PHOTO: LR: Police Chief: Dana Littlefield; Bruno ; Selectmen: Richard Doucette;

Summary of Tamworth Selectmen Meeting Transcript (04/22/2025) Meeting Overview: Date/Time: April 22, 2025, 5:30 p.m. to 7:08 p.m.

Location: Town Office meeting room

Attendees: Selectmen Richard Doucette, Karl Behr, Steven Schaeffer, Lianne Prentice, Emery Roberts (tardy); Administrator Emily Nolan; Police Chief Dana Littlefield; Camera Operator Hon. Ed Comeau

Key Actions: Non-public sessions, agenda modifications, department reports, policy amendments, contract approvals, tax assessments, and permit/exemption approvals.

Key Agenda Items and Actions: Non-Public Sessions: First Session (5:30–5:55 p.m.): Under RSA 91-A:3 II(a), lasted 25 minutes, details confidential, not sealed.

Second & Third Sessions (6:51–7:08 p.m.): Under RSA 91-A:3 II(b) (hiring) and II(a) (employee matters), 17 minutes total, details confidential, not sealed.

Agenda Modifications: Revised department head update to feature Police Chief Dana Littlefield instead of Fire Chief Richard Colcord.

Added transfer station update and signature file items for review.

Department Reports: Police (Chief Dana Littlefield): Reported low-activity "shoulder season," focusing on casework.

Skipped April drug take-back, will join October event; medication drop-off available Tue-Thu.

Parking enforcement at lake to resume post-Memorial Day with new blue stickers.

School-related activities (44 incidents) include patrols, incident responses, and juvenile issues (e.g., truancy, theft).

Littlefield received “Hands of Hope” award from Carroll County Child Advocacy Center for child sexual assault casework.

Library (Mary Cronin): Rooftop solar project delayed; awaiting Department of Energy appointments and $1,200 roof analysis (budget strain noted).

Exterior painting ($17,500) requires lead-certified painter; RFP recommended.

Emergency Management: Adopted 2025 Hazard Mitigation Plan update (FEMA 5-year cycle) with Mapping and Planning Solutions.

Transfer Station (Richard Doucette): Bathroom construction: Awarded Hartley Well Drilling ($10,500) for water line/pump; Alba Architects ($8,750) for supervision.

Recycling improvements: Proposed small building with baler/trailers, inspired by Ashland’s setup.

Selectmen Office (Emily Nolan): Town account balance: $2,247,176.

Depot Road closure April 24 for tree/culvert work; jersey barriers removed temporarily.

Board Actions: Club Motorsports Noise Complaints: Discussed ongoing noise issues; CMS failed to provide requested noise data or meet.

Approved revised attorney letter demanding data response within 10 days, updated to “select board.”

Personnel Policy Amendment: Adopted sick bank policy for employee leave support.

Established committee: Emily Nolan, Lianne Prentice, Julie Lenoy (Tamworth Community Nurse Association).

Financial Manifest: Approved payroll ($60,771.53) and accounts payable ($320,141.80, including $276,000 school payment).

Minutes Approval: Approved April 8, 2025, public minutes (Doucette abstained).

Permits/Applications: Approved Cathedral Ledge Distillery for Tamworth Farmers’ Market.

Approved Arts Council of Tamworth outdoor event permit.

Approved intent to cut timber (Map 408, Lot 56).

Approved tax levies: Timber yield tax (Map 414, Lot 17, $1,932.83); excavation taxes (Map 2011, Lot 39, $8,612; Map 214, Lot 162-2, $886.88; Map 202, Lot 9, $248.84).

Approved exemptions: Elderly deferral (Map 215, Lot 115), elderly exemption (Map 407, Lot 35), veterans tax credit (Map 209, Lot 22), solar exemption (Map 407, Lot 1), current use (Map 419, Lot 6).

Approved institutional exemptions for Huggins Hospital (Map 217, Lot 23-2), Bear Camp Center (Map 420, Lot 39, Prentice abstained), Barnstormers Theatre (Map 2011, Lot 58; Map 202, Lot 81; Map 411, Lot 44).

Public Comments: First Period: Ed Comeau noted early start (5:55 p.m.), checked Zoom participant Maureen Diamond (no comments).

Second Period: Bruno Sinischalchi confirmed next meeting (May 6, 6:00 p.m.); Jim Diamond praised Page Hill 25 mph speed limit; Comeau clarified hazard mitigation cycle and provided Department of Energy contact.

Board Reports: Doucette: Transfer station bathroom pre-construction, recycling planning.

Behr: Library trustees, transfer station meetings.

Schaeffer: Transfer station compactor, IT server upgrades.

Prentice: Dollar General trash issues, environmental testing, conservation matters, LRPC meeting.

Roberts: No report.

Adjournment: Meeting adjourned at 7:08 p.m.

Notes: Meeting complied with RSA 91-A (Right-to-Know Law).

Multiple motions passed unanimously unless noted (e.g., Prentice abstained for Bear Camp Center).