Board of Selectmen - Regular Meeting
The Board of Selectmen approved the proposed budget, warrant articles, and default budget. Additionally, Mike Schwarzer was appointed to serve as a selectman until the next election, and he was sworn into office. Bob also resigned from his position as deputy treasurer.
About this meeting
- Government Body
- Board of Selectmen
- Meeting Type
- Board Of Selectmen
- Location
- Kensington, NH
- Meeting Date
- January 26, 2026
Transcript
21 sections (from 53 segments)
First word first.
Um, you don't have to read. You can just select it. Thank you. Unfortunately, here on behalf of Thank you for It's been a pleasure.
Yes. Thank you very much. let me know. Yeah, I still get involved as much as I can maybe. That's awesome. Thank you. Thank you. So next um if you want to do the um this is the proposed budget which is the MS636 form. Then we have our default budget and the warrant that you all have to
just sign off your proposed budget. Yes, 636 to look at it this
is just in a different format and include all the the amount of sales. Yeah. This is the form I'm looking at right now. There has your expenditures for the year with your goals. You might go ahead and do your um follow articles and then it has these are estimated I'm going to bring you to your estimated
amount of taxes to be get suggested again um when we do the tax rate settings. So this number is still what it is right now. Um if everything was to go through, if you have one articles that don't go through, this number will be reduced. Sign m. Yeah, you can do that if you want. Do that. and that's pretty much done. Well, I assume Bob has the warrant because and Mike's not sworn in yet. You can you can appoint Mike as accepted, right? Right.
Okay. Right. Um but he can still sign and then Mike would be able to sign it after he had sworn with Sarah. He's he's in effect until s time he's replaced. Yeah. Which means when I get sworn. So therefore he's actually uh accepted his resignation but he's actually acting as y thank you so this do we need a motion to sign this or just signatures I do I move to sign the uh board articles and budget is that the MS 63
636 I'll second it in favor carries away. We have two more here. One is the warrant and one is the default budget. And the word is just the word in their final point. I need to make
look. So what do we just we really need to sign it or do we have a window? We need a motion. We'll have Sarah make a motion. Okay. So have a move.
I move to approve the war articles. I'll second. All those in favor. She cares. Yes. Next one is MSDB the default budget. So I need a motion to sign the U MS BTB 2026 default budget as presented.
Second favor. All right. We have here Mike. um you guys would have to make a motion and just let the public know why you're making this motion and um what you're actually
So Mike Schwarzer is going to be sitting in as a select committee from tonight through the 31st of January. No, he'll be in until the vote. Until the vote. Yeah. March 10th. to the day of the election.
We appreciate Mike doing that this afternoon, but we can keep our worse in it. We just need a motion first, too. Yeah. Do you need a motion first? Y
make a motion to uh appoint Michael Schwarzer uh taking you to office certified service element. Is there a certain amount of time that has to be presented or is it just going to be until the until the next election? So, all those in favor? I'll second it.
All those in favor? I motion carries. where I'm in Sarah. Sure.
Yep. Okay. I should do solemnly swear that I will bear faith and due to the United States of America to the United to the state of New Hampshire and support the conference thereof to help God. I have to do solemnly and sincerely swear and affirm that I have faithfully and partially discharged for all that is incumbent on me as an injury slightly according to the best my abilities agreements and rules regulations of the constitution and the laws of the United States. So help me God. to the board has to do a review for the end of the year for the time report. Um I can give you some information from what I've been in the past. Okay. Um and I'll get that to for the department heads while we're here.
Yeah, if they have anything. Sure.
Nothing. Nothing. I'm I want to um since I've been sworn in as the select person um I would have to resign my position as deputy treasurer u there are incible jobs according to state law I'll have enough and I will give um Sarah my letter and also the people over to the same right I just no this is no this No, that's for the bank.
The bank one small. Yeah, I know you don't want to get anything.
That's it. That's it. Thank you so much, Bob, for all you've done. My pleasure. It's been it's been an experience actually. I've enjoyed it. I never I never found it to be a burden or anything like that. So maybe you're a great group of people to work with. So I'll still see you twice in Yeah. So you know I'm around town. So if you need something in the future, let me know.
Perfect. I guess take a motion to motion. I'll say it again. other things
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