Colebrook Select Board: Extends grant, adopts policies and hazard plan, delays bridge work

Colebrook Select Board · Meeting recap · meeting of Monday, September 28, 2026

The Select Board met on Monday, September 28, 2026, starting at 5:00pm. Members Greg Placy, Ray Gorman and Sue Collins were present. The meeting began with a public hearing on a Community Development Block Grant extension and ended at 7:25pm.

Decisions

• After a public hearing with no public comment, the board accepted Amendment #2 to the Community Development Block Grant. It extends the completion date for the homeowner water, sewer and electrical project on Fourth Street from December 31, 2026 to December 31, 2027.
• The board authorized Chairman Greg Placy to apply for, accept and spend Northern Borders Regional Commission (NBRC) grant funds for the wastewater lagoon cleanout.
• The board approved the Cash Management, Internal Control and Records Retention policies, all dated September 28, 2026.
• The board adopted the Colebrook Hazard Mitigation Plan 2026.
• The board voted to continue the Harvey Swell Bridge project until next season if the pipe arrives in a timely manner. If it does not, the project would continue into July or August of 2027.
• The board hired 603 Vintage North (Daniel C. Fournier) to clean a building on Colby Street.
• The minutes of 9/14/26 were approved.

Also discussed

• Brian Lunderville of White Mountain Communications joined by Zoom to discuss his rent payments and a way to track his electricity use. He will research a meter and report back to Ray.
• The Credit Card Policy vote was put off to the next meeting. The Northern Border Alliance grant amendment will be re-signed next meeting because dollar amounts on the paperwork were wrong.
• The board noted that the Town Hall's Eversource bill was lower after the solar panel project and will ask why it was not zero.
• A sewer pump station on Bill Bromage Drive had only one working pump installed, and the board agreed another pump should be rebuilt.

Money

• The town has been awarded $1,000,000.00 in NBRC funding for the lagoon cleanout.
• The stored bridge pipe would cost approximately $100,000.00.
• The Colby Street cleaning quote is $7,200.00, with 50% down.
• S&S Electric estimated $3,479.90 for a separate electric meter.

The board held a non-public session from 7:00pm to 7:22pm under RSA 91-A:3 II (a), which covers personnel matters. The next meeting is Monday, October 12, 2026, at 1:00pm.

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