Select Board

Strafford Regional Planning Presentation

Coastal Risk and Hazards Commission Report

Monday, July 17th

6:00 PM at the Town Hall

The Select Board welcomes Kyle Pimental, Principal Regional Planner at Strafford Regional Planning, to give a presentation before the weekly Select Board meeting about the Coastal Risk and Hazards Commission’s Report.

 

July 13, 2017 in Select Board

Upcoming Select Board Meetings and Cancellations

The Select Board will meet onThursday, June 15th at 2:30pm in Non-Public Session to review elderly exemptions and veterans’ credits.
 At 3:30pm the Select Board will open and review bids for the culvert projects in public session. After opening the bids, if necessary, the Board will go back into non-public session to continue the review of exemptions and credits. The Select Board may conduct other business before returning to exemptions and credits, if deemed necessary by the Board.

The Select Board meeting of Monday, July 3rd is cancelled.

June 14, 2017 in Select Board

Office Closure

The Select Board Secretary’s Office will be closed Thursdays until August 3rd. If you need assistance with Welfare or assessment cards, please call to make an appointment or stop in during office hours on Monday-Wednesday or Friday. 

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

May 22, 2017 in Select Board

Water Ban Lifted

At its meeting on Monday, May 8, the Select Board removed the water ban restrictions relating to the drought situation in NH.   Based upon the state drought monitor updated on 5/4/17, Strafford County is almost completely drought-free with only the southern reaches of the county in an “abnormally dry condition.”

The Board appreciates the cooperation of all during the water ban and encourages us all to be mindful of this most precious of resources.

May 11, 2017 in Select Board

Stormwater Management Projects

The Select Board has contracted with Public Water Systems Services/Scott McGlynn to provide the following services:

  • PWSS will again be conducting water quality tests at the town’s three outfalls on the Salmon Falls River, an impaired waterway:  one set of tests will be done in the spring and one set in the fall.
  • PWSS will be installing check dams in Stockdale Circle in the deep gully that flows into Partridge Lane.   PWSS will check with homeowners prior to installing the check dams if S. McGlynn needs to cross onto owners’ properties.   The check dams are not permanent installations and will be providing the town with diagnostic feedback regarding the causes of the erosion and silt depositions that happen at the outfall across from the American Legion.

We anticipate that these services, except for the fall testing, will occur in the first two weeks of May.

April 26, 2017 in Select Board

Select Board Continues Water Ban

On September 20, 2016, the Select Board voted to implement a ban on water usage in the town per RSA 41:11-d.  This ban covers residential usage and pertains to residents with private wells as well as residents on the town’s public water system.   The ban prohibits the watering of residential lawns.

 

The Board checked in with state officials re drought conditions in southeast NH and because we are still in moderate drought, the Board did NOT lift the ban prohibiting the watering of residential lawns.  (There is no other water usage ban in effect).

Following is the feedback that we received from the State of NH:

The NH Drought Management Team recently issued this press release: http://www.des.nh.gov/media/pr/2017/20170413-drought-update.htm

According to the US Drought Monitor map: http://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/Home/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?NH  Rollinsford remains in the Moderate Drought area.  

The NH Drought Management Team is concerned that much of NH remains in drought status as we head into peak water usage time.  Groundwater resources have not returned to normal as they lag behind surface water. At a minimum voluntary restrictions are recommended. If we see below normal precipitation and above normal temperatures, NH could easily be in severe drought once again.

April 25, 2017 in Select Board