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Board of Selectmen — March 27, 2026

The meeting was administrative in nature, focusing on a vacancy appointment and preliminary research for a new project, with no public testimony recorded.

Date Friday, March 27, 2026 Decisions 5 Routine
📄 Agenda 📄 Minutes

Public ⁠impact

Issues from this meeting with documented community impact.
01

Town Property Security Cameras

Installation of monitoring equipment on public lands Affected: All residents using town property
safety change

Decisions ⁠logged

Every recorded vote, with timestamps and dissents.
Appointment of Don Hill to the Select Board
Don Hill was appointed to fill the vacancy left by Amy Lewis, effective April 1, 2026, until the March 2027 elections.
Passed (3-0)
00:00
Enter Non-Public Session
Entered non-public session per RSA 91-A:3, II (c).
Passed (2-0)
10:10
Invite Don Hill to Non-Public Session
Motion to allow Don Hill to sit in on the non-public session.
Passed (3-0)
Exit Non-Public Session
Exited non-public session under RSA 91-A:3, II (c).
Passed (3-0)
10:57
Seal Non-Public Session Minutes
Motion to seal the minutes of the non-public session.
Passed (3-0)

Topics ⁠discussed

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00:00 Select Board Vacancy and Appointment

The Board addressed the resignation of Amy Lewis and the appointment of a replacement to serve until the March 2027 elections.

Speakers: Jen Roberts, Erin Meding, Amy Lewis
Town Property Security Cameras

The Board discussed the potential purchase of cameras to monitor town property, including possible locations and quantities.

Speakers: Jen Roberts, Erin Meding, Amy Lewis, Don Hill
10:10 Non-Public Session

The Board entered and exited a non-public session pursuant to RSA 91-A:3, II (c), with Don Hill invited to participate.

Speakers: Jen Roberts, Erin Meding, Amy Lewis

Controversy & ⁠dissent

Where the board, the community, or the agenda diverged.

Potentially controversial issues

01

Town Property Security Cameras

The implementation of surveillance on town property can raise significant privacy concerns among residents and involves the allocation of municipal funds for new technology.
Board position: The Board is moving forward with researching options and potential locations for installation.
low concern

Action ⁠items

Who owes what, by when.
Research camera options for monitoring town property and present information at the next Board meeting.
Assigned: Don Hill · Due: Next Board meeting

Member ⁠positions

6 issues · 0 explicit · 5 inferred
Jen Roberts
Chair
Present
Select Board Vacancy and Appointment YES ✓
Town Property Security Cameras ~
Moving forward with researching options and potential locations.
Enter Non-Public Session YES ✓
Invite Don Hill to Non-Public Session YES ✓
Exit Non-Public Session YES ✓
Seal Non-Public Session Minutes YES ✓
Erin Meding
Vice Chair
Present
Select Board Vacancy and Appointment YES ✓
Town Property Security Cameras ~
Moving forward with researching options and potential locations.
Enter Non-Public Session YES ✓
Invite Don Hill to Non-Public Session YES ✓
Exit Non-Public Session YES ✓
Seal Non-Public Session Minutes YES ✓
Donald Hill
Member
Present
Select Board Vacancy and Appointment YES ✓
Town Property Security Cameras ✓
Assigned to research camera options for monitoring town property.
Invite Don Hill to Non-Public Session YES ✓

Positions marked ~ are inferred from context and may not reflect the member's explicitly stated position.

Public ⁠comment

What residents said — verbatim, with timestamps.
No public comments were identified in this meeting.
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Report composed by grok-4.3, gemma-4-26b, grok-4.20-0309-reasoning · analyzed 2026-06-01.