00:31:55,885 --> 00:32:00,145
And I will also say we need more poll workers.

579
00:32:00,565 --> 00:32:03,105
So if you're someone who likes to write in these things,

580
00:32:04,025 --> 00:32:07,545
I challenge you to sign up and come work

581
00:32:07,925 --> 00:32:10,865
and count at the end of the night, come join us

582
00:32:11,045 --> 00:32:12,265
so you can see what it's like.

583
00:32:17,045 --> 00:32:21,225
Any other comments? I just have one is you already stole

584
00:32:21,225 --> 00:32:22,785
my thunder on write in votes.

585
00:32:22,965 --> 00:32:25,145
But thank you for your hard work

586
00:32:25,605 --> 00:32:29,225
and also thanks to the public works in Pinkerton.

587
00:32:29,225 --> 00:32:32,185
Staff would help clean up when the election was over.

588
00:32:33,215 --> 00:32:37,825
Everybody works hard for this to make this actually yes,

589
00:32:37,825 --> 00:32:39,940
there were some hiccups but it was a very smooth

590
00:32:40,025 --> 00:32:41,525
day logistically.

591
00:32:42,665 --> 00:32:44,765
So thank you for organizing it.

592
00:32:44,895 --> 00:32:48,445
Thank you to the moderator Dave Nelson

593
00:32:48,745 --> 00:32:49,885
for organizing everything.

594
00:32:50,505 --> 00:32:51,685
And again,

595
00:32:51,985 --> 00:32:54,925
if you really wanna understand democracy, go work the polls.

596
00:32:55,185 --> 00:32:56,685
And I don't mean by holding signs,

597
00:32:56,845 --> 00:32:59,965
I mean actually go physically in there and

598
00:33:00,625 --> 00:33:03,525
and assist the voters count the ballots.

599
00:33:06,125 --> 00:33:06,595
Thank you.

600
00:33:17,905 --> 00:33:20,715
Next item on the chairman's report is an appointment

601
00:33:20,775 --> 00:33:23,715
to the Dairy conservation com commission

602
00:33:24,415 --> 00:33:27,195
and I nominate Linda Comy

603
00:33:27,195 --> 00:33:29,915
to the Dairy Conservation Commission as a member with a term

604
00:33:29,915 --> 00:33:32,635
to expire on March 31st, 2028.

605
00:33:33,095 --> 00:33:35,755
Second that Seconded by Councilor Mills.

606
00:33:35,755 --> 00:33:40,635
Do I have any discussion? Nope. Councilor Chase? Yes.

607
00:33:40,905 --> 00:33:45,235
Councilor Flood. Yes. Councilor Foot? Yes. Councilor Mills?

608
00:33:45,615 --> 00:33:49,155
Yes. Councilor Healey? Yes. Councilor Spencer?

609
00:33:50,855 --> 00:33:52,995
Yes. And the chair votes? Yes.

610
00:33:53,715 --> 00:33:57,035
When did Cons Conrad is appointed by vote of seven to zero.

611
00:33:59,295 --> 00:34:02,955
Couple of other announcements, just to reiterate,

612
00:34:03,345 --> 00:34:07,595
Charlie Buzzle, Hattie Ergen was a huge supporter

613
00:34:07,655 --> 00:34:08,915
of East Area

614
00:34:08,915 --> 00:34:12,235
and dairy firefighters throughout her entire life.

615
00:34:14,135 --> 00:34:15,835
And it is nice to see

616
00:34:15,835 --> 00:34:18,355
that the fire department will be honored hearing her

617
00:34:19,375 --> 00:34:23,075
by planting a tree on September 20th.

618
00:34:23,075 --> 00:34:24,155
If you want more information,

619
00:34:24,155 --> 00:34:26,595
please contact the fire department or check their website

620
00:34:26,595 --> 00:34:28,115
and give you the schedule of events.

621
00:34:30,535 --> 00:34:34,115
The next thing is just want to congratulate our own

622
00:34:34,915 --> 00:34:38,395
counselor, Doug Flood his,

623
00:34:39,575 --> 00:34:43,275
the charity that he helped found the Jason R Flood Memorial

624
00:34:43,805 --> 00:34:45,555
Pizza Stock or Pizza.

625
00:34:45,785 --> 00:34:49,235
Yeah. Pizza Stock. A charity to help

626
00:34:50,305 --> 00:34:52,155
educate people about mental health

627
00:34:52,655 --> 00:34:55,235
and suicide prevention, particularly with teenagers

628
00:34:55,235 --> 00:34:58,195
through music and counseling, has been recognized

629
00:34:58,975 --> 00:35:00,995
by the Greater Dairy One

630
00:35:00,995 --> 00:35:04,155
and Dairy Chamber of Commerce as Charity of the year.

631
00:35:04,775 --> 00:35:06,235
So congratulations.

632
00:35:06,235 --> 00:35:07,755
Daniel, your

633
00:35:07,755 --> 00:35:11,515
or your wife, Daniel Flood as who's the president?

634
00:35:11,745 --> 00:35:13,435
Vice President Mike

635
00:35:14,325 --> 00:35:15,325
Caras.

636
00:35:15,325 --> 00:35:17,595
Mike Caras, treasurer Lee Madero.

637
00:35:18,395 --> 00:35:22,115
Secretary Craig Cunningham. And members of the board.

638
00:35:22,355 --> 00:35:26,755
Jennifer Besson Cuthbert, Gina Cino, Steve Dino

639
00:35:27,575 --> 00:35:28,635
and Josh Tubbs.

640
00:35:28,635 --> 00:35:30,835
And again, thank you Doug for founding it.

641
00:35:30,965 --> 00:35:31,395
Thank you.

642
00:35:39,555 --> 00:35:42,485
Last issue is regarding House Bill 1331.

643
00:35:43,565 --> 00:35:46,165
The DER Town Council has heard the requests

644
00:35:46,165 --> 00:35:48,645
and comments on House Bill 31

645
00:35:49,065 --> 00:35:52,805
and of those that spoke at the last meeting in this meeting.

646
00:35:53,825 --> 00:35:55,965
So we have asked the TA to gather facts

647
00:35:56,065 --> 00:35:59,125
and information on this complex issue so

648
00:35:59,125 --> 00:36:02,365
that we may act in an informed and appropriate manner

649
00:36:02,545 --> 00:36:03,925
and do our due diligence.

650
00:36:04,265 --> 00:36:07,645
In the meantime, we ask everyone to be patient. Thank you.

651
00:36:09,705 --> 00:36:11,485
Now we'll move to the Todd Administrator's report.

652
00:36:13,355 --> 00:36:16,925
Good evening. I've got a couple of items to share tonight.

653
00:36:17,305 --> 00:36:19,125
The Dairy Police Department recognizes

654
00:36:19,125 --> 00:36:20,765
that effective leadership is one

655
00:36:20,765 --> 00:36:21,925
of the most critical components

656
00:36:21,925 --> 00:36:24,205
of a professional law organization.

657
00:36:24,225 --> 00:36:26,405
And investing in leadership development ensures

658
00:36:26,405 --> 00:36:29,405
that supervisors and command staff possess the knowledge,

659
00:36:29,405 --> 00:36:32,885
skills and abilities to lead personnel manage complex

660
00:36:32,885 --> 00:36:34,125
organization challenges

661
00:36:34,125 --> 00:36:37,645
and provide the highest level of service to the community.

662
00:36:38,315 --> 00:36:42,245
Several members of the department have attended training

663
00:36:42,245 --> 00:36:43,285
through the FBI,

664
00:36:43,465 --> 00:36:46,085
law Enforcement Executive Development Association,

665
00:36:46,155 --> 00:36:47,805
also known as lda

666
00:36:48,265 --> 00:36:52,565
and Chief George Filia is here this evening with some guests

667
00:36:53,545 --> 00:36:55,365
to present an award tonight

668
00:36:55,865 --> 00:36:57,925
to the department and individuals.

669
00:36:57,985 --> 00:36:58,985
So George,

670
00:37:01,735 --> 00:37:02,735
Thank you Mike.

671
00:37:02,735 --> 00:37:05,765
Thank you Thomas. I wanted to highlight what I consider

672
00:37:05,785 --> 00:37:08,525
to be a pretty significant milestone achievement

673
00:37:09,025 --> 00:37:10,165
by our command staff.

674
00:37:11,785 --> 00:37:15,045
One of the things that, do you have a slide there

675
00:37:15,045 --> 00:37:17,645
for oh one? Yep,

676
00:37:17,695 --> 00:37:18,695
We're bringing that up right now.

677
00:37:18,695 --> 00:37:22,285
Thank you Chief. One of the things, the first things

678
00:37:22,355 --> 00:37:25,285
that previous town administrator Dave Karen asked

679
00:37:25,285 --> 00:37:28,325
of me when he hired me as Chief 42, excuse me,

680
00:37:28,325 --> 00:37:29,685
four years ago, was

681
00:37:29,685 --> 00:37:33,085
that I developed a leadership succession planning plan to

682
00:37:33,085 --> 00:37:35,485
that end the town engaged with attorney Eric Daigle,

683
00:37:35,665 --> 00:37:38,725
the Daigle Law Group, and to assist us with that task.

684
00:37:39,145 --> 00:37:42,245
One of the chief recommendations by attorney Daigle made at

685
00:37:42,245 --> 00:37:45,365
that time was to increase the level of supervisory command

686
00:37:45,365 --> 00:37:48,125
and executive development development training offered

687
00:37:48,125 --> 00:37:50,405
to our current and future leaders.

688
00:37:51,585 --> 00:37:53,565
We had long been involved with the FBI,

689
00:37:53,565 --> 00:37:57,285
law Enforcement Executive Development Association

690
00:37:57,345 --> 00:37:59,605
and were aware that they offered some of the best training

691
00:38:00,155 --> 00:38:01,285
this country has to offer.

692
00:38:02,145 --> 00:38:05,965
In fact, FBI leader offers a trilogy of classes entitled

693
00:38:06,845 --> 00:38:08,205
Supervisory Leadership Institute,

694
00:38:08,755 --> 00:38:10,245
command Leadership Institute,

695
00:38:10,585 --> 00:38:12,565
and the Executive Leadership Institute.

696
00:38:14,075 --> 00:38:16,765
Each week long course is designed to prepare an officer

697
00:38:16,785 --> 00:38:19,565
to be successful from the rank of sergeant right up

698
00:38:19,565 --> 00:38:23,005
to the rank of chief with a fair degree of pride.

699
00:38:23,125 --> 00:38:25,765
I appear this evening with our entire command staff,

700
00:38:26,035 --> 00:38:28,845
including all five lieutenants, both captains

701
00:38:30,145 --> 00:38:32,765
and each of us have completed the trilogy of classes

702
00:38:32,985 --> 00:38:36,325
and individually earned the FBI lead a Trilogy Award.

703
00:38:37,235 --> 00:38:40,565
This accomplishment makes the DER Police Department eligible

704
00:38:40,565 --> 00:38:41,805
for an agency award.

705
00:38:43,145 --> 00:38:45,565
I'm pleased to introduce the Chief Operations Officer

706
00:38:45,585 --> 00:38:47,925
for the FBI leader, Michael Robinson Senior

707
00:38:48,025 --> 00:38:49,445
for a presentation to the department.

708
00:38:51,495 --> 00:38:52,205
Thank you. Chief

709
00:38:55,845 --> 00:38:56,495
Town Council.

710
00:38:56,895 --> 00:38:59,855
Greetings Town Manager Administrator. Yep.

711
00:39:00,215 --> 00:39:01,335
Greetings to you as well.

712
00:39:01,395 --> 00:39:04,455
Mr. Fowler, chief fii, thank you

713
00:39:04,455 --> 00:39:06,015
for having us here this evening.

714
00:39:06,545 --> 00:39:07,975
First of all, good evening everyone.

715
00:39:08,915 --> 00:39:11,455
As chief has stated, my name is Michael Robinson.

716
00:39:11,515 --> 00:39:15,295
I'm the Chief Operating Officer for FBI lita. FBI.

717
00:39:15,445 --> 00:39:16,975
Lita is an organization

718
00:39:17,125 --> 00:39:19,015
that does law enforcement leadership

719
00:39:19,335 --> 00:39:20,575
training across the world.

720
00:39:21,965 --> 00:39:23,495
Each year. For the last couple

721
00:39:23,495 --> 00:39:25,655
of years we've trained about 20,000

722
00:39:26,195 --> 00:39:28,775
law enforcement professionals across the United States

723
00:39:29,395 --> 00:39:33,535
as well as in foreign countries as well on leadership.

724
00:39:34,315 --> 00:39:38,055
And there are very few departments

725
00:39:38,645 --> 00:39:40,975
that will show the level of dedication

726
00:39:42,005 --> 00:39:46,735
that this department here has shown in Derry New Hampshire.

727
00:39:47,365 --> 00:39:51,455
They've shown a commitment to investing in their personnel.

728
00:39:51,825 --> 00:39:53,055
Thank you. Town Council

729
00:39:53,435 --> 00:39:56,735
or whoever handles the budget to support that effort

730
00:39:56,735 --> 00:40:00,175
because we know it's not a singular issue.

731
00:40:00,315 --> 00:40:01,615
It takes the whole town

732
00:40:01,715 --> 00:40:04,215
to actually support departments when they're

733
00:40:05,055 --> 00:40:09,135
pursuing something such as the FBI Leader A Trilogy Award,

734
00:40:10,195 --> 00:40:14,335
as the chief has stated, the Trilogy Award goes to agencies

735
00:40:14,835 --> 00:40:17,735
who have made the commitment to ensure that each member

736
00:40:18,235 --> 00:40:21,175
of their executive team, specifically members

737
00:40:21,175 --> 00:40:25,895
of their command staff, have completed our flagship program.

738
00:40:26,515 --> 00:40:28,855
And the flag flagship program for us,

739
00:40:29,275 --> 00:40:31,095
and it has been for quite some time,

740
00:40:31,715 --> 00:40:33,535
is our supervisory leadership course,

741
00:40:33,545 --> 00:40:36,695
which talks about everything you need to make sure

742
00:40:36,725 --> 00:40:38,335
that individuals are aware of

743
00:40:38,355 --> 00:40:42,055
and understand the perspective of the first line supervisor.

744
00:40:42,685 --> 00:40:44,975
Then there's a Command Leadership Institute

745
00:40:45,385 --> 00:40:48,615
where we focus on those that are in the command ranks

746
00:40:48,995 --> 00:40:52,175
and those individuals who assist the chief in running

747
00:40:52,205 --> 00:40:56,255
that department and they gain a perspective at that level.

748
00:40:56,675 --> 00:40:58,975
And then there's the Executive Leadership Institute.

749
00:40:59,615 --> 00:41:02,535
Those individuals learn this perspective of the chief

750
00:41:03,155 --> 00:41:04,655
and they get a clear understanding

751
00:41:04,655 --> 00:41:07,375
that the chief has the answer to a lot of people,

752
00:41:07,645 --> 00:41:11,495
including many individuals in this room as well as the town

753
00:41:11,525 --> 00:41:13,135
that you guys serve as well.

754
00:41:13,595 --> 00:41:15,935
So it's quite an honor for us to be here.

755
00:41:16,855 --> 00:41:19,735
I came in a little early because we're actually holding a

756
00:41:19,735 --> 00:41:22,815
class up in Beau New Hampshire this week.

757
00:41:22,875 --> 00:41:24,135
So I got a chance to meet

758
00:41:24,155 --> 00:41:26,135
and talk with individuals who were in that class.

759
00:41:26,955 --> 00:41:30,255
We do about 700 classes a year

760
00:41:31,685 --> 00:41:35,485
and this year only three departments in the state

761
00:41:35,485 --> 00:41:39,365
of New Hampshire achieved the FBI lead a agency Trilogy

762
00:41:39,375 --> 00:41:42,125
Award thus far since we've started

763
00:41:42,715 --> 00:41:45,045
issuing the agency Trilogy Award

764
00:41:45,065 --> 00:41:46,605
for police departments across the country.

765
00:41:47,325 --> 00:41:50,885
There've only been six now in the state of New Hampshire

766
00:41:51,825 --> 00:41:54,125
and your department is one of them of course.

767
00:41:54,745 --> 00:41:58,845
And there've only been 303 across the country.

768
00:41:59,545 --> 00:42:03,205
And keep in mind there are about 18,000 police departments

769
00:42:03,305 --> 00:42:04,765
in the United States of America

770
00:42:05,305 --> 00:42:07,725
and your department is one of those

771
00:42:07,905 --> 00:42:10,845
who achieved the FBI lead a Trilogy Award.

772
00:42:11,425 --> 00:42:14,445
So on behalf of our executive director, Jacque Patis,

773
00:42:15,065 --> 00:42:17,725
as well as our president of our organization,

774
00:42:18,465 --> 00:42:22,525
Mr. Christopher Workman, it is quite the honor

775
00:42:23,185 --> 00:42:28,165
to present tonight the FBI Lita Agency Trilogy Award

776
00:42:28,705 --> 00:42:33,045
to Chief Oli as well as your amazing command staff.

777
00:42:33,305 --> 00:42:35,205
So congratulations chief very much. Awesome.

778
00:42:35,205 --> 00:42:36,205
You're quite welcome.

779
00:42:41,875 --> 00:42:43,125
Hopefully We can get some,

780
00:42:43,315 --> 00:42:44,805
Some pictures here with the,

781
00:42:45,475 --> 00:42:47,165
with the team here if that's okay.

782
00:42:48,485 --> 00:42:52,445
Absolutely. Alright. We had

783
00:42:54,225 --> 00:42:58,965
warned him that we'd be taking pictures anyways. That's

784
00:42:58,965 --> 00:43:00,005
A pretty Neat slide.

785
00:43:38,495 --> 00:43:41,115
If it's okay, I know I blessed it with the chief,

786
00:43:41,255 --> 00:43:44,195
but we do have things that we provide individuals

787
00:43:44,195 --> 00:43:46,235
for supporting these departments across the country.

788
00:43:46,625 --> 00:43:48,515
They're called challenge coins for those

789
00:43:48,775 --> 00:43:51,595
who may have served in the United States military, as I did

790
00:43:51,595 --> 00:43:54,755
as well, we'd like to make sure that some

791
00:43:54,755 --> 00:43:57,995
of your key personnel get some of these tonight.

792
00:43:58,095 --> 00:44:00,355
So I'd like to provide one from the town administrator.

793
00:44:00,355 --> 00:44:03,915
Thank you. As well as all of your council members as well.

794
00:44:04,575 --> 00:44:07,195
And thank you guys for supporting such an

795
00:44:07,195 --> 00:44:08,355
amazing department here.

796
00:44:08,895 --> 00:44:10,955
And I understand since Miss

797
00:44:11,205 --> 00:44:13,315
isn't here, I'll just need the, yeah. Alright. Done.

798
00:44:14,105 --> 00:44:16,955
I'll make certain that you get it. Thank you. Quite

799
00:44:16,955 --> 00:44:17,955
Welcome sir.

800
00:44:18,005 --> 00:44:19,555
Thank you sir. Thank you.

801
00:44:20,385 --> 00:44:23,355
Well it's an appropriate shape for you Doug. Thank you.

802
00:44:23,955 --> 00:44:27,315
Absolutely. Oh yeah. Mr.

803
00:44:27,595 --> 00:44:30,275
Chairman, if you'll allow me 30 more seconds. Absolutely.

804
00:44:31,125 --> 00:44:32,605
I just, I think, think it's important

805
00:44:32,785 --> 00:44:34,845
to recognize each officer individually.

806
00:44:36,325 --> 00:44:37,725
I want to recognize

807
00:44:37,725 --> 00:44:39,565
and you can stand, the officers can stand up.

808
00:44:39,565 --> 00:44:42,765
Some of 'em already are. Lieutenant Pat Dawson,

809
00:44:42,765 --> 00:44:45,685
patrol division Lieutenant 14 year service to the top.

810
00:44:46,855 --> 00:44:47,725
Thank you Lieutenant.

811
00:44:52,055 --> 00:44:57,005
Lieutenant Jared Knox, patrol division Lieutenant 16 years

812
00:44:57,005 --> 00:44:58,565
of service, total law enforcement.

813
00:44:58,965 --> 00:45:00,325
14 to the town of dairy. Thank you.

814
00:45:03,775 --> 00:45:07,325
Lieutenant Chris Talbot, 22 years of service.

815
00:45:07,515 --> 00:45:10,765
Presently our investigative services bureau commander.

816
00:45:10,895 --> 00:45:11,685
Thank you Lieutenant.

817
00:45:15,415 --> 00:45:19,125
Lieutenant Ryan O'Rourke, 19 years of service patrol

818
00:45:20,145 --> 00:45:22,085
bureau Lieutenant, thank you for your service.

819
00:45:27,555 --> 00:45:30,365
Sean O'Donohue, our administrative services bureau

820
00:45:30,365 --> 00:45:32,845
commander, Lieutenant O'Donohue 18.

821
00:45:32,985 --> 00:45:34,685
I'm nearly 19 years of service. Thank you.

822
00:45:34,685 --> 00:45:39,365
Lieutenant Captain

823
00:45:39,395 --> 00:45:43,085
Dave Micha, our support services division

824
00:45:43,085 --> 00:45:44,645
commander, 19 years of service.

825
00:45:44,735 --> 00:45:48,885
Thank you Captain. And Captain John Breen,

826
00:45:49,665 --> 00:45:52,805
our operations division commander, 29 years service.

827
00:45:53,415 --> 00:45:56,045
Thank you. Thank you very much.

828
00:45:56,345 --> 00:45:59,485
If we could do one more picture, maybe with the six

829
00:45:59,485 --> 00:46:00,605
of us and everybody else

830
00:46:01,395 --> 00:46:02,395
Certainly.

831
00:46:02,585 --> 00:46:04,325
And yes.

832
00:46:04,775 --> 00:46:07,525
Great. You want

833
00:46:22,345 --> 00:46:23,925
you guys behind us with us?

834
00:46:24,305 --> 00:46:24,525
Yes.

835
00:47:00,525 --> 00:47:00,895
Make a

836
00:47:32,895 --> 00:47:34,645
thank you for having Congratulations.

837
00:47:37,625 --> 00:47:38,605
Congratulations.

838
00:47:48,385 --> 00:47:52,565
Congratulations. I stepped behind Jack, Mr. Chair.

839
00:47:52,645 --> 00:47:54,565
I just got to say I'm a little disappointed that

840
00:47:54,565 --> 00:47:57,405
with all these great opportunities veteran photographers

841
00:47:57,715 --> 00:48:00,085
took the chance to say, say police,

842
00:48:01,555 --> 00:48:02,555
Come on.

843
00:48:02,675 --> 00:48:06,485
Yeah, yeah.

844
00:48:06,655 --> 00:48:07,805
Thank you Chief fii

845
00:48:07,865 --> 00:48:10,645
and all the work that your staff has done.

846
00:48:17,255 --> 00:48:20,785
Yeah. Alright, we'll continue. Alright,

847
00:48:20,805 --> 00:48:22,145
So I have a couple of other items

848
00:48:22,285 --> 00:48:23,625
of interest for the community.

849
00:48:25,165 --> 00:48:27,625
On September 1st, town council

850
00:48:27,805 --> 00:48:30,985
or members had attended a ribbon cutting at

851
00:48:30,985 --> 00:48:32,385
the town's landfill.

852
00:48:32,605 --> 00:48:35,465
And that was to commemorate a, the opening

853
00:48:35,525 --> 00:48:37,025
of our solar panel field

854
00:48:37,385 --> 00:48:40,905
that has a 25 year power purchase agreement lease

855
00:48:41,055 --> 00:48:42,745
with Encore Renewable Energy.

856
00:48:43,305 --> 00:48:45,025
Some of the stats that are important

857
00:48:45,025 --> 00:48:47,825
to talk about is the town is purchasing electricity at

858
00:48:48,205 --> 00:48:50,945
6.50 cents per kilowatt hour as compared

859
00:48:50,965 --> 00:48:52,585
to the Eversource default rate

860
00:48:52,885 --> 00:48:56,545
of 14 cents just over 14 cents per kilowatt hour

861
00:48:56,605 --> 00:48:57,665
as of August 1st.

862
00:48:58,385 --> 00:49:01,905
The net zero task force was instrumental in working

863
00:49:02,025 --> 00:49:03,105
through the proposals

864
00:49:03,125 --> 00:49:06,425
and we finally have tangible electricity production

865
00:49:06,965 --> 00:49:08,185
for order of magnitude.

866
00:49:08,185 --> 00:49:11,985
The solar array will generate approximately 4.2 million

867
00:49:12,145 --> 00:49:15,065
kilowatt hours of electricity annually, some

868
00:49:15,065 --> 00:49:17,345
of which will be consumed at the wastewater treatment plant.

869
00:49:17,565 --> 00:49:22,305
And then the other product will be distributed into the grid

870
00:49:22,305 --> 00:49:25,105
and the town would be receiving net metering credits.

871
00:49:25,125 --> 00:49:29,985
So we are projecting over the 25 year period at a minimum

872
00:49:30,165 --> 00:49:33,865
of $4 million of averted cost, whether when you compare to

873
00:49:33,865 --> 00:49:36,905
what the default rate is for electricity.

874
00:49:36,905 --> 00:49:40,945
So I'll continue to update the council one at some point

875
00:49:41,085 --> 00:49:42,305
as we go into the winter.

876
00:49:42,725 --> 00:49:46,025
We are gonna talk a little bit about fuel costs and,

877
00:49:46,025 --> 00:49:49,865
and what those may or may not be for impacts to the budget.

878
00:49:49,965 --> 00:49:51,545
We were expecting diesel and heating

879
00:49:51,545 --> 00:49:52,585
oil and things of that nature.

880
00:49:53,285 --> 00:49:54,465
We made some projections.

881
00:49:54,485 --> 00:49:55,945
So we'll talk about that a little bit.

882
00:49:55,945 --> 00:49:59,505
But I did want to note that our solar project is online

883
00:49:59,565 --> 00:50:01,505
and currently generating electricity.

884
00:50:03,245 --> 00:50:06,985
On a related note, the town also recently signed a

885
00:50:06,985 --> 00:50:10,065
consultant agreement with Freedom Logistics to initiate the

886
00:50:10,665 --> 00:50:13,745
electricity aggregation, also known

887
00:50:13,765 --> 00:50:14,985
as Community Power Effort.

888
00:50:15,215 --> 00:50:19,345
This endeavor's gonna kick off with pricing in early 2027,

889
00:50:19,345 --> 00:50:21,865
which will be offered to all residential parties in the

890
00:50:21,865 --> 00:50:24,225
Eversource, Unitil, and Liberty franchise area.

891
00:50:24,605 --> 00:50:26,025
The goal of this program would be

892
00:50:26,025 --> 00:50:28,765
to offer electricity supply at a lower rate

893
00:50:28,765 --> 00:50:29,885
than the default utility.

894
00:50:29,985 --> 00:50:32,245
So this is for everybody in the community.

895
00:50:32,385 --> 00:50:36,965
So we talked about a few years ago putting community power

896
00:50:37,075 --> 00:50:40,645
into place where perhaps if there's a higher rate from ever

897
00:50:40,645 --> 00:50:44,645
source at 14 cents, our buying power combined would allow us

898
00:50:44,645 --> 00:50:47,485
to potentially be somewhat less expensive than that.

899
00:50:47,785 --> 00:50:49,045
So we're gonna be pricing that

900
00:50:49,065 --> 00:50:51,325
and that would be something we'll roll out some information

901
00:50:51,505 --> 00:50:54,245
in, in hopes that we can save, you know, again, all

902
00:50:54,245 --> 00:50:57,205
of our residents, some money on their electricity bills.

903
00:50:58,065 --> 00:51:02,085
And then lastly, just as a query for the council

904
00:51:03,635 --> 00:51:06,165
setting up meetings, you have the 22nd,

905
00:51:06,165 --> 00:51:08,845
you're gonna be meeting with the school board

906
00:51:08,945 --> 00:51:10,525
for a workshop at five 30.

907
00:51:11,465 --> 00:51:14,485
You have regular town council meetings on October 6th

908
00:51:14,505 --> 00:51:15,565
and October 20th.

909
00:51:15,905 --> 00:51:19,245
And then November 3rd is the general election day

910
00:51:19,355 --> 00:51:23,445
that would align with your regular meeting scheduled dates.

911
00:51:23,545 --> 00:51:26,565
So just let me know if you, if you have some thoughts,

912
00:51:26,625 --> 00:51:28,685
I'm assuming that you want to postpone

913
00:51:28,685 --> 00:51:30,165
and not hold a meeting that day,

914
00:51:30,985 --> 00:51:34,125
but if you wanna just meet November 17th as the only meeting

915
00:51:34,125 --> 00:51:37,445
of the month, that could be accommodated on the normal

916
00:51:37,535 --> 00:51:38,805
third Tuesday of the month.

917
00:51:38,825 --> 00:51:41,245
But we can talk about that at the next meeting

918
00:51:41,265 --> 00:51:44,045
and make sure we let the viewers know if

919
00:51:44,045 --> 00:51:45,125
we are having a meeting or not.

920
00:51:45,125 --> 00:51:47,045
On November 3rd, they're not having

921
00:51:47,125 --> 00:51:48,165
a meeting, they can't I know.

922
00:51:48,485 --> 00:51:50,685
Understood. And I just wanna put that out there for,

923
00:51:51,025 --> 00:51:52,125
for full transparency.

924
00:51:52,505 --> 00:51:55,885
And that's all I have. Do we have any questions

925
00:51:55,885 --> 00:51:57,765
for the town administrator?

926
00:52:00,755 --> 00:52:01,755
Councilor Spencer?

927
00:52:03,885 --> 00:52:05,405
I don't have a question, but I would just,

928
00:52:05,945 --> 00:52:10,565
on the community power item, I would just like

929
00:52:10,565 --> 00:52:12,045
to give a shout, kind of a shout out

930
00:52:12,045 --> 00:52:14,445
and thank you to the net zero commission.

931
00:52:14,445 --> 00:52:16,125
They've been really working on this and,

932
00:52:16,125 --> 00:52:18,045
and working with the town administrator and,

933
00:52:18,265 --> 00:52:21,445
and others to see this come through and,

934
00:52:21,505 --> 00:52:23,285
and have been really behind this effort.

935
00:52:23,305 --> 00:52:25,125
So I just wanna give them a congratulations

936
00:52:25,185 --> 00:52:27,005
to hopefully helping their neighbors save some money.

937
00:52:28,405 --> 00:52:30,085
Do we have any plan on how we're going

938
00:52:30,085 --> 00:52:31,285
to notify all the residents?

939
00:52:31,665 --> 00:52:33,925
Yes, absolutely. So there will be a,

940
00:52:34,565 --> 00:52:38,165
a public meeting at some point, probably either in December

941
00:52:38,165 --> 00:52:41,125
or January of 2027 to outline the plan

942
00:52:41,505 --> 00:52:44,205
and then mailers go out to each one of the individual

943
00:52:44,725 --> 00:52:47,245
11,000 properties that would be eligible for this.

944
00:52:47,525 --> 00:52:48,965
Although it may be a little less 'cause we're not gonna be

945
00:52:48,965 --> 00:52:50,605
going into the New Hampshire co-op area,

946
00:52:50,625 --> 00:52:52,845
but each homeowner is given

947
00:52:53,745 --> 00:52:55,525
an opportunity to review the plans.

948
00:52:55,625 --> 00:52:57,365
You do have options if you want something

949
00:52:57,365 --> 00:52:58,445
that's a little bit more green

950
00:52:58,445 --> 00:52:59,965
or you pay generally more for that,

951
00:53:00,585 --> 00:53:02,565
but we'll be distributing and discussing it.

952
00:53:02,865 --> 00:53:06,125
The idea would be to have the pricing available

953
00:53:06,425 --> 00:53:09,565
for some time in April around that timeframe, 2027,

954
00:53:09,865 --> 00:53:13,205
and people would be automatically opting into the program.

955
00:53:13,465 --> 00:53:15,645
It would be an opt-out option if you

956
00:53:15,645 --> 00:53:16,685
don't want to be part of it.

957
00:53:16,715 --> 00:53:18,285
This is, you know, community-wide.

958
00:53:18,385 --> 00:53:20,725
So this is being done in many other communities

959
00:53:20,725 --> 00:53:23,045
around the state and we just didn't launch it

960
00:53:23,045 --> 00:53:27,525
because the timing in 2023 and 2024 was not advantageous.

961
00:53:27,545 --> 00:53:29,845
So we're at that stage now where we think it is.

962
00:53:36,705 --> 00:53:38,645
So, you know, other comments, we might as well move on

963
00:53:39,825 --> 00:53:41,125
to the public hearings.

964
00:53:43,665 --> 00:53:47,485
We have ordinance 2026 dash 0 0 3

965
00:53:47,905 --> 00:53:49,285
to amend chapter one 19

966
00:53:49,305 --> 00:53:52,285
of the General Code Hawkers Pedalers Itinerant vendors

967
00:53:53,285 --> 00:53:55,765
Police Chief FII will be presenting.

968
00:54:05,025 --> 00:54:06,455
Thank you. Thank you counselors.

969
00:54:07,615 --> 00:54:09,295
I appeared this evening to talk a little bit about

970
00:54:09,925 --> 00:54:13,655
Chapter one 19 in our Town Code Hawkes

971
00:54:13,655 --> 00:54:16,095
and peddlers in Itinerant Bend Town Ordinance.

972
00:54:16,415 --> 00:54:20,095
I noticed short while ago that

973
00:54:21,155 --> 00:54:22,575
the ordinance needed some revision

974
00:54:22,575 --> 00:54:24,255
because there are some state statutes

975
00:54:24,255 --> 00:54:25,695
that have since been repealed

976
00:54:25,915 --> 00:54:28,695
and are referenced in our ordinance.

977
00:54:30,475 --> 00:54:32,015
So I'll just go quickly through that.

978
00:54:32,245 --> 00:54:35,815
It's, it's really housekeeping measures more than changes

979
00:54:35,915 --> 00:54:40,615
to the ordinance with the exception of price increase

980
00:54:40,715 --> 00:54:42,535
for the permit fee itself.

981
00:54:43,395 --> 00:54:45,015
The ordinance chap refers

982
00:54:45,015 --> 00:54:47,935
to chapter RSA chapter three 20 and 3 21.

983
00:54:47,965 --> 00:54:50,855
Both of those were repealed in 2023.

984
00:54:51,385 --> 00:54:54,575
Those citations can are no longer valid within the document

985
00:54:54,635 --> 00:54:55,815
and need to be removed.

986
00:54:56,435 --> 00:54:59,695
And we wanted to correct what I perceived as a

987
00:55:00,465 --> 00:55:02,415
deficiency in the permit fee.

988
00:55:03,195 --> 00:55:06,495
We were last, it was last set at $50 per year.

989
00:55:07,155 --> 00:55:09,215
And I did some investigation

990
00:55:09,235 --> 00:55:14,175
and found that we should be in the $150 a year range

991
00:55:14,675 --> 00:55:17,215
for, to align with our other communities around us.

992
00:55:17,835 --> 00:55:19,735
And that would of course increase,

993
00:55:19,935 --> 00:55:23,175
generate increased revenue, specifically Section 1 19 3.

994
00:55:23,715 --> 00:55:25,135
We remove the,

995
00:55:25,235 --> 00:55:28,735
the New Hampshire RSA Chapter 3 21 license requirement.

996
00:55:28,955 --> 00:55:30,135
We renumber the sections

997
00:55:30,135 --> 00:55:32,175
accordingly to maintain consistent ordinance structure

998
00:55:32,755 --> 00:55:34,655
in section one 19 dash five.

999
00:55:34,795 --> 00:55:38,535
We remove the phrase pursuant to 3 21 3 in reference

1000
00:55:38,675 --> 00:55:41,735
to hawkers and peddlers as defined in 3 21

1001
00:55:42,195 --> 00:55:44,655
as those RSAs were repealed Also,

1002
00:55:45,415 --> 00:55:47,295
section one 19 and one 10.

1003
00:55:47,625 --> 00:55:49,295
These are housekeeping measures as

1004
00:55:49,815 --> 00:55:52,895
I I indicated we would add as amended.

1005
00:55:53,215 --> 00:55:56,055
September 15th, 2026 if you elect

1006
00:55:56,055 --> 00:55:57,255
to make that change this evening.

1007
00:55:58,795 --> 00:56:02,135
In, in section 1 19 10 at effective date language.

1008
00:56:02,365 --> 00:56:05,375
This article takes effect January 14th, 2021

1009
00:56:05,515 --> 00:56:09,935
and as amended September 15th, 2026, excuse me,

1010
00:56:11,775 --> 00:56:13,935
the current Hawkins and Pist fee license.

1011
00:56:14,115 --> 00:56:18,375
Permit fee is $50, as you can see,

1012
00:56:19,555 --> 00:56:22,255
excuse me, Manchester's $150 a year.

1013
00:56:22,325 --> 00:56:24,325
Nash was a hundred. Portsmouth is two 50.

1014
00:56:24,635 --> 00:56:26,765
Keen is 150 Rochester's a hundred.

1015
00:56:27,925 --> 00:56:29,485
I thought that we should be at 150.

1016
00:56:29,945 --> 00:56:32,925
Now at current this year, we,

1017
00:56:33,015 --> 00:56:35,765
we've issued 24 licenses since April.

1018
00:56:36,035 --> 00:56:39,085
That would generate, we did generate $1,200

1019
00:56:39,755 --> 00:56:43,005
with $150 fee, we would've generated 3,600.

1020
00:56:43,025 --> 00:56:44,045
So we'll triple that revenue.

1021
00:56:46,965 --> 00:56:48,805
There's no negative fiscal impact to the budget.

1022
00:56:48,985 --> 00:56:50,765
The fee increased from 50 to 150,

1023
00:56:50,815 --> 00:56:52,765
we'll generate increased revenues to the town.

1024
00:56:52,785 --> 00:56:55,565
So that's a positive. The council is asked

1025
00:56:55,565 --> 00:56:57,325
to consider those amendments to the

1026
00:56:57,875 --> 00:56:59,605
chapter one 19 this evening.

1027
00:57:00,265 --> 00:57:01,645
I'm here to I, I'll be happy

1028
00:57:01,665 --> 00:57:04,045
to answer any questions that anyone might have.

1029
00:57:04,335 --> 00:57:07,445
Moved up public hearing. Second.

1030
00:57:08,385 --> 00:57:11,325
Motion to open the public hearing made by Councilor Foot.

1031
00:57:11,325 --> 00:57:14,085
Seconded by Councilor Healey. Councilor Chase? Yes.

1032
00:57:14,085 --> 00:57:17,645
Councilor Flood. Yes. Councilor Foot? Yes. Councilor Mills?

1033
00:57:17,745 --> 00:57:20,725
Yes. Councilor Healy. Yes. Consul LER Spencer?

1034
00:57:21,665 --> 00:57:24,525
Yes. Chair votes? Yes. Let's open the public hearing.

1035
00:57:34,605 --> 00:57:36,555
David Preventer 26 Milmore Road.

1036
00:57:37,735 --> 00:57:39,835
You mentioned that you suspect that the

1037
00:57:40,495 --> 00:57:41,835
income would be tripled.

1038
00:57:42,495 --> 00:57:44,635
So you think that there'd be a hundred percent conversion

1039
00:57:44,635 --> 00:57:47,795
rate from people paying the $50 a year to the $150

1040
00:57:47,795 --> 00:57:49,315
That yeah, that, that, that is assumption based

1041
00:57:49,315 --> 00:57:50,355
on a hundred percent conversion.

1042
00:57:50,465 --> 00:57:51,835
Okay, so you don't think that any

1043
00:57:51,835 --> 00:57:53,555
that number would be too high for anybody

1044
00:57:53,575 --> 00:57:55,515
to just say Nah, no. It's not worth it?

1045
00:57:56,415 --> 00:57:59,635
No. I, I talk, I spoke with other law enforcement agencies

1046
00:57:59,635 --> 00:58:01,475
that try charge a much higher rate than we do

1047
00:58:01,475 --> 00:58:04,795
and they saw no significant drop in the application.

1048
00:58:05,105 --> 00:58:07,275
Okay. Just wanted to make sure that was considered. Okay.

1049
00:58:07,605 --> 00:58:11,475
Thank you. Anybody else Rising

1050
00:58:12,215 --> 00:58:13,395
Mr. Chair? Seeing none

1051
00:58:13,395 --> 00:58:14,395
Rise online.

1052
00:58:14,395 --> 00:58:15,995
Move to close. Second.

1053
00:58:16,375 --> 00:58:18,995
Motion to close a public hearing by Councilor Foot.

1054
00:58:18,995 --> 00:58:21,555
Seconded by Councilor Mills. Councilor Chase? Yes.

1055
00:58:21,745 --> 00:58:24,275
Councilor Flood? Yes. Councilor Foot?

1056
00:58:24,375 --> 00:58:27,715
Yes. Councilor Mills? Yes. Councilor Healy?

1057
00:58:27,935 --> 00:58:29,315
Yes. Councilor Spencer?

1058
00:58:30,295 --> 00:58:34,355
Yes. Chair votes? Yes. Public hearing is closed.

1059
00:58:34,815 --> 00:58:36,835
Do we have any questions for the police Chief

1060
00:58:39,335 --> 00:58:40,335
Mr.

1061
00:58:40,335 --> 00:58:40,995
Chair? Seeing no further questions.

1062
00:58:40,995 --> 00:58:42,555
Oh, I just want, sorry.

1063
00:58:44,105 --> 00:58:45,635
Councilor Spencer, do you have any?

1064
00:58:47,455 --> 00:58:49,035
No, And I just have one.

1065
00:58:51,155 --> 00:58:54,355
I had asked this to the town administrator

1066
00:58:54,705 --> 00:58:57,155
because I wasn't certain exactly what a Hawker pet

1067
00:58:57,155 --> 00:58:58,435
or an itinerant vendor is

1068
00:58:58,435 --> 00:59:00,035
because my first thought was, oh,

1069
00:59:00,035 --> 00:59:01,315
are we raising the fee on the people

1070
00:59:01,315 --> 00:59:02,915
that open the farmer's market?

1071
00:59:03,135 --> 00:59:04,355
He says, no, that's not the case.

1072
00:59:04,655 --> 00:59:09,075
No. So quite often we have people that go to door

1073
00:59:09,075 --> 00:59:11,675
to door selling door and window products

1074
00:59:12,095 --> 00:59:13,555
or siding, things like that.

1075
00:59:13,575 --> 00:59:15,635
And they, they, they canvas a neighborhood.

1076
00:59:15,965 --> 00:59:18,195
Those folks have to be licensed under this ordinance.

1077
00:59:19,135 --> 00:59:21,845
All right. So that if, so that allows a person,

1078
00:59:21,845 --> 00:59:23,285
if they have a stranger knocking on the door

1079
00:59:23,285 --> 00:59:24,845
and says, Hey, I'm selling new pro windows,

1080
00:59:25,235 --> 00:59:26,965
that they can contact the police then

1081
00:59:27,105 --> 00:59:29,365
and verify that that's a licensed vendor.

1082
00:59:30,085 --> 00:59:32,125
Absolutely. All right. Thank you

1083
00:59:33,945 --> 00:59:34,945
Mr.

1084
00:59:34,945 --> 00:59:36,565
Chair. Single no further questions. I move.

1085
00:59:36,705 --> 00:59:41,085
The ordinance number 2026 dash zero three

1086
00:59:41,475 --> 00:59:44,165
will amend Chapter one 19 of the general code

1087
00:59:44,705 --> 00:59:45,765
offers peddlers

1088
00:59:45,785 --> 00:59:49,325
and itinerant vendors, whereas Section 5.1

1089
00:59:49,325 --> 00:59:51,925
of the town charter designates the town council

1090
00:59:52,185 --> 00:59:55,165
As the governing and legislative body of the town.

1091
00:59:55,505 --> 01:00:00,445
And pursuant to Section 6.1, the council shall legislate

1092
01:00:00,465 --> 01:00:03,045
by ordinance and whereas there is a need

1093
01:00:03,045 --> 01:00:06,365
to amend chapter one 19, hawkers, peddlers

1094
01:00:06,365 --> 01:00:09,085
and itinerant vendors governing the issuance

1095
01:00:09,105 --> 01:00:10,605
of associated permits.

1096
01:00:10,905 --> 01:00:13,965
And whereas chart changes have been made to state law

1097
01:00:14,305 --> 01:00:17,245
and the town ordinance requires several amendments

1098
01:00:17,265 --> 01:00:20,565
to remove references to appealed state statues.

1099
01:00:20,865 --> 01:00:23,925
And now therefore, the town of Derry Ordains.

1100
01:00:24,195 --> 01:00:28,365
That chapter one 19 of the General Code Hawkers peddlers

1101
01:00:28,385 --> 01:00:32,125
and itinerant vendors be amended by removing references

1102
01:00:32,185 --> 01:00:37,125
to repealed state statues RSA 3 21

1103
01:00:37,225 --> 01:00:39,765
and RSA 3 21 3

1104
01:00:40,265 --> 01:00:44,325
and amending the license fee to $150 per year.

1105
01:00:44,835 --> 01:00:48,725
This ordinance shall take effect 30 days after its adoption.

1106
01:00:49,785 --> 01:00:53,085
Second motion made by Councilor Mill.

1107
01:00:53,125 --> 01:00:56,325
Seconded by Councilor Healy. Do we have any discussion?

1108
01:00:57,875 --> 01:01:02,135
Councilor Spencer? Nope. All right. Seeing no discussion.

1109
01:01:02,605 --> 01:01:06,895
Councilor Chase? Yes. Councilor Flood? Yes. Councilor Foot?

1110
01:01:06,955 --> 01:01:11,095
Yes. Councilor Mills? Yes. Councilor Healy. Yes.

1111
01:01:11,245 --> 01:01:16,055
Councilor Spencer? Yes. Chair votes? Yes. Motion passes.

1112
01:01:16,265 --> 01:01:20,935
Seven zero. Moving on to 26 78.

1113
01:01:23,735 --> 01:01:27,935
Resolution 2026 dash 0 5 0 to accept the 2026

1114
01:01:28,525 --> 01:01:30,615
Community Wildfire Protection Plan.

1115
01:01:31,245 --> 01:01:31,975
Beth Carver.

1116
01:01:36,705 --> 01:01:38,575
Thank you. And if you could introduce yourself, Mr.

1117
01:01:38,755 --> 01:01:42,855
Nwi, I'd appreciate it. Yes. Hello everyone.

1118
01:01:43,325 --> 01:01:45,575
John Neely. I work for the State of New Hampshire

1119
01:01:45,595 --> 01:01:49,375
as a community Wildfire mitigation Coordinator. Thank you.

1120
01:01:49,725 --> 01:01:51,295
Awesome. Thank you.

1121
01:01:51,435 --> 01:01:53,375
So we are here to introduce the plan

1122
01:01:55,075 --> 01:01:58,455
and its recommendations to reduce wildfire risk in dairy.

1123
01:02:00,915 --> 01:02:04,695
So we'll start with why create A-C-W-P-P in the first place?

1124
01:02:04,795 --> 01:02:09,775
So dairy actually faces a higher wildfire risk than 96%

1125
01:02:09,775 --> 01:02:11,575
of other communities in New Hampshire.

1126
01:02:12,375 --> 01:02:16,535
And wildfires in dairy are generally small, but human caused

1127
01:02:16,915 --> 01:02:20,085
and they're frequent and can become structural fires.

1128
01:02:21,025 --> 01:02:23,645
So the CWPP looks at all kinds of things,

1129
01:02:23,655 --> 01:02:26,045
looks at vegetation, weather, topography,

1130
01:02:26,045 --> 01:02:27,405
infrastructure access,

1131
01:02:27,665 --> 01:02:31,285
and a lot more in order to make recommendations so

1132
01:02:31,285 --> 01:02:34,525
that we can reduce the risk of a fire before it starts.

1133
01:02:36,985 --> 01:02:39,485
So what is A-C-W-P-P?

1134
01:02:39,755 --> 01:02:43,925
It's a collaborative effort between the state members

1135
01:02:43,985 --> 01:02:45,005
of local government

1136
01:02:46,145 --> 01:02:49,485
and to assess like what the risk is

1137
01:02:50,105 --> 01:02:53,045
and prioritize what actions we can take

1138
01:02:53,305 --> 01:02:56,005
and then to act on those.

1139
01:02:56,545 --> 01:02:58,445
And we have a list of actions

1140
01:03:00,145 --> 01:03:02,125
and it's going to benefit dairy

1141
01:03:02,805 --> 01:03:07,445
because it provides in-depth recommendations that you all

1142
01:03:08,065 --> 01:03:12,085
and other town officials can take on actionable steps

1143
01:03:12,425 --> 01:03:14,405
to lower our wildfire risk.

1144
01:03:14,625 --> 01:03:16,645
And importantly, secure federal funding.

1145
01:03:16,905 --> 01:03:21,325
So having A-C-W-P-P in place is a benefit when it comes

1146
01:03:21,345 --> 01:03:25,045
to applying for these community Wildfire defense grants,

1147
01:03:25,985 --> 01:03:28,845
but it also provides just simple actionable steps

1148
01:03:28,845 --> 01:03:31,205
that residents can take to make their homes

1149
01:03:31,345 --> 01:03:33,805
and neighborhoods more resilient to wildfire.

1150
01:03:36,625 --> 01:03:41,285
So after we did all that analysis, we came up

1151
01:03:41,285 --> 01:03:44,765
with four goals and 17 actions that are

1152
01:03:45,185 --> 01:03:46,765
inside the CWPP

1153
01:03:49,505 --> 01:03:52,805
and the those main four goals.

1154
01:03:53,945 --> 01:03:55,925
So we'll use the best available science

1155
01:03:55,985 --> 01:04:00,525
and information to identify present, to identify present

1156
01:04:00,665 --> 01:04:03,325
and future vulnerabilities to wildfire within dairy.

1157
01:04:04,495 --> 01:04:07,325
We'll provide residents and land managers information

1158
01:04:07,325 --> 01:04:09,445
and tools to reduce wildfire risk

1159
01:04:09,545 --> 01:04:12,125
and structural ignitability on their lands.

1160
01:04:12,965 --> 01:04:15,525
Address ways to improve wildfire response

1161
01:04:15,525 --> 01:04:17,565
with training equipment and technology

1162
01:04:18,385 --> 01:04:21,365
and identify ways to improve communication

1163
01:04:21,425 --> 01:04:24,525
and participation among town officials, residents,

1164
01:04:24,525 --> 01:04:28,445
and stakeholders regarding wildfire risk reduction in dairy.

1165
01:04:30,785 --> 01:04:33,005
So that's all for our presentation.

1166
01:04:33,105 --> 01:04:34,485
And now if you have any questions

1167
01:04:34,545 --> 01:04:35,965
for us, we'd be happy to answer.

1168
01:04:37,515 --> 01:04:40,925
I'll open up first to the public hearing. Moved second.

1169
01:04:42,055 --> 01:04:44,245
Moved by Councilor Foot, second by Councilor Mills.

1170
01:04:44,245 --> 01:04:48,485
Councilor Chase? Yes. Councilor Flood? Yes. Councilor Foot?

1171
01:04:48,625 --> 01:04:51,125
Yes. Councilor Mills? Yes. Councilor Healy?

1172
01:04:51,265 --> 01:04:52,405
Yes. Councilor Spencer?

1173
01:04:53,345 --> 01:04:55,925
Yes. Chair votes yes to open the public hearing.

1174
01:04:57,665 --> 01:04:58,805
Do we have anybody coming up?

1175
01:04:58,985 --> 01:05:03,845
Ah, actually John, if you could just step back for a second

1176
01:05:03,845 --> 01:05:05,885
to allow members of the public Thank you.

1177
01:05:09,175 --> 01:05:13,245
Thank you. Erica Leon, 84 Shanita Road I,

1178
01:05:13,685 --> 01:05:16,445
I learned about this community wildfire protection plan

1179
01:05:17,185 --> 01:05:20,205
And I did have some email discussions

1180
01:05:20,235 --> 01:05:21,805
with Chief Farrow about this

1181
01:05:21,805 --> 01:05:24,725
and the development of the plan On August 14th.

1182
01:05:24,925 --> 01:05:26,005
I had asked for more details,

1183
01:05:26,145 --> 01:05:28,605
but he said at that point that it was a draft form

1184
01:05:29,025 --> 01:05:31,565
and it was not available for dissemination.

1185
01:05:32,595 --> 01:05:36,765
Looking through the 111 page document, my parcels that

1186
01:05:36,825 --> 01:05:39,125
around my, my family are called out by name

1187
01:05:39,785 --> 01:05:42,245
and I am concerned that as landowners

1188
01:05:42,245 --> 01:05:45,725
who were flagged in this process, we were not part

1189
01:05:45,825 --> 01:05:48,765
of the process of discussing this, especially given

1190
01:05:48,765 --> 01:05:50,845
that I had reached out to the chief trying

1191
01:05:50,845 --> 01:05:52,565
to get information on this plan.

1192
01:05:53,545 --> 01:05:56,525
But secondarily, beyond the fact that we have land

1193
01:05:56,525 --> 01:05:58,405
that we are managing, we are conserving

1194
01:05:58,405 --> 01:06:00,525
and we're reducing the wildfire risk on.

1195
01:06:01,365 --> 01:06:02,765
I have other questions

1196
01:06:02,765 --> 01:06:04,565
and concerns that'll impact far more

1197
01:06:04,565 --> 01:06:05,645
people in the town of dairy.

1198
01:06:06,445 --> 01:06:08,525
I grew up in a high, high wildfire area

1199
01:06:08,905 --> 01:06:10,845
and my brother has now had to cut all

1200
01:06:10,845 --> 01:06:13,685
of the vegetation basically on his property.

1201
01:06:14,405 --> 01:06:17,165
Looking at the defensible zones that are listed in here,

1202
01:06:17,685 --> 01:06:18,685
I would like to know whether

1203
01:06:18,705 --> 01:06:21,645
or not this plan means that people of dairy will have

1204
01:06:21,645 --> 01:06:24,085
to cut down trees that are providing shade to their home

1205
01:06:24,235 --> 01:06:26,445
because of the potential wildfire risk.

1206
01:06:27,005 --> 01:06:28,685
Because this looks like the same plan

1207
01:06:28,685 --> 01:06:33,245
that's used in Southern California and Southern California

1208
01:06:33,425 --> 01:06:34,885
and Dairy New Hampshire have very,

1209
01:06:34,885 --> 01:06:35,965
very different fire risks.

1210
01:06:36,025 --> 01:06:37,085
So I'd like to know whether

1211
01:06:37,105 --> 01:06:40,565
or not people are going to be told to cut down their trees

1212
01:06:40,905 --> 01:06:42,165
so that they don't have shade.

1213
01:06:42,475 --> 01:06:45,005
What other changes they'll need to do if people will be able

1214
01:06:45,005 --> 01:06:47,565
to continue to build with wood cladding on their homes

1215
01:06:48,195 --> 01:06:49,445
with trees close by.

1216
01:06:49,865 --> 01:06:50,885
Or if we are going

1217
01:06:50,885 --> 01:06:54,685
to be pushing people into different structural choices in

1218
01:06:54,685 --> 01:06:56,525
order to face federal chase federal dollars.

1219
01:06:57,065 --> 01:06:58,805
Now I appreciate that we're trying to deal

1220
01:06:58,805 --> 01:07:01,045
with wildfire risks, but I'm just trying to make sure

1221
01:07:01,045 --> 01:07:03,285
that the glove actually fits in this

1222
01:07:03,345 --> 01:07:04,765
and that what we are doing is something

1223
01:07:04,765 --> 01:07:06,805
that addresses the needs of dairy as opposed

1224
01:07:06,825 --> 01:07:09,565
to flying in California style policies.

1225
01:07:09,985 --> 01:07:12,325
So I would like to know about the impact for people.

1226
01:07:12,505 --> 01:07:13,525
So thank you. Yeah.

1227
01:07:16,515 --> 01:07:17,925
Anybody else coming up to speak?

1228
01:07:24,995 --> 01:07:26,125
Good evening, Michael.

1229
01:07:26,285 --> 01:07:27,925
A on 84 CDO road

1230
01:07:28,995 --> 01:07:32,605
also is appear in the community wildlife protection plan.

1231
01:07:34,495 --> 01:07:38,325
First, kudos to the people that put this together

1232
01:07:38,465 --> 01:07:39,725
to put science up there.

1233
01:07:39,925 --> 01:07:41,205
I think that's actually very important

1234
01:07:41,975 --> 01:07:43,685
where the fire science is based.

1235
01:07:44,505 --> 01:07:46,605
For the record, I'm not a fire scientist.

1236
01:07:46,885 --> 01:07:47,965
I have read fire science

1237
01:07:48,025 --> 01:07:49,965
and I'm curious why so much

1238
01:07:49,965 --> 01:07:53,045
of the fire science is not based on the geography

1239
01:07:53,265 --> 01:07:56,885
of New England For convenience.

1240
01:07:57,085 --> 01:07:59,445
I have a couple numbers here that may be of interest

1241
01:07:59,445 --> 01:08:00,645
to the council as well

1242
01:08:00,865 --> 01:08:03,045
as interested members of the community.

1243
01:08:04,505 --> 01:08:06,685
New Hampshire. Yes, we're number one in poverty,

1244
01:08:06,695 --> 01:08:09,325
which is gonna come up relative to fire risk in a minute.

1245
01:08:10,135 --> 01:08:13,125
We're the second most forested state in the entire country.

1246
01:08:13,575 --> 01:08:14,845
We're second only to Maine.

1247
01:08:15,825 --> 01:08:18,725
If you look at the actual fire risk of wildfires

1248
01:08:18,725 --> 01:08:23,645
to the state, if I told you that only 150 acres less than

1249
01:08:23,645 --> 01:08:26,965
that burned last year statewide, would you be surprised

1250
01:08:27,635 --> 01:08:29,005
less than 150 acres?

1251
01:08:29,625 --> 01:08:32,405
We are one of the least fire prone states in the entire

1252
01:08:32,845 --> 01:08:36,485
country in the field of medicine.

1253
01:08:36,485 --> 01:08:38,205
There are little lies, big lies

1254
01:08:38,305 --> 01:08:40,965
and statistics on this report.

1255
01:08:41,865 --> 01:08:43,645
And I understand how federal grants work.

1256
01:08:43,715 --> 01:08:44,845
I've written many myself

1257
01:08:44,845 --> 01:08:47,645
and received many for different types of research.

1258
01:08:47,945 --> 01:08:51,005
90 dairy is 96% more likely

1259
01:08:51,065 --> 01:08:52,885
to burn than the rest of the state.

1260
01:08:53,635 --> 01:08:57,205
That is true, that is absolutely true.

1261
01:08:57,275 --> 01:08:59,285
However, if you look at the overall risk

1262
01:08:59,305 --> 01:09:01,765
for the entire state, it is super small

1263
01:09:02,265 --> 01:09:04,925
and a huge portion of a very small number is still a very

1264
01:09:04,925 --> 01:09:07,645
small number contained within here.

1265
01:09:07,865 --> 01:09:09,725
If you look the committee I,

1266
01:09:09,925 --> 01:09:13,525
I again give kudos 25 years of data in here.

1267
01:09:13,995 --> 01:09:16,765
Look how much wildfire has actually burned in dairy.

1268
01:09:17,265 --> 01:09:21,085
I'm just trying to build the understand what the need is for

1269
01:09:21,755 --> 01:09:25,405
such restrictions that are are being suggested in here.

1270
01:09:27,365 --> 01:09:29,405
I apologize, I was only able

1271
01:09:29,405 --> 01:09:31,565
to access this today despite trying to get this

1272
01:09:31,565 --> 01:09:33,965
before page 24.

1273
01:09:35,145 --> 01:09:39,525
If you look 25 years, a quarter of a century, quarter

1274
01:09:39,545 --> 01:09:42,885
of a century, less than a hundred acres burned in dairy,

1275
01:09:42,915 --> 01:09:44,605
less than a hundred acres in a quar

1276
01:09:44,605 --> 01:09:45,845
in a quarter of a century.

1277
01:09:46,395 --> 01:09:47,685
It's absolutely amazing.

1278
01:09:48,375 --> 01:09:52,485
While wildfires are a big number in dairy,

1279
01:09:52,905 --> 01:09:54,485
if you look at the size of the fires,

1280
01:09:54,625 --> 01:09:56,365
we don't stand out from the rest of the state.

1281
01:09:57,105 --> 01:09:58,445
Yes, we've had higher incidents.

1282
01:09:58,585 --> 01:10:01,645
We also are the fourth biggest population in the state.

1283
01:10:02,695 --> 01:10:04,045
These things go hand in hand.

1284
01:10:04,065 --> 01:10:05,525
If you look at the population,

1285
01:10:06,635 --> 01:10:09,205
this is not mentioned in there other than briefly in

1286
01:10:09,205 --> 01:10:12,045
demographics I mentioned we are number one

1287
01:10:12,065 --> 01:10:13,645
and lowest poverty in the whole country.

1288
01:10:13,745 --> 01:10:17,005
By far, by far poverty

1289
01:10:17,345 --> 01:10:19,445
and fire risk are directly correlated.

1290
01:10:19,815 --> 01:10:21,405
There are actually book chapters written

1291
01:10:21,405 --> 01:10:22,605
on this, which are pretty amazing.

1292
01:10:25,675 --> 01:10:28,965
Finally, it it on this leading end, if you look all

1293
01:10:28,965 --> 01:10:30,885
around us, all of the states in New England

1294
01:10:30,885 --> 01:10:34,565
that surround us are all top 10 lowest fire risk,

1295
01:10:35,175 --> 01:10:37,205
which offers some opportunities for us

1296
01:10:37,745 --> 01:10:39,125
at no cost to taxpayers.

1297
01:10:40,755 --> 01:10:41,885
Just going through this report,

1298
01:10:42,005 --> 01:10:44,045
I made several notes on here, several.

1299
01:10:45,285 --> 01:10:47,525
I would urge the council

1300
01:10:48,305 --> 01:10:51,925
and this com committee to take with strong caution.

1301
01:10:52,025 --> 01:10:53,205
The rationale for this,

1302
01:10:54,105 --> 01:10:56,725
the Palisades fire in Southern California.

1303
01:10:58,985 --> 01:11:01,525
My wife mentioned the biomes of California

1304
01:11:02,225 --> 01:11:04,885
and New Hampshire have nothing in common.

1305
01:11:04,915 --> 01:11:07,805
Whether you look at southern New California

1306
01:11:08,305 --> 01:11:09,805
or you look at Northern California,

1307
01:11:09,905 --> 01:11:12,285
the biomes have absolutely nothing in common.

1308
01:11:13,145 --> 01:11:15,485
Are there softwoods and hardwoods between them? Sure.

1309
01:11:15,485 --> 01:11:16,645
If you want to get down to that,

1310
01:11:16,945 --> 01:11:18,645
if you look at the understory structure,

1311
01:11:18,745 --> 01:11:23,325
the soil composition, the actual fuel that's there to burn,

1312
01:11:23,475 --> 01:11:24,565
they are very different.

1313
01:11:25,305 --> 01:11:27,885
And I might add California, Oregon

1314
01:11:27,985 --> 01:11:30,485
and Washington enacted a ban

1315
01:11:31,025 --> 01:11:33,725
on sustainable forestry in 1991.

1316
01:11:34,155 --> 01:11:36,245
They are now the most at risk states

1317
01:11:36,345 --> 01:11:39,805
of having large wildfires elsewhere.

1318
01:11:39,805 --> 01:11:41,805
Contained in this document are

1319
01:11:43,915 --> 01:11:47,005
perhaps true at very small local level.

1320
01:11:47,185 --> 01:11:50,565
If you look at the national level, by far the biggest risk

1321
01:11:50,565 --> 01:11:52,245
of wildfires on public land.

1322
01:11:52,785 --> 01:11:56,405
New Hampshire in this report says 65% home ownership.

1323
01:11:57,665 --> 01:12:00,525
If you discount the fact that 14% of the states owned

1324
01:12:00,825 --> 01:12:02,045
by the federal government, if you will,

1325
01:12:02,045 --> 01:12:05,285
with the white national forest, home ownership is a percent

1326
01:12:05,305 --> 01:12:07,725
of land and the state increases significantly.

1327
01:12:08,665 --> 01:12:12,565
The risk for wildfires is actually lowest on private land.

1328
01:12:12,625 --> 01:12:14,125
And I think that's important to mention.

1329
01:12:16,075 --> 01:12:18,565
There's a lot, there's a lot in here to digest

1330
01:12:18,705 --> 01:12:21,005
and I think a lot is being left on the table,

1331
01:12:24,525 --> 01:12:26,175
that the fire department's gonna come out

1332
01:12:26,175 --> 01:12:30,095
and identify invasive species trees.

1333
01:12:30,595 --> 01:12:31,975
Hey, that's to be commended.

1334
01:12:33,155 --> 01:12:35,135
I'm gonna call out the state representatives

1335
01:12:35,135 --> 01:12:36,815
because there was a bill put in last year

1336
01:12:36,955 --> 01:12:38,335
to restrict homeowners

1337
01:12:38,515 --> 01:12:41,775
or force homeowners to label Japanese, not weed

1338
01:12:42,275 --> 01:12:43,855
before they, they sold their home.

1339
01:12:44,815 --> 01:12:47,415
I asked state legislators across party lines,

1340
01:12:48,075 --> 01:12:50,015
almost no one could identify what it was.

1341
01:12:50,435 --> 01:12:52,775
Is this really gonna help us fight fires?

1342
01:12:52,825 --> 01:12:54,655
There are already private organizations.

1343
01:12:55,165 --> 01:12:58,695
There's an ash organization literally for ash trees

1344
01:12:58,695 --> 01:13:00,215
that have come and climbed ash trees on

1345
01:13:00,215 --> 01:13:01,455
our property to get the seeds from.

1346
01:13:02,445 --> 01:13:04,255
There's an American chestnut society

1347
01:13:04,255 --> 01:13:06,695
that is very active here in New Hampshire.

1348
01:13:06,795 --> 01:13:09,775
We actually have an American native chestnut on our property

1349
01:13:10,565 --> 01:13:12,815
that is guarded by many trail cameras.

1350
01:13:13,025 --> 01:13:15,135
We've had tree, other trees cut down on the property.

1351
01:13:15,135 --> 01:13:16,215
That's a jewel that we have.

1352
01:13:17,305 --> 01:13:18,895
These are all called out in the report.

1353
01:13:18,995 --> 01:13:22,775
Is this really gonna reduce a almost non-existent fire risk?

1354
01:13:24,545 --> 01:13:26,975
There are many other resources

1355
01:13:27,245 --> 01:13:28,655
that are already working on this

1356
01:13:28,655 --> 01:13:30,855
that it would cost the town council,

1357
01:13:31,115 --> 01:13:33,375
it would cost this committee absolutely nothing.

1358
01:13:33,825 --> 01:13:36,375
Eversource, where high power lines are

1359
01:13:36,375 --> 01:13:37,815
mentioned as a fire risk.

1360
01:13:38,465 --> 01:13:40,695
Eversource has been doing an amazing job

1361
01:13:41,355 --> 01:13:42,495
and for the Conservation

1362
01:13:42,495 --> 01:13:44,655
Commission, I've been working with them.

1363
01:13:44,895 --> 01:13:47,295
I can put you in contact with their vegetation managers.

1364
01:13:47,435 --> 01:13:49,055
All three of 'em, from the regional manager

1365
01:13:49,075 --> 01:13:50,135
to the two local ones.

1366
01:13:50,205 --> 01:13:53,855
They have done an amazing job, not only battling all kinds

1367
01:13:53,855 --> 01:13:56,175
of invasive species, preserving native species,

1368
01:13:56,205 --> 01:13:58,055
they have been harassed when accidents happen.

1369
01:13:58,965 --> 01:14:01,175
They're acutely aware of fire risk

1370
01:14:01,355 --> 01:14:03,695
and have done a lot, not only on our property,

1371
01:14:03,695 --> 01:14:05,935
to help mitigate fire risk, to allow me

1372
01:14:05,935 --> 01:14:07,095
to do work on our property

1373
01:14:07,355 --> 01:14:09,775
to restore native plants at the same time

1374
01:14:10,035 --> 01:14:12,085
as reducing fire risk.

1375
01:14:14,125 --> 01:14:17,765
I, I think this is a, i i I will be so bold as

1376
01:14:17,765 --> 01:14:20,885
to say if anyone in this town has done more for conservation

1377
01:14:21,545 --> 01:14:24,285
to reduce fire risk on their own land in the last six years

1378
01:14:24,305 --> 01:14:28,045
in the Leon family and our friends stand up

1379
01:14:28,045 --> 01:14:30,125
and say, I don't think anyone else has.

1380
01:14:30,955 --> 01:14:33,245
With that said on here,

1381
01:14:33,665 --> 01:14:35,445
an assessment was made of properties.

1382
01:14:35,555 --> 01:14:37,845
This was supposedly completed last year.

1383
01:14:39,725 --> 01:14:42,005
I haven't seen anyone on our trail cameras.

1384
01:14:43,505 --> 01:14:45,325
The entire property has trail cameras all over it.

1385
01:14:45,785 --> 01:14:47,685
The fire department or anyone from this

1386
01:14:47,925 --> 01:14:49,085
committee's been to our property.

1387
01:14:49,085 --> 01:14:51,125
You've called it out. I'd love to know.

1388
01:14:51,405 --> 01:14:53,285
I I would've welcomed it. I would've given you a tour.

1389
01:14:53,285 --> 01:14:55,045
Do you wanna walk? Do you wanna ride in the four by four?

1390
01:14:55,545 --> 01:14:56,725
Be happy to give you a tour.

1391
01:14:57,555 --> 01:15:00,085
There's information being reported as complete in there

1392
01:15:00,085 --> 01:15:03,045
that hasn't even been looked at, hasn't even been looked at,

1393
01:15:03,835 --> 01:15:06,365
that this is unfair to the residents of dairy.

1394
01:15:06,705 --> 01:15:07,965
Not just myself, but the people

1395
01:15:07,965 --> 01:15:09,565
that aren't even aware that they're on here.

1396
01:15:10,315 --> 01:15:12,005
That this is absolutely amazing.

1397
01:15:13,745 --> 01:15:16,165
If I can just briefly, I will be done in a minute.

1398
01:15:17,995 --> 01:15:19,205
Made notes throughout this.

1399
01:15:24,685 --> 01:15:25,885
I went over the one 50.

1400
01:15:28,325 --> 01:15:29,645
I think there's some fire reduction

1401
01:15:29,645 --> 01:15:31,405
with the paper that was printed here.

1402
01:15:34,085 --> 01:15:36,365
I would just draw the council's attention as well.

1403
01:15:36,365 --> 01:15:39,605
These fire maps, they look pretty,

1404
01:15:39,625 --> 01:15:40,845
but do these really mean anything?

1405
01:15:40,985 --> 01:15:45,485
Do, do we have such great risk that we need

1406
01:15:45,545 --> 01:15:46,685
so many different maps?

1407
01:15:48,205 --> 01:15:50,005
I think everyone wants the fire department trained

1408
01:15:50,105 --> 01:15:52,085
to be able to respond to wildfires.

1409
01:15:52,185 --> 01:15:55,045
New Hampshire is unique. This is called out national data.

1410
01:15:56,305 --> 01:15:57,965
We have a rather dense population,

1411
01:15:57,965 --> 01:16:01,605
even though we're considered semi-rural, earth suburban,

1412
01:16:01,605 --> 01:16:02,925
however you want to word it.

1413
01:16:03,385 --> 01:16:07,725
Access to land from public roads is almost unprecedented,

1414
01:16:08,875 --> 01:16:13,165
even in New England, Massachusetts has beat us in

1415
01:16:13,165 --> 01:16:14,925
that only by a little.

1416
01:16:14,945 --> 01:16:16,565
And they don't have anything to show as far as

1417
01:16:17,235 --> 01:16:18,405
less fire destroyed.

1418
01:16:19,715 --> 01:16:24,685
This Again,

1419
01:16:24,805 --> 01:16:26,885
I mentioned Eversource is a key stakeholder.

1420
01:16:27,125 --> 01:16:29,365
I would encourage you to please reach out to them.

1421
01:16:29,435 --> 01:16:31,765
They have done a lot. They have spent a lot of money.

1422
01:16:31,865 --> 01:16:33,885
It actually impacts all of our electrical bills,

1423
01:16:34,185 --> 01:16:36,965
but they have done a lot to reduce the fire risk

1424
01:16:38,635 --> 01:16:41,925
English range, which borders our property was listed as one

1425
01:16:41,925 --> 01:16:44,325
of the high risk areas where a fire had burned before.

1426
01:16:45,175 --> 01:16:46,765
Again, if anyone on the town council,

1427
01:16:46,865 --> 01:16:49,965
anyone from the community wants to please get ahold of us,

1428
01:16:50,035 --> 01:16:51,085
I'll give you a tour of the property

1429
01:16:51,085 --> 01:16:52,645
and show you we've found to reduce fire risk

1430
01:16:52,645 --> 01:16:54,845
and I hope other people will not follow in

1431
01:16:54,845 --> 01:16:55,925
California's footsteps.

1432
01:17:02,025 --> 01:17:03,965
The last are the recommendations here,

1433
01:17:03,965 --> 01:17:07,605
and if I can, lemme just find these on here.

1434
01:17:07,745 --> 01:17:11,245
So I mentioned this was page 84,

1435
01:17:11,265 --> 01:17:13,165
the first one, absolutely not complete.

1436
01:17:13,165 --> 01:17:14,405
You guys haven't been to the lands

1437
01:17:14,745 --> 01:17:16,525
unless you just pulled this from satellite data.

1438
01:17:17,635 --> 01:17:20,245
It's, it's absolutely not complete there.

1439
01:17:26,235 --> 01:17:27,885
Disease outbreaks. Okay,

1440
01:17:28,345 --> 01:17:31,405
and then there are recommendations here at the end.

1441
01:17:36,065 --> 01:17:37,325
Are you almost done Mr.

1442
01:17:37,705 --> 01:17:42,685
I'm almost done. Action plans. I'll leave it at this.

1443
01:17:42,865 --> 01:17:46,845
Please contact other stakeholders, especially landowners

1444
01:17:46,845 --> 01:17:48,485
who may not be aware that their names

1445
01:17:48,665 --> 01:17:50,605
appear on this document.

1446
01:17:52,205 --> 01:17:55,645
I would hope he hope that this council members

1447
01:17:55,645 --> 01:17:58,245
of this committee would also lobby your state government

1448
01:17:58,305 --> 01:18:02,485
to eliminate useless prohibitions that make land management

1449
01:18:02,485 --> 01:18:06,885
with fire prevention, fire mitigation, much more difficult.

1450
01:18:07,315 --> 01:18:09,685
That would include the production of burning

1451
01:18:10,105 --> 01:18:12,205
to produce something called biochar.

1452
01:18:12,345 --> 01:18:14,445
If you're an organic farmer, you've probably heard of it.

1453
01:18:14,465 --> 01:18:17,125
If not, it's made by burning large pieces

1454
01:18:17,185 --> 01:18:18,605
and controlling the way they burn

1455
01:18:18,945 --> 01:18:21,085
and eliminating the only one in the nation,

1456
01:18:21,085 --> 01:18:22,565
the useless five inch rule.

1457
01:18:24,385 --> 01:18:27,405
And please ensure that recommendations are based on reality,

1458
01:18:28,425 --> 01:18:29,725
not just grant availability.

1459
01:18:30,545 --> 01:18:32,285
If there's questions, I'm happy to take 'em.

1460
01:18:35,455 --> 01:18:36,455
Thank you.

1461
01:18:38,745 --> 01:18:41,805
Do we have any other people rising for the public hearing?

1462
01:18:57,195 --> 01:18:59,965
Good evening, Richard Trip 44 Winter Road.

1463
01:19:01,305 --> 01:19:02,685
The first thing I wanna say is,

1464
01:19:02,805 --> 01:19:04,925
I hope you're not voting on this tonight.

1465
01:19:06,185 --> 01:19:08,045
It appears to me that there's a lot of questions

1466
01:19:08,045 --> 01:19:09,885
that haven't been answered.

1467
01:19:10,745 --> 01:19:12,045
You know, I'd like to know.

1468
01:19:12,785 --> 01:19:16,325
You know, usually with a grant there comes some strings,

1469
01:19:16,905 --> 01:19:20,005
you know, so what exactly does the town of dairy have to do

1470
01:19:20,065 --> 01:19:22,485
to, you know, benefit from this grant?

1471
01:19:23,065 --> 01:19:28,005
You know, is it they're gonna be further inspections

1472
01:19:28,005 --> 01:19:30,605
of people's property, you know, telling them that they,

1473
01:19:30,875 --> 01:19:32,525
like Mr.

1474
01:19:32,595 --> 01:19:36,005
Land said that in order to qualify for this

1475
01:19:36,925 --> 01:19:38,325
wildfire protection plan, you have

1476
01:19:38,325 --> 01:19:39,565
to cut down trees or whatever.

1477
01:19:40,025 --> 01:19:44,805
You know, I, I too would like a copy of this plan,

1478
01:19:45,025 --> 01:19:46,525
you know, so that I can take a look at it.

1479
01:19:46,905 --> 01:19:48,245
But you know,

1480
01:19:48,445 --> 01:19:51,085
I would probably have a lot more questions if I had a copy

1481
01:19:51,085 --> 01:19:52,085
of the plan, but I don't.

1482
01:19:52,105 --> 01:19:55,805
So once again, I hope you are not intending

1483
01:19:55,805 --> 01:19:57,525
to take any action on this tonight.

1484
01:20:09,235 --> 01:20:11,925
Once again, I'm David Procher, 26 Milmore Road.

1485
01:20:12,185 --> 01:20:14,685
Hi Beth, how are you today? Great, how are you?

1486
01:20:14,945 --> 01:20:16,245
How long have you and the conservation

1487
01:20:16,245 --> 01:20:17,445
Commission been working on this plan?

1488
01:20:18,945 --> 01:20:20,365
For about a year.

1489
01:20:21,185 --> 01:20:26,045
The process started in March of 2025

1490
01:20:26,185 --> 01:20:29,045
and then really got ramped up about this time last year.

1491
01:20:29,045 --> 01:20:30,925
Okay. So you think in that year you've done your

1492
01:20:30,925 --> 01:20:31,965
due dig diligence?

1493
01:20:32,565 --> 01:20:36,885
I think that there is still a lot to do,

1494
01:20:37,105 --> 01:20:41,605
but the point of the plan is to get that process started

1495
01:20:42,465 --> 01:20:46,245
and some of the actions in the plan are, you know,

1496
01:20:46,315 --> 01:20:47,405
it's the work to be done.

1497
01:20:47,915 --> 01:20:50,125
Okay, thank you. Yeah, I'm pretty sure that you

1498
01:20:50,125 --> 01:20:51,125
Were Yes.

1499
01:20:51,125 --> 01:20:52,645
Due diligence. Indeed. Yes.

1500
01:20:52,915 --> 01:20:57,085
Yeah, the Mr. Leon just spent, oh God, what was it,

1501
01:20:57,085 --> 01:20:58,965
12 minutes talking about his various

1502
01:20:58,965 --> 01:21:00,045
grievances with this plan.

1503
01:21:00,625 --> 01:21:02,965
The Conservation Commission worked hard

1504
01:21:03,225 --> 01:21:04,725
and they do their job well.

1505
01:21:05,185 --> 01:21:09,965
So if Beth says it's good, I I agree with her. Thank you.

1506
01:21:17,475 --> 01:21:21,665
Hello, my name is Colton 19 Meadowbrook Road.

1507
01:21:22,105 --> 01:21:24,225
I actually, what's your full name, sir? Oh, Colton Rady.

1508
01:21:24,595 --> 01:21:26,225
Thank you. Could you spell your last name?

1509
01:21:26,465 --> 01:21:27,785
R-A-T-E-Y. Thank you.

1510
01:21:28,055 --> 01:21:29,825
This is my first time to a meeting like this.

1511
01:21:30,945 --> 01:21:33,905
I just moved here. I didn't know what to expect.

1512
01:21:34,065 --> 01:21:37,465
I came here specifically for this wildfire protection plan.

1513
01:21:37,465 --> 01:21:41,905
It sounded interesting. I also haven't seen the document.

1514
01:21:42,345 --> 01:21:44,265
I kind of came here expecting

1515
01:21:44,285 --> 01:21:47,225
to have a little more information on the specifics of it.

1516
01:21:49,365 --> 01:21:51,825
So I, I mean, I would also like to read the plan.

1517
01:21:52,305 --> 01:21:54,025
I will say though, just in general,

1518
01:21:54,485 --> 01:21:56,265
we all experienced a couple months ago

1519
01:21:56,445 --> 01:21:57,705
the wildfires in Canada.

1520
01:21:58,845 --> 01:22:00,585
The sky was hazy and orange

1521
01:22:01,005 --> 01:22:03,545
and hard to breathe for people with asthma.

1522
01:22:03,605 --> 01:22:07,385
It was very scary. I think we definitely should have a plan

1523
01:22:07,525 --> 01:22:10,825
and I want to thank everyone who worked hard on that plan.

1524
01:22:11,525 --> 01:22:12,545
It is much appreciated.

1525
01:22:13,595 --> 01:22:13,985
Thank you.

1526
01:22:18,855 --> 01:22:20,105
Anybody else coming up,

1527
01:22:21,605 --> 01:22:22,605
Mr.

1528
01:22:22,605 --> 01:22:23,665
Chair? We're seeing none rise online.

1529
01:22:25,085 --> 01:22:27,545
All right, thank you. What's close of public hearing?

1530
01:22:27,615 --> 01:22:32,345
Move to close. Second. Councilor Chase? Yes.

1531
01:22:32,815 --> 01:22:37,585
Councilor Flood? Yes. Councilor Foot? Yes. Councilor Mills?

1532
01:22:37,765 --> 01:22:41,425
Yes. Councilor Healy? Yes. Councilor Spencer?

1533
01:22:42,445 --> 01:22:45,145
Yes. Chair votes yes to close the public hearing.

1534
01:22:46,455 --> 01:22:48,025
Beth and John, do you have any other comments?

1535
01:22:52,985 --> 01:22:55,545
I do. I would like to address some of the comments,

1536
01:22:56,325 --> 01:22:57,505
the questions that were,

1537
01:22:57,735 --> 01:22:59,665
that were voiced in, the comments that were made.

1538
01:23:01,445 --> 01:23:03,465
So first of all, I just want to make sure

1539
01:23:03,465 --> 01:23:06,365
that the public is aware that nobody is going to be asked

1540
01:23:06,365 --> 01:23:10,045
to cut down trees and that that would be counterproductive.

1541
01:23:10,045 --> 01:23:14,605
Right. The so healthy, healthy green trees are helping

1542
01:23:14,785 --> 01:23:16,285
to prevent wildfire actually,

1543
01:23:16,285 --> 01:23:20,525
because the shade that they provide when, when trees die

1544
01:23:20,625 --> 01:23:23,765
and they're no longer providing that shade, then the duff

1545
01:23:23,765 --> 01:23:26,925
underneath can become dry and easy more flammable.

1546
01:23:27,205 --> 01:23:30,285
So certainly nobody is going to be asked to cut down trees

1547
01:23:31,065 --> 01:23:34,005
or be prevented from using wood cladding

1548
01:23:34,005 --> 01:23:36,365
or whatever they want to use on their homes.

1549
01:23:37,465 --> 01:23:40,685
And that, let's see

1550
01:23:44,955 --> 01:23:48,805
that while, yeah, so the number of acres burned

1551
01:23:49,505 --> 01:23:52,365
was mentioned and I, you know, in 25 years

1552
01:23:52,665 --> 01:23:56,245
and we just want to make it known that

1553
01:23:56,245 --> 01:23:57,805
that still takes resources, right.

1554
01:23:57,865 --> 01:23:59,445
So the idea is that

1555
01:24:00,625 --> 01:24:04,045
our fire department's resources are not being used putting

1556
01:24:04,105 --> 01:24:08,725
out these, you know, these wildfires or mulch fires

1557
01:24:08,865 --> 01:24:12,005
or things that are human cause that can be preventable.

1558
01:24:12,005 --> 01:24:14,205
And that's kind of one of the main goals of this plan.

1559
01:24:16,025 --> 01:24:19,445
And I also just wanna make sure that the public is aware

1560
01:24:19,445 --> 01:24:22,085
that we were not looking at data from California,

1561
01:24:22,945 --> 01:24:27,365
nor are we looking at, at the topography

1562
01:24:27,585 --> 01:24:28,605
of New Hampshire.

1563
01:24:28,915 --> 01:24:30,285
Like it's from California.

1564
01:24:30,465 --> 01:24:35,285
So John did very extensive analysis

1565
01:24:35,285 --> 01:24:38,965
of data that is from a data in New Hampshire

1566
01:24:40,185 --> 01:24:42,205
and very specific to our town.

1567
01:24:42,265 --> 01:24:45,605
And we broke the town into multiple zones so

1568
01:24:45,605 --> 01:24:48,565
that we could look specifically at those zones.

1569
01:24:50,025 --> 01:24:54,445
And then the properties of Mr.

1570
01:24:55,545 --> 01:24:59,525
Ms. Leon being called out by name, well I don't think

1571
01:24:59,525 --> 01:25:01,325
that they were personally called out by name,

1572
01:25:01,385 --> 01:25:03,965
but their properties may have been.

1573
01:25:05,105 --> 01:25:08,485
And that is again, part of the process of

1574
01:25:08,555 --> 01:25:11,845
what this community wildfire protection plan is, is

1575
01:25:11,845 --> 01:25:15,245
to identify, you know, those properties

1576
01:25:15,545 --> 01:25:19,565
and through, you know, the actions in this plan

1577
01:25:20,145 --> 01:25:24,165
to analyze them, the, the properties

1578
01:25:24,165 --> 01:25:27,165
that we analyzed were a few conservation properties

1579
01:25:27,235 --> 01:25:29,685
that we were able to within the time

1580
01:25:29,685 --> 01:25:32,525
that we were creating those as sort of a baseline of

1581
01:25:32,595 --> 01:25:35,885
what we are working towards with this.

1582
01:25:39,255 --> 01:25:40,255
Let's see.

1583
01:25:42,185 --> 01:25:45,925
So if I understand this plan is more of a strategic plan

1584
01:25:45,985 --> 01:25:48,685
to identify goals and how to move forward.

1585
01:25:49,105 --> 01:25:51,005
Yes, it is a working document.

1586
01:25:51,215 --> 01:25:54,805
Thank you for that clarification. Yeah, yeah.

1587
01:25:56,675 --> 01:25:59,125
It's not meant to just be a plan,

1588
01:25:59,215 --> 01:26:00,845
close the book and sit on a shelf.

1589
01:26:01,235 --> 01:26:05,925
It's meant to be a framework to provide the process

1590
01:26:06,395 --> 01:26:09,965
that is an ongoing process of preventing wildfire

1591
01:26:09,965 --> 01:26:12,285
because preventing wildfire isn't really something

1592
01:26:12,285 --> 01:26:15,245
that you can just close the book on and say we did it.

1593
01:26:15,755 --> 01:26:18,125
It's, it's an ongoing, it's an ongoing process

1594
01:26:20,385 --> 01:26:23,365
and I also just wanna make sure that the public knows that

1595
01:26:24,025 --> 01:26:26,685
nobody is going to be coming onto their property

1596
01:26:26,905 --> 01:26:31,365
to inspect it if they are not consenting to that.

1597
01:26:31,425 --> 01:26:33,325
And that if they would like to consent to that.

1598
01:26:33,935 --> 01:26:36,445
There is a program called Firewise Communities

1599
01:26:36,945 --> 01:26:38,565
and that is called out in the plan.

1600
01:26:39,025 --> 01:26:43,125
And one of the goals of the plan is to, is

1601
01:26:43,125 --> 01:26:46,325
to do neighborhood assessments within the framework

1602
01:26:46,325 --> 01:26:48,925
of this Firewise communities program

1603
01:26:49,785 --> 01:26:54,325
to help homeowners take an active role in reducing the

1604
01:26:54,605 --> 01:26:56,925
wildfire risk in their neighborhoods.

1605
01:26:58,125 --> 01:27:00,765
I think that was based on my notes. You were,

1606
01:27:01,265 --> 01:27:03,245
Hey John, if you could just introduce yourself a little

1607
01:27:03,245 --> 01:27:04,245
bit more and your background.

1608
01:27:05,795 --> 01:27:09,765
Yeah, so I retired from the

1609
01:27:10,345 --> 01:27:12,085
US Forest Service a couple years ago

1610
01:27:12,105 --> 01:27:15,285
and began working part-time with the state of New Hampshire

1611
01:27:16,145 --> 01:27:18,805
in the Forests and Lands division.

1612
01:27:19,425 --> 01:27:22,445
Mostly helping towns that have questions

1613
01:27:22,825 --> 01:27:24,485
or concerns about wildfire

1614
01:27:24,505 --> 01:27:28,565
and wildfire risk, helping them look strategically

1615
01:27:28,945 --> 01:27:31,845
and critically at what they have in their land base.

1616
01:27:34,605 --> 01:27:39,165
I believe last winter we held a kind

1617
01:27:39,165 --> 01:27:43,885
of a rollout of the CWPP, I think here where we talked about

1618
01:27:44,505 --> 01:27:46,605
the plan that we were developing for dairy.

1619
01:27:47,545 --> 01:27:51,285
And part of that was talking about some of the changes

1620
01:27:51,315 --> 01:27:54,445
that we're seeing our state and our region.

1621
01:27:54,935 --> 01:27:58,205
We're seeing things like rising temperatures

1622
01:27:58,915 --> 01:28:00,925
reduced snowpack in the winter

1623
01:28:02,195 --> 01:28:04,325
that helps dry our fuels out

1624
01:28:04,325 --> 01:28:08,085
and make them more available to burn in the spring

1625
01:28:08,105 --> 01:28:09,325
and our spring fire season.

1626
01:28:10,175 --> 01:28:13,245
We're also seeing a lot of new insects

1627
01:28:13,305 --> 01:28:17,525
and diseases, particularly defoliating insects

1628
01:28:17,595 --> 01:28:22,445
that remove leaves that create that cool shaded

1629
01:28:23,535 --> 01:28:26,245
understory that resists fire spread.

1630
01:28:26,905 --> 01:28:30,765
So we're seeing some of these new conditions in our state

1631
01:28:31,545 --> 01:28:36,045
and much like the hazard mitigation plans that began

1632
01:28:36,555 --> 01:28:39,565
when we started seeing the problematic flooding a long time

1633
01:28:39,625 --> 01:28:43,845
ago, you know, we think

1634
01:28:43,845 --> 01:28:48,445
that fires might become more of an issue on our state

1635
01:28:48,985 --> 01:28:50,325
as we move into the future.

1636
01:28:51,225 --> 01:28:54,645
And so it's great to work with proactive towns like dairy

1637
01:28:55,405 --> 01:28:58,405
that want to kind of look critically at what's going on

1638
01:28:59,105 --> 01:29:00,845
in your land base.

1639
01:29:01,905 --> 01:29:04,725
And as Beth mentioned,

1640
01:29:06,225 --> 01:29:10,685
the recommendations in the CWPP are recommendations.

1641
01:29:12,415 --> 01:29:15,045
We're not gonna be going on anybody's property

1642
01:29:15,045 --> 01:29:16,125
where we're not invited.

1643
01:29:16,175 --> 01:29:20,045
We're not gonna be telling anyone to cut their trees down.

1644
01:29:21,745 --> 01:29:26,485
We are going to tailor any fire projects

1645
01:29:27,825 --> 01:29:30,605
to things that we work with the landowner

1646
01:29:30,955 --> 01:29:33,405
that is interested in in working on it.

1647
01:29:33,985 --> 01:29:37,565
And there are things that apply

1648
01:29:38,065 --> 01:29:40,645
to New Hampshire that work well

1649
01:29:40,825 --> 01:29:42,845
and have been proven to work well.

1650
01:29:43,705 --> 01:29:46,405
And we also, in some of our

1651
01:29:48,535 --> 01:29:53,005
field trips we did notice you do have some

1652
01:29:53,075 --> 01:29:57,805
species, some stands of trees, particularly pitch pine,

1653
01:29:58,465 --> 01:30:03,165
red pine and some oak species that do carry fire

1654
01:30:03,995 --> 01:30:08,045
that are, are fire adapted and fire prone tree species.

1655
01:30:09,265 --> 01:30:11,485
So it's good to know where those areas are in your town.

1656
01:30:11,485 --> 01:30:15,005
It's good to know where those areas lie in relation to

1657
01:30:15,535 --> 01:30:20,205
human values and we made some suggestions of ways

1658
01:30:20,345 --> 01:30:23,765
to reduce the wildfire risk in some of those areas

1659
01:30:23,955 --> 01:30:25,885
that are more likely

1660
01:30:25,945 --> 01:30:29,205
to burn actively if if a fire did occur in them.

1661
01:30:35,385 --> 01:30:36,385
Any questions?

1662
01:30:37,845 --> 01:30:40,405
I have a couple of other items to add to this.

1663
01:30:41,005 --> 01:30:44,205
I, I agree wholeheartedly with John's comment about

1664
01:30:45,155 --> 01:30:47,605
when we had flooding in the Public Works department,

1665
01:30:47,725 --> 01:30:49,645
mother's Day flood among others,

1666
01:30:49,905 --> 01:30:54,365
and that forced us to look as a town across the board

1667
01:30:54,745 --> 01:30:58,685
to see how we could mitigate future flooding incidences.

1668
01:30:58,785 --> 01:31:02,565
So forced us to look at culvert capacities, forced us

1669
01:31:02,565 --> 01:31:06,965
to look at low lying areas, could we facilitate fortify?

1670
01:31:07,095 --> 01:31:09,165
These were all public pieces of infrastructure,

1671
01:31:09,185 --> 01:31:11,445
but it got us to think about some

1672
01:31:11,445 --> 01:31:12,765
of the areas in the future.

1673
01:31:12,905 --> 01:31:14,685
We couldn't all take care of the items

1674
01:31:14,715 --> 01:31:16,005
that were being suggested,

1675
01:31:16,025 --> 01:31:18,325
but it was a matter of having a list

1676
01:31:18,325 --> 01:31:20,245
of recommendations and, and working forward.

1677
01:31:20,245 --> 01:31:21,885
And I think that that's what this plan is.

1678
01:31:21,885 --> 01:31:24,205
It's your baseline to look forward at things

1679
01:31:24,235 --> 01:31:26,685
that are potentially going to be issues

1680
01:31:26,865 --> 01:31:28,925
and you want to take a look at that as

1681
01:31:29,485 --> 01:31:30,885
resources are are available.

1682
01:31:31,625 --> 01:31:33,325
Second item I wanted to talk about,

1683
01:31:33,355 --> 01:31:34,845
this is more procedural item.

1684
01:31:36,635 --> 01:31:40,325
This particular plan was posted two separate times.

1685
01:31:40,985 --> 01:31:42,525
So you had your consent reading

1686
01:31:42,785 --> 01:31:44,645
for the September 1st agenda, so

1687
01:31:45,225 --> 01:31:47,885
before the holiday weekend, I'm sorry,

1688
01:31:47,885 --> 01:31:50,045
before we went into the end of August.

1689
01:31:50,395 --> 01:31:51,765
That was posted as part

1690
01:31:51,765 --> 01:31:54,085
of your consent reading on September 1st.

1691
01:31:54,545 --> 01:31:57,125
You made that as a public hearing for tonight.

1692
01:31:57,425 --> 01:32:01,125
And then again for tonight's meeting under the town council

1693
01:32:01,305 --> 01:32:03,765
agenda, you can go in and click on that.

1694
01:32:03,945 --> 01:32:07,205
So the full, it's 111 page PDF plan

1695
01:32:08,145 --> 01:32:10,405
was made available on that line.

1696
01:32:10,425 --> 01:32:12,085
So I just want to put that out there just

1697
01:32:12,085 --> 01:32:14,245
to dispel any concerns in that area.

1698
01:32:21,155 --> 01:32:22,965
Councilor Mills? Yes, there's just a couple

1699
01:32:22,965 --> 01:32:27,165
of three things I wanted to indicate as far

1700
01:32:27,165 --> 01:32:29,325
as taxpayers are concerned, there was apps,

1701
01:32:29,325 --> 01:32:31,725
there's no fiscal impact to this

1702
01:32:33,105 --> 01:32:36,405
and there are no grants being applied for whatsoever

1703
01:32:39,105 --> 01:32:41,685
as far as I, I was happy to hear

1704
01:32:41,995 --> 01:32:45,805
that there's a relatively small amount of burned acreage

1705
01:32:45,905 --> 01:32:49,085
and, and brush fires and forest fires here in New Hampshire.

1706
01:32:49,265 --> 01:32:51,405
And I think that's mostly due to the due diligence

1707
01:32:51,405 --> 01:32:53,245
of our entire state

1708
01:32:53,465 --> 01:32:56,005
and local fire departments keeping it that low.

1709
01:32:56,005 --> 01:32:58,245
And that should be a matter of

1710
01:33:00,145 --> 01:33:03,525
congratulatory rather than a something punitive.

1711
01:33:03,865 --> 01:33:05,485
And I guess my third thing is this is,

1712
01:33:05,755 --> 01:33:08,645
this is not a punitive document at all.

1713
01:33:08,755 --> 01:33:10,005
This is prevention

1714
01:33:10,545 --> 01:33:14,645
and I will be making this resolution and voting forth.

1715
01:33:17,155 --> 01:33:18,805
Councilor Chase, I'd also like

1716
01:33:18,805 --> 01:33:20,365
to make one thing also clear.

1717
01:33:20,395 --> 01:33:23,165
This is, as Councilor Webb spoken,

1718
01:33:23,195 --> 01:33:26,165
this is a not a regulatory document.

1719
01:33:27,095 --> 01:33:29,565
There will be no ordinances being put forth

1720
01:33:29,565 --> 01:33:32,245
through the council that will force any landowner

1721
01:33:32,265 --> 01:33:34,565
to do anything that he does not want to with his property.

1722
01:33:37,465 --> 01:33:39,045
So just clarification for the at home.

1723
01:33:39,105 --> 01:33:41,165
So it's, it's a guideline essentially

1724
01:33:41,485 --> 01:33:43,765
and it can be changed, amended attitude, deleted,

1725
01:33:43,765 --> 01:33:46,485
subtracted from all that ongoing basis.

1726
01:33:46,625 --> 01:33:49,805
Yes. With, so just for clarification,

1727
01:33:51,645 --> 01:33:53,165
I just have a, a couple comments

1728
01:33:53,165 --> 01:33:54,445
because I was involved in this

1729
01:33:55,265 --> 01:33:59,965
and I want to thank Beth for also reigning in my own A DHD

1730
01:34:00,225 --> 01:34:02,805
and my own experience from 33 years

1731
01:34:02,805 --> 01:34:04,325
of looking at fires here in town

1732
01:34:05,305 --> 01:34:08,765
and having gone to structure fires

1733
01:34:08,845 --> 01:34:12,325
that created multi-arm brush fires and vice versa.

1734
01:34:14,225 --> 01:34:18,365
So I look at, I look at it from a different perspective

1735
01:34:18,675 --> 01:34:21,205
because I don't look at it from the California perspective,

1736
01:34:21,205 --> 01:34:24,285
these big massive fires of the fires that we're having up in

1737
01:34:26,245 --> 01:34:28,405
Colorado, stuff, much different floor and fauna.

1738
01:34:28,405 --> 01:34:32,165
We don't have the creo containing fuels

1739
01:34:32,165 --> 01:34:33,845
that are in other parts of the country.

1740
01:34:34,905 --> 01:34:36,725
But having seen such simple things

1741
01:34:36,745 --> 01:34:39,445
as a person tossing a cigarette off a deck, get

1742
01:34:40,065 --> 01:34:41,125
tossed into mulch

1743
01:34:41,305 --> 01:34:42,645
and have their house burned down,

1744
01:34:42,975 --> 01:34:45,885
which we've had on more than one occasions have a pretty

1745
01:34:46,075 --> 01:34:48,205
good understanding how a little bit of wind

1746
01:34:49,145 --> 01:34:52,645
in a small brush fire can impact a house.

1747
01:34:53,665 --> 01:34:57,405
And that's what we're really looking at with this plan is

1748
01:34:57,985 --> 01:34:59,245
how people can mitigate

1749
01:35:01,985 --> 01:35:04,285
and help maybe prevent in their own yards

1750
01:35:04,285 --> 01:35:05,485
and their own things

1751
01:35:05,545 --> 01:35:08,525
and the resources that they can have to reach that stuff.

1752
01:35:08,525 --> 01:35:11,685
Because we are looking at a changing biome in this state.

1753
01:35:13,545 --> 01:35:17,205
Mr. Neely who has experience with Western wildfires

1754
01:35:18,915 --> 01:35:22,445
pointed out that we're dealing with drought, insect disease,

1755
01:35:23,245 --> 01:35:25,805
ash bore, if you've walked in some of the woods,

1756
01:35:25,825 --> 01:35:28,685
you can see some of the damages that they bring down

1757
01:35:28,705 --> 01:35:29,885
and these trees bring down.

1758
01:35:30,905 --> 01:35:32,965
We also looked at,

1759
01:35:33,545 --> 01:35:37,085
and I walked through, it was very informative, a lot

1760
01:35:37,085 --> 01:35:39,245
of the conservation lands that we

1761
01:35:39,305 --> 01:35:41,805
as the town council are the ultimate stewards

1762
01:35:41,825 --> 01:35:43,365
for in this community.

1763
01:35:43,865 --> 01:35:47,405
And got to see the fire species that are occurring

1764
01:35:47,985 --> 01:35:51,045
in these conservation lands that the only way these stands

1765
01:35:51,065 --> 01:35:53,805
of trees pitch pine in particular

1766
01:35:55,745 --> 01:35:56,885
are there is

1767
01:35:56,885 --> 01:36:00,525
because there was a significant fire in the past on those

1768
01:36:00,525 --> 01:36:01,725
conservation lands.

1769
01:36:04,305 --> 01:36:06,365
New Hampshire has had a history of some of this stuff

1770
01:36:06,585 --> 01:36:10,005
and this is a proactive document to help guide people

1771
01:36:10,505 --> 01:36:11,805
to use as a resource.

1772
01:36:11,955 --> 01:36:14,365
It's not perfect, it shouldn't be

1773
01:36:16,105 --> 01:36:18,075
because if it was a perfect document

1774
01:36:18,425 --> 01:36:19,675
then we wouldn't have a problem.

1775
01:36:21,215 --> 01:36:23,475
We need, we need documents

1776
01:36:23,475 --> 01:36:26,795
and to have discussions like this without,

1777
01:36:27,895 --> 01:36:31,555
and I have all the faith in Beth Carver

1778
01:36:31,615 --> 01:36:33,235
and Val

1779
01:36:34,415 --> 01:36:35,475
and all the other people

1780
01:36:35,475 --> 01:36:37,235
that work very hard in this document.

1781
01:36:38,135 --> 01:36:43,075
And it like our hazardous mitigation band plan,

1782
01:36:43,085 --> 01:36:47,915
which it is based on, it looks at

1783
01:36:48,255 --> 01:36:50,315
how we can educate homeowners

1784
01:36:50,315 --> 01:36:52,155
and the different tools that we can use.

1785
01:36:52,815 --> 01:36:55,395
And if I remember right, the properties that you identify

1786
01:36:56,095 --> 01:36:58,555
by name are because they're large property owners

1787
01:36:58,585 --> 01:37:00,035
with large tracks of land.

1788
01:37:00,035 --> 01:37:01,435
Correct. Yeah.

1789
01:37:02,455 --> 01:37:05,195
So looking at again, risk assessment tools.

1790
01:37:06,175 --> 01:37:08,715
So I want to thank Beth

1791
01:37:09,495 --> 01:37:11,395
and John for their hard work.

1792
01:37:12,745 --> 01:37:14,035
It's not a perfect document,

1793
01:37:16,375 --> 01:37:20,355
but it shouldn't be Mr.

1794
01:37:20,445 --> 01:37:21,445
Chair,

1795
01:37:23,935 --> 01:37:27,035
How often do we anticipate that this document's going

1796
01:37:27,035 --> 01:37:28,835
to be reviewed for any changes?

1797
01:37:29,755 --> 01:37:31,875
I did just pull it up.

1798
01:37:32,115 --> 01:37:34,675
I know one of the people that spoke during public,

1799
01:37:35,135 --> 01:37:36,675
the public hearing had questioned

1800
01:37:36,675 --> 01:37:38,515
that their name being in the document

1801
01:37:38,935 --> 01:37:42,035
and when you start tying names to to parcels

1802
01:37:42,035 --> 01:37:45,035
and those people move and the documents now 10 years old,

1803
01:37:46,535 --> 01:37:47,955
how is that gonna be addressed?

1804
01:37:48,015 --> 01:37:50,875
Or is the document gonna be be reviewed every

1805
01:37:50,905 --> 01:37:52,155
year, every couple years?

1806
01:37:53,585 --> 01:37:55,925
Because I did notice throughout the document

1807
01:37:55,925 --> 01:37:58,725
that parcel IDs did have individuals

1808
01:37:58,725 --> 01:38:01,205
that currently own the property tied to it.

1809
01:38:03,325 --> 01:38:06,965
I would suggest that it goes sort of similar

1810
01:38:07,065 --> 01:38:10,125
to the hazard mitigation plan like five, five years.

1811
01:38:12,265 --> 01:38:14,285
It does say that it's a living document

1812
01:38:15,025 --> 01:38:18,605
and so if you get something that changes

1813
01:38:20,265 --> 01:38:24,125
in your town, say a wind event, another

1814
01:38:24,865 --> 01:38:27,005
insect and disease that changes your fuels,

1815
01:38:27,355 --> 01:38:30,845
then you do have the option to move earlier and,

1816
01:38:32,505 --> 01:38:35,245
but I would, I would say trying to align it

1817
01:38:35,245 --> 01:38:37,885
with a hazard mitigation plan on a five year basis.

1818
01:38:38,675 --> 01:38:42,805
Okay. Thank you Mr. Chair. Seeing no further? Nope.

1819
01:38:45,495 --> 01:38:48,965
Thank you Mr. Chair. So I,

1820
01:38:50,535 --> 01:38:51,535
Sorry, sorry.

1821
01:38:52,505 --> 01:38:55,605
So sounds like some people saying they haven't seen this

1822
01:38:55,805 --> 01:38:57,485
document or there's some, a lot of questions

1823
01:38:57,505 --> 01:38:59,365
and it seems that there might be some ambi

1824
01:38:59,365 --> 01:39:00,445
ambiguity with some people.

1825
01:39:00,585 --> 01:39:05,375
So I think just to be prudent due,

1826
01:39:05,375 --> 01:39:07,215
due diligence, I think maybe I'll make the motion

1827
01:39:07,235 --> 01:39:09,255
to table this until October 20th.

1828
01:39:09,965 --> 01:39:13,895
It's not gonna, Alright,

1829
01:39:13,955 --> 01:39:15,055
any discussion on the motion?

1830
01:39:16,855 --> 01:39:18,255
I just have one comment. I'm gonna agree

1831
01:39:18,255 --> 01:39:19,815
with the motion to table.

1832
01:39:20,055 --> 01:39:21,735
I think this is a, a great document,

1833
01:39:22,035 --> 01:39:24,095
but I think to alleviate the public concerns,

1834
01:39:24,505 --> 01:39:26,095
it'll allow them time to look at it

1835
01:39:26,755 --> 01:39:31,295
and if they do have pertinent comments to please email you.

1836
01:39:31,595 --> 01:39:34,375
And again, you're the people that have worked it

1837
01:39:34,375 --> 01:39:36,135
and offered it and I will have full faith in

1838
01:39:36,135 --> 01:39:37,975
how you develop it

1839
01:39:39,195 --> 01:39:40,575
And just follow up with that Mr.

1840
01:39:40,575 --> 01:39:42,895
Chair. And I do support the document as is,

1841
01:39:42,895 --> 01:39:44,735
but I, I'm just trying to be fair and,

1842
01:39:44,735 --> 01:39:46,895
and due process for everybody out there.

1843
01:39:47,075 --> 01:39:50,415
So I just think that's the reason for my motion. Yeah.

1844
01:39:51,075 --> 01:39:54,455
Any other discussion? Just for, for clarification,

1845
01:39:54,455 --> 01:39:57,295
when we bring it back up, it won't be a public hearing

1846
01:39:57,355 --> 01:39:58,735
or will we have a public hearing?

1847
01:40:01,115 --> 01:40:04,015
So I think procedurally we'll have to decide if, if

1848
01:40:04,535 --> 01:40:07,255
anything has been substantively changed.

1849
01:40:07,615 --> 01:40:11,535
I think you have to reopen that as a public hearing.

1850
01:40:11,795 --> 01:40:14,175
So I think that's just something we have to be mindful.

1851
01:40:14,355 --> 01:40:17,335
If it there's no changes, then you're coming back up

1852
01:40:17,335 --> 01:40:19,215
as a tabled manner on the 20th.

1853
01:40:19,635 --> 01:40:24,535
So perhaps procedurally then is for Beth to notify you

1854
01:40:24,595 --> 01:40:27,375
by our October 6th meeting?

1855
01:40:27,915 --> 01:40:30,695
Yes. That if there are substantive changes,

1856
01:40:31,405 --> 01:40:34,375
then we can put a public hearing as part

1857
01:40:34,375 --> 01:40:35,855
of bring it back forth.

1858
01:40:36,165 --> 01:40:37,455
Yeah. Okay.

1859
01:40:38,905 --> 01:40:40,495
Right. And I think that would just answer a lot

1860
01:40:40,495 --> 01:40:41,735
of questions for anyone at home or,

1861
01:40:41,835 --> 01:40:45,215
or even staff does anything they wanna double check

1862
01:40:45,275 --> 01:40:46,375
or amend or whatnot.

1863
01:40:46,885 --> 01:40:48,735
Just give everyone the benefit of doubt and,

1864
01:40:48,795 --> 01:40:50,455
and not rush it through if we don't have

1865
01:40:50,455 --> 01:40:52,655
to. Thank you Mr. Chair.

1866
01:40:53,625 --> 01:40:56,645
Any other comments? Okay. Councilor Chase? Yes.

1867
01:40:57,035 --> 01:41:01,685
Councilor Flood? Yes. Councilor Foot? Yes. Councilor Mills?

1868
01:41:01,785 --> 01:41:05,525
Yes. Councilor Healey? Yes. Councillor Spencer?

1869
01:41:06,505 --> 01:41:08,965
Yes. Chair votes yes to table this

1870
01:41:08,965 --> 01:41:10,005
to the October 20th meeting.

1871
01:41:11,535 --> 01:41:13,885
Thank you. Thank You. Thank you Beth. Thank you John.

1872
01:41:24,585 --> 01:41:28,845
New business. Just double checking. Yep.

1873
01:41:28,845 --> 01:41:32,005
We're onto new business and working at 26 86.

1874
01:41:32,805 --> 01:41:36,365
Resolution 2026 dash 0 5 1 to direct the tax collector not

1875
01:41:36,365 --> 01:41:37,525
to execute certain deeds.

1876
01:41:37,865 --> 01:41:40,045
Tax collector Stacey Bevo presenting.

1877
01:41:47,435 --> 01:41:51,845
Good evening. So I am here this evening

1878
01:41:51,955 --> 01:41:53,525
regarding a tax deed.

1879
01:41:54,365 --> 01:41:57,165
I began the process tax deed process in August.

1880
01:41:57,915 --> 01:41:59,765
Currently there are 30 parcels

1881
01:41:59,765 --> 01:42:02,605
for which I am requesting deed waivers for various reasons

1882
01:42:02,785 --> 01:42:06,845
as previously provided, we will continue to work diligently

1883
01:42:06,905 --> 01:42:08,085
to reduce these numbers.

1884
01:42:08,695 --> 01:42:09,695
Thank you.

1885
01:42:13,085 --> 01:42:15,305
Any questions? Nope.

1886
01:42:16,495 --> 01:42:18,345
Just to point out how the, the work

1887
01:42:18,345 --> 01:42:19,665
that the tax collector does

1888
01:42:20,305 --> 01:42:21,425
when it was first put on the agenda,

1889
01:42:21,445 --> 01:42:23,825
how many items were on it?

1890
01:42:24,705 --> 01:42:27,505
37. 37. And how many are on today?

1891
01:42:27,605 --> 01:42:30,985
30. So in the, just in the past week

1892
01:42:30,985 --> 01:42:34,705
or so, you've been able to reduce that number by seven?

1893
01:42:35,245 --> 01:42:37,505
Yes. So thank you for your hard work on that.

1894
01:42:37,755 --> 01:42:38,185
Thank you.

1895
01:42:42,755 --> 01:42:43,775
Do you No other discussion.

1896
01:42:44,515 --> 01:42:46,055
Do we need a public hearing on this?

1897
01:42:46,195 --> 01:42:47,695
No, no, no new business.

1898
01:42:48,075 --> 01:42:50,455
Mr. Chair. Seeing no other questions

1899
01:42:50,455 --> 01:42:54,975
or concerns, I move resolution number 2026 dash five one

1900
01:42:55,315 --> 01:42:57,055
to direct the tax collector not

1901
01:42:57,055 --> 01:43:01,175
to execute certain tax deeds, whereas Section 5.1

1902
01:43:01,175 --> 01:43:03,615
of the Town Charter establishes the town council

1903
01:43:04,155 --> 01:43:06,615
as the legislative and governing body of the town.

1904
01:43:07,075 --> 01:43:11,575
And whereas RSA 80 76 sets forth the procedure

1905
01:43:11,675 --> 01:43:14,575
for conveying tax deeded properties to the town.

1906
01:43:15,035 --> 01:43:19,415
And whereas pursuant to RSA 80 76 sections two

1907
01:43:19,835 --> 01:43:22,615
and two A, the governing body may refuse

1908
01:43:22,675 --> 01:43:24,975
to accept a deed on certain properties

1909
01:43:25,775 --> 01:43:27,855
whenever in its judgment, acceptance

1910
01:43:27,875 --> 01:43:30,895
and ownership of those properties would subject the

1911
01:43:30,895 --> 01:43:35,135
municipality to undesirable obligations or liability risks.

1912
01:43:35,555 --> 01:43:38,255
And whereas the town is identified properties eligible

1913
01:43:38,275 --> 01:43:39,415
for tax deed,

1914
01:43:39,445 --> 01:43:41,015
however, acceptance

1915
01:43:41,195 --> 01:43:44,095
of ownership would not be in the town's best interest.

1916
01:43:44,715 --> 01:43:46,255
Now therefore, be it resolved

1917
01:43:46,365 --> 01:43:49,255
that the tax collector is hereby directed not

1918
01:43:49,275 --> 01:43:50,695
to execute a tax deed

1919
01:43:50,695 --> 01:43:53,845
as set forth on the attached list pursuant

1920
01:43:53,845 --> 01:43:56,205
to RSA 80 76.

1921
01:43:56,205 --> 01:43:58,645
Section three. The Town Council may

1922
01:43:59,435 --> 01:44:01,685
revisit this decision at any time

1923
01:44:02,025 --> 01:44:04,845
and may later direct the tax collector to issue a deed

1924
01:44:04,845 --> 01:44:07,205
for the property subject to this directive.

1925
01:44:07,475 --> 01:44:09,165
This resolution shall take

1926
01:44:09,785 --> 01:44:11,765
effect immediately upon its passage.

1927
01:44:12,305 --> 01:44:13,305
Second,

1928
01:44:15,005 --> 01:44:16,085
A motion made by Councilor

1929
01:44:16,085 --> 01:44:17,325
Mills seconded by Councilor Foot.

1930
01:44:17,325 --> 01:44:20,805
Do we have any discussion on it? See none. Councillor Chase?

1931
01:44:20,985 --> 01:44:24,045
Yes. Councilor Flood? Yes. Councilor Foot? Yes.

1932
01:44:24,315 --> 01:44:28,245
Council Councilor Mills? Yes. Councilor Healy? Yes.

1933
01:44:28,395 --> 01:44:32,165
Councilor Spencer? Yes. Chair votes Yes.

1934
01:44:32,915 --> 01:44:36,285
Measure passes. Seven zero. Moving on to Thank you.

1935
01:44:36,285 --> 01:44:38,205
Thank you. Sorry.

1936
01:44:39,145 --> 01:44:41,605
Moving on to new business 26 dash 88.

1937
01:44:41,805 --> 01:44:43,645
Resolution 2026 dash 0 5 3

1938
01:44:43,985 --> 01:44:45,725
to authorize an interagency agreement

1939
01:44:45,785 --> 01:44:50,045
for Justice Assistant Grant with Rockingham County, please.

1940
01:44:50,045 --> 01:44:51,205
Chief fii presenting.

1941
01:44:52,435 --> 01:44:54,085
Good evening again. Again, counsel.

1942
01:44:55,235 --> 01:44:56,765
This evening I want to talk about

1943
01:44:57,465 --> 01:45:00,605
the 2026 Justice Assistance Grant program.

1944
01:45:01,555 --> 01:45:02,605
It's a two step process

1945
01:45:02,865 --> 01:45:04,445
as it has been in many years in the past.

1946
01:45:05,565 --> 01:45:07,725
First, we need to execute an inter-local agreement

1947
01:45:07,725 --> 01:45:09,965
between the town of DER and Rockingham County.

1948
01:45:10,035 --> 01:45:12,805
They will be the fiscal agent for this grant.

1949
01:45:13,145 --> 01:45:14,565
We were recently advised

1950
01:45:14,875 --> 01:45:18,485
that the 2026 Justice Assistance Grant program was open

1951
01:45:18,545 --> 01:45:21,205
and that the town of Dairy was in line to receive an award

1952
01:45:21,205 --> 01:45:24,325
of $14,341.

1953
01:45:25,375 --> 01:45:28,365
Since Rockingham County is the fiscal agent,

1954
01:45:28,635 --> 01:45:32,445
they charge a 7% administrative fee to be the agent

1955
01:45:32,465 --> 01:45:35,645
and they will receive $1,003 of that total,

1956
01:45:36,455 --> 01:45:39,245
which will mean the Town of Dairy will see a net total

1957
01:45:39,305 --> 01:45:43,005
of $13,338 from that grant.

1958
01:45:44,435 --> 01:45:47,565
Just by way of introduction, our plan this year is

1959
01:45:47,565 --> 01:45:49,765
to utilize those funds to replace

1960
01:45:50,955 --> 01:45:54,165
expired ballistic plates that we carry in our cruisers.

1961
01:45:55,005 --> 01:45:59,605
These are rifle rated plates versus the typical body armor

1962
01:45:59,605 --> 01:46:02,125
that our officers wear, which protect against handgun

1963
01:46:02,125 --> 01:46:03,125
caliber ammunition.

1964
01:46:03,125 --> 01:46:07,005
Typically, we would propose

1965
01:46:07,025 --> 01:46:11,525
to buy 12 sets of, of that, those plates and carriers.

1966
01:46:13,585 --> 01:46:15,485
You will see this again more fully,

1967
01:46:15,665 --> 01:46:19,165
the plan more fully on October 6th at a public hearing.

1968
01:46:20,045 --> 01:46:21,405
Captain Micho will be be

1969
01:46:21,425 --> 01:46:23,445
before you that evening to present the plan.

1970
01:46:24,505 --> 01:46:29,165
All we're looking for tonight is to get your permission

1971
01:46:29,165 --> 01:46:31,085
to execute the agreement with Rockham County.

1972
01:46:32,745 --> 01:46:33,745
I'm happy to answer questions.

1973
01:46:34,905 --> 01:46:39,045
Any questions? Seeing none, Mr.

1974
01:46:39,135 --> 01:46:41,245
Chair, I move resolution number

1975
01:46:41,245 --> 01:46:44,925
20 26 0 5 3

1976
01:46:44,985 --> 01:46:48,405
to authorize an interagency agreement with Rockingham County

1977
01:46:48,985 --> 01:46:52,125
for the US Bureau of Justice Assistance grant

1978
01:46:52,225 --> 01:46:53,805
for law enforcement equipment.

1979
01:46:53,995 --> 01:46:57,765
Whereas Section nine period 15 of the Town Charter

1980
01:46:58,335 --> 01:47:00,885
authorizes the Town Council to accept grant funding

1981
01:47:01,185 --> 01:47:04,005
and whereas the Town Council has long recognized the need

1982
01:47:04,005 --> 01:47:06,405
to keep up with technological advances

1983
01:47:06,405 --> 01:47:07,765
for emergency services

1984
01:47:08,345 --> 01:47:11,125
and whereas Rockingham County has received a Bureau

1985
01:47:11,265 --> 01:47:16,045
of Justice Assistance grant in the federal FY 26 budget

1986
01:47:16,545 --> 01:47:19,845
and whereas the town of Dairy qualifies as a subrecipient

1987
01:47:20,105 --> 01:47:23,405
for signing by signing an inter-agency agreement.

1988
01:47:23,665 --> 01:47:25,925
Now therefore be it resolved in counsel

1989
01:47:26,355 --> 01:47:29,045
that the town administrator is hereby authorized

1990
01:47:29,065 --> 01:47:32,645
to sign the Inter-Agency Agreement with Rockingham County

1991
01:47:33,065 --> 01:47:35,485
as a prerequisite to receive US Bureau

1992
01:47:35,585 --> 01:47:37,805
of Justice Assistance grant funds.

1993
01:47:38,235 --> 01:47:40,285
This resolution shall take effect

1994
01:47:40,285 --> 01:47:41,805
immediately upon its passage.

1995
01:47:42,745 --> 01:47:45,645
Second Motion made by Councilor Mills,

1996
01:47:45,645 --> 01:47:46,765
seconded by Councilor Foot.

1997
01:47:47,185 --> 01:47:52,045
Any discussion on the motion? Councilor Chase? Yes.

1998
01:47:52,555 --> 01:47:57,405
Councilor Flood? Yes. Councilor Foot? Yes. Councilor Mills?

1999
01:47:57,505 --> 01:48:00,885
Yes. Councilor Healy? Yes. Councilor Spencer?

2000
01:48:01,985 --> 01:48:04,405
Yes. And the chair votes? Yes.

2001
01:48:05,645 --> 01:48:06,965
Resolution passes seven zero.

2002
01:48:07,625 --> 01:48:10,445
Moving on to councilor comments and liaison reports.

2003
01:48:10,825 --> 01:48:12,125
Do you have any Councilor Spencer?

2004
01:48:14,845 --> 01:48:18,885
I do. Just wanna, I just wanna commend, I I, it continues

2005
01:48:18,885 --> 01:48:23,325
to impress me how much our departments and, and individuals

2006
01:48:23,505 --> 01:48:24,925
and working for the town.

2007
01:48:25,075 --> 01:48:29,765
Just they, they're constantly improving professionally

2008
01:48:30,625 --> 01:48:33,125
and I just think that we're a standout and,

2009
01:48:33,185 --> 01:48:35,205
and they set an example for other towns

2010
01:48:35,205 --> 01:48:38,365
between our police this evening, our town clerk last month

2011
01:48:38,365 --> 01:48:39,485
that, or a couple months ago.

2012
01:48:40,425 --> 01:48:42,325
We just, it seems there's always somebody

2013
01:48:42,345 --> 01:48:44,885
or some department really looking to advance

2014
01:48:44,945 --> 01:48:47,085
and do better for, for the community.

2015
01:48:47,085 --> 01:48:49,565
And I just wanna thank them for that and acknowledge that.

2016
01:48:50,165 --> 01:48:52,725
I think we're, we're pretty special in that

2017
01:48:54,255 --> 01:48:58,835
Second that Any other councilor comments this evening?

2018
01:49:00,235 --> 01:49:03,435
I disagree very wholeheartedly with Councilor Spencer.

2019
01:49:06,235 --> 01:49:07,675
I have none this evening. So

2020
01:49:09,095 --> 01:49:10,095
My favorite motion.

2021
01:49:10,735 --> 01:49:12,115
Motion to adjourn please.

2022
01:49:12,455 --> 01:49:15,995
Second. Motion to adjourn made by Councilor Mill.

2023
01:49:15,995 --> 01:49:20,035
Second and by Councilor Flood. Councilor Chase? Yes.

2024
01:49:20,185 --> 01:49:24,475
Councilor Flood? Yes. Councilor Flood? Yes. Councilor Mills?

2025
01:49:24,775 --> 01:49:27,395
Yes. Councilor Healy. Yes. Councillor Spencer?

2026
01:49:28,415 --> 01:49:30,795
Yes. Chair votes Yes. Meeting adjourned.

2027
01:49:31,565 --> 01:49:32,995
Thank you everyone. I.