Police Building Committee Minutes

January 6, 2026

Peggy Pschirrer called the meeting to order at 6:30 pm in Walpole Town Hall.

Present were Steve Dalessio, Andrew Dey, Jay Punt, Chief of Police Justin Sanctuary, and by Zoom, Cheri Watson, David Adams and Trevor MacLachlan.

The Raffle for a framed copy of a Howard Hill picture of the Walpole Village Store had a drawing on December 18. The successful ticket for the drawing was purchased by Sarah Waterman. There were several generous gifts in lieu of buying raffle tickets. We took in $21,975.00 dollars. Robin Sanctuary who managed the raffle will be reimbursed $1,550 for handling the copies of Howard Hills painting. The Walpole Police Benevolent Association served as the agent for the raffle.

Andrew Dey reviewed the RFP he had drafted for Architects and Engineers. With minor adjustments, the Committee agreed the RFP should be circulated within the next few weeks. Further, the Committee agreed to seek a Construction Manager without undue delay. Rod Bouchard has prepared the RFP for a Construction Manager.

The Committee has been notified that we are the recipient of a USDA grant in the amount of $2,058,000. This is the result of our grant written by Nancy Merrill and submitted to Senator Shaheen’s office. The grant was financed through the budget which was adopted at the end of the government shut down. The state office of the USDA is short staffed, but we will work with Rena Peck who is in the New Hampshire office of USDA.

The Committee had a short discussion of when to approach the Town voters with a warrant for bonding the remaining cost of construction for the new station. Mr. Dalessio noted that we will need special state permission for any bond which exceeds 10% of our budget.

Our next meeting will be January 21, at 6:30 pm in the Hooper Institute, first floor.

Peggy Pschirrer

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