At the most recent Hudson Board of Selectmen meeting, one of the items of business was in regards to the Melendy Road bridge.
“We recently completed Lowell Road over First Brook bridge rehabilitation which we budget for $492,400,” Hudson Town Engineer, Elvis Dhima, wrote in a memo to the Board of Selectmen.
“If you believe it or not we were under budget by $16,000 on this one,” Dhima said during the meeting.
He explained that they completed “the project on time and under budget with an excess funds of 16,318.85 of bridge aid funds received by the state.”
“We have received all the approvals for Melendy Road bridge rehabilitation and we are getting ready to advertise for the construction phase this calendar year,” Dhima wrote in the memo to the Board of Selectmen. “The excess bridge aid funds of $16,318.85 should be transferred to this project for use.”
The Board of Selectmen unanimously approved transferring the extra $16,318.85 to the Melendy Road Bridge project.
Also during the meeting, the Board of Selectmen received an update regarding the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Closure.
“In March 2023, we filed with the NH Department of Energy for the above grant in the amount of $75,840,” Dhima wrote in a memo to the Board of Selectmen. “This grant was related to an equipment rebate for energy conservation projects, and was funded 100% by State funds.”
It was explained by Dhima that they spent $73,525.90 to complete a number of different projects including replacing 41 different windows at the Town Hall, the ceiling insulation for the entire Town Hall, and putting in 75 LED lights at Town Hall.
“After completing the work, in line with the grant requirements, we filed for reimbursement of $73,525.90 and received the full amount requested from the Department of Energy,” Dhima wrote in the memo. “This concludes the grant process and no further action is required.”
The Board of Selectmen also accepted a donation for both the Fire Department and the Police Department.
“A donation was sent to the department by Digital Credit Union. The amount of the donation is $1,000,” Fire Chief, Scott Tice, wrote in a memo.
Tice explained that after it was accepted they would “forward Digital Credit Union a thank you for this donation.”
“These monies shall be deposited into the Fire Department’s General Donation fund,” Tice wrote.
The next Hudson Board of Selectmen meeting is slated to take place on Oct. 22 beginning at 7 p.m.
