Project Updates from the Select Board

Here is the status of the large projects that the Board is currently busy with. We are writing this on April 21. (If you are reading this in the newsletter distributed with the tax bill, please know that further progress will have been made on all of these projects).

Culverts and Storm Drain ($435,000 authorization with $385,000 bond authorization and $50,000 from the culvert reserve fund)

Project: Hoyle Tanner and Associates are the project engineers; they are working on the bid package that will be published soon. We expect to award the contract sometime in May and have the work begin in June. We are procuring easement rights from the affected property owners and thank them for their cooperation. We expect to complete the project by the end of October.  

Financing: the town has been approved for a 30-year loan from the USDA for upto $380,000 at 2.75% interest. The loan amount will be determined at closing based upon actual project costs.

Transfer Station Improvements ($190,000 bond authorization)

Project: the town has awarded the paving and retaining wall contract to Pike Industries for $139,685. The town has contracted with Atlantic Recycling for the purchase and installation of a new compactor and compactor canister for $30,195. The remainder of the budget will be used to fund concrete pads and the town is in the process of soliciting quotes.

Financing: the town has been approved for financing ($190,000) from the NH Municipal Bond Bank. The interest rate and term have not yet been set but we should know by the end of May.

Purchase of New Fire Engine ($450,000 bond authorization)

Project: the Select Board signed a contract with Toyne Inc of Breda, Iowa for $449,280.73, payable upon delivery of the fire engine scheduled for December-January.

DERA Grant: on April 19, the Governor and Council approved the town’s grant application through the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA). The award amount is $109,336.  

Financing: the town has been approved for financing from the NH Municipal Bond Bank ($450,000). The interest rate and term have not yet been set but we should know by the end of May. The Board has also applied to USDA Rural Development/Community Facilities; if approved the Board will consider which has the better terms. With either loan, we will not need to borrow the full authorized amount because of the DERA grant. The loan amount from either NHMBB or the USDA will be $339,944.73

Town Hall Drain ($55,000 authorized via warrant article)

CivilWorks New England is the project engineer and they guided the RFP process in February. On April 10, the Select Board awarded the contract to Gagnon Construction (Rollinsford, NH) for $38,228. Construction not yet scheduled.  

The town contracted with NP Giroux Excavating (Rollinsford NH) to do interior repair work in the RPD and it has been completed for $2,250.

Road Work ($225,000 authorized via warrant article, $75,000 in operating budget)

The town contracted with Pike Construction for the road work on Pinch Hill Rd and Foundry St (with under-drain installed at the corner of Foundry and South). The amount of the contract is $292,293 and the work is scheduled to start before the end of April.

RPD Space Needs

The Board conducted a workshop on April 8 and has appointed a space needs committee that will report to the Board on June 12 with a preliminary recommendation. The Board will schedule a public hearing shortly thereafter to solicit citizen input. The committee members are: Chief Ducharme, Lt. Uraskevich, Michael Rollo (ex officio, Board), Bill Irving, Denise Knowles, Kim St. Hilaire, Charlie Putnam, Howard Hammond.

Volunteer Opportunity 

Police Space Needs Committee

The Select Board is currently looking for residents to volunteer on the Police Space Needs Committee. The committee will work with the BOS and Rollinsford Police Department to consider options and gather supporting documentation for the future space needs of the Rollinsford Police Department. 

If you are interested in being considered please send a note of interest and any relevant background information by April 17 to: [email protected]

NOTICE OF EMERGENCY MEETING

SELECT BOARD
TOWN OF ROLLINSFORD

Monday, March 13, 2017

8:30 am

Town Hall
The Select Board will meet with the Town Clerk and Moderator to discuss options relative to the Town Election given the impending blizzard slated to hit the region on Tuesday. This will be the only item on the agenda. 

Notice of Select Board Workshop Meetings

Various Dates and Times

Town Hall

The Select Board will be holding a number of workshop meetings in the next two weeks:

  • Pre-Reassessment/Pre-Reevaluation Workshop (Thursday, March 2, 4:00 pm).   This will be run by Lionel McEachern of the NH Department of Revenue Administration.   There may be only one Select Board member in attendance.   This is NOT the information session that the Board is planning on the revaluation process (scheduled for April 12, 6:30 pm)
  • Meeting with John Krebs, Planning Consultant  (Thursday, March 2, 6:00 pm).   The Board is meeting with Mr. Krebs to review the possibility of expanding his role as our planning consultant.   Any potential ensuing actions will occur at a regular Board meeting.
  • Meeting with planners from the Strafford Regional Planning Commission (Monday, March 6, 8:00 am).  We are meeting with Colin Lentz and James Burdin  to review the 10-year transportation plan and the CEDS plan (Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy).

Select Board Meeting 2.20.17

SELECT BOARD MEETING

TOWN OF ROLLINSFORD

Monday, February 20, 2017

6:00 pm

Town Hall

 

The  Select Board generally does not meet when Town Hall is closed for holidays, but the board has decided it WILL MEET on Monday, February 20, 2017 at 6:00 (rather than the usual time of 6:30).
The agenda will not be typical. The board intends to finalize the town warrant and to attend to any other urgent business.