Selectboard Present: Cheryl Mayberry, Chair, Steven Dalessio and Carolyn Vose

Staff Present: Sarah Downing, Manager of Administration, and Sue Bauer, Recording Secretary

Guests Present:  Peggy Pschirrer (arrived at 6:45)

Call to Order: Ms. Mayberry called the Selectboard meeting to order at 6:30 PM in the Walpole Town Hall.

Payroll

Ms. Vose moved to approve the Payroll Register totaling $32,946.70 dated 09/06/2024 and the 941 Payroll Tax Transfer of $6,708.85.  Seconded by Mr. Dalessio. With Ms. Vose, Mr. Dalessio, and Ms. Mayberry in favor, the motion was approved. 

Selectboard Meeting Minutes

Selectboard Meeting – August 29, 2024:   Ms. Vose moved to approve the Minutes of the Selectboard meeting of August 29, 2024.  Seconded by Mr. Dalessio. With Ms. Vose, Mr. Dalessio and Ms. Mayberry in favor, the minutes were approved.

Non-Public Selectboard Session – August 29, 2024:   Ms. Vose moved to approve the Minutes of the Non-Public Selectboard Session of August 29, 2024.  The minutes are to remain sealed.  Seconded by Mr. Dalessio. With Ms. Vose, Mr. Dalessio and Ms. Mayberry in favor, the minutes were approved, and the minutes remain sealed.

Selectboard Meeting – August 22, 2024:   Ms. Vose moved to amend the Minutes of the Selectboard meeting of August 22, 2024 as requested by Krystyna Marcom.  Under her complaint of speeding on Church Street in North Walpole, it should state that Ms. Marcom and four other volunteers deliver Meals on Wheels five days a week except for snowstorms and holidays that fall during the week.  Seconded by Mr. Dalessio.  With Ms. Vose, Mr. Dalessio and Ms. Mayberry in favor, the minutes of August 22, 2024 were amended.

Committee Reports

Ms. Vose brought to the chair’s attention the following committee reports:

• Planning Board Workshop – August 27, 2024 

Ms. Mayberry acknowledged these minutes.

Old Business

Pending Further Action:  Parking Policy, Generators, Old North Main and High Street Bridges/Culverts, Houghton Brook Bridge, and Reservoir Dam

The Bridge at Main and Elm Streets:  Mr. Dalessio reported that they are working on the bridge.  It will take time because the concrete will have to be poured in layers.

September 19^th Public Meeting:  Since the School Withdrawal Study Committee does not wish to present their work, Ms. Mayberry and Ms. Vose will do it.  The Committee was charged with studying withdrawal and finances. Those two parts of the report will be presented.  Mrs. Downing will put the report on the website and there will be paper copies at the door on September 19^th.  She will also send the reports to Alissa Bascom, Chair of the Fall Mountain Regional School District Board.

EV Charging Station Analysis for a Break-Even Point:  Rich Kreissle prepared a spreadsheet on the break-even point for the charging stations, but the amortization is missing.  Item tabled to next week

New Business

Vachon Clukay & Company Letter of Understanding for the 2023 Audit:  Ms. Vose moved to accept the letter, and that Ms. Mayberry as Chair sign the Letter of Understanding.  Mr. Dalessio seconded.  With Ms. Vose, Mr. Dalessio, and Ms. Mayberry in favor, the motion passed, and Ms. Mayberry signed the letter of Agreement.

Hooper Trustees

Ms. Vose moved to enter into the Hooper Trustees meeting at 6:47 PM.  Mr. Dalessio seconded.  With Ms. Vose, Mr. Dalessio, and Ms. Mayberry in favor, the motion was approved.  Mrs. Pschirrer left during the Hooper Trustees Meeting.

The meeting was reconvened at 7:34 PM.

Non-Public Business RSA 91-A:3 II (c)

Mr. Dalessio moved to enter into Non-Public Session pursuant to RSA 91-A:3 II (b) (c) at 7:34 PM.  Ms. Vose seconded. With Mr. Dalessio, Ms. Vose and Ms. Mayberry in favor, the motion was approved.     The meeting was reconvened at 8:11 PM.

Mr. Dalessio moved that the Non-Public Session Minutes be sealed. Seconded by Ms. Vose. With Mr. Dalessio, Ms. Vose and Ms. Mayberry in favor, the motion was approved.

Adjournment: Ms. Mayberry declared the meeting adjourned at 8:11 PM.

Respectfully submitted,

Sue Bauer, Recording Secretary