The meeting house in Rindge will be reroofed this year, after the select board accepted a bid Wednesday.
The bid, submitted by Pento and Sons Roofing, LLC of Jaffrey, was for $34,425. Only one bid was submitted to the town, according to meeting house oversight committee chair Burt Goodrich.
The project will likely be paid for out of the Ward Trust Fund, meaning there will be no tax or budgetary impact.
Goodrich said it was thought that the project could cost up to $40,000, so the committee was pleased with the bid.
It is anticipated that the project will take two to three weeks. The hope is to start the project soon enough that it will be completed by June 30.
Selectwoman Roberta Oeser asked her fellow selectmen if they would be willing to accept a reduced payment for police details needed for the town’s 250th anniversary parade in August.
Oeser said the Rindge 250 volunteer committee has planned on paying for the at least six officers needed for the parade. Rather than paying the entire detail cost, Oeser asked if the volunteer committee could just pay the officers’ salaries.
Oeser said the detail rate has to be enough to pay the highest paid officer with retirement benefits as well as a vehicle fee.
For town events like the parade, the police detail revolving fund is used to pay for details. Oeser said the committee wanted to defray the cost so the fund wouldn’t be drained, as it is also used to by new police cruisers.
Town Administrator Joe Byk said he would look into whether the Rindge 250 volunteer committee would be billed for the details, or if it would be a donation from the committee. He also will look into the full-loaded personnel cost.
No decision was made Wednesday, with Town Administrator Joe Byk saying he would do research on the matter and get back to the board.
After a public hearing with little comment, the board elected to accept White Tail Run as a class five road.
The road – approximately 1,000 to 1,500 linear feet – will cost about $3,500 a year to maintain, according to selectmen.