All right.

It is now seven o'clock.

And I like to call this meeting to order.

Yeah.

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands.

One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

All right.

Our recording secretary is Katie Gargano.

Would you please call the roll?

Sure.

Councilor Hildred.

Present.

Councilor Seussy?

Here.

Councillor Hoffman?

Present.

Councillor Haynes?

Here.

Councillor Bogart?

Here.

Councillor Covenant?

Here.

Mayor Borgs.

Yeah.

Staff in attendance.

We have our city manager Kirk Biotti and Glenn as well.

So now we have the acceptance of the minutes from previous meetings.

The regular meeting was January 12th, 2026.

Has everyone had an opportunity to look those over.

Okay.

With no corrections or changes submitted to the clerk.

The minutes will be accepted as distributed.

Do I have a motion?

Representative.

Oh, Councillor Conan and made the motion and seconded by Councillor Bogart.

Up next, we have a public hearing for resolution 2026-1 relative to acceptance of an award in the amount of 26,405 dollars.

Did I skip something?

Section on number nine.

Oh, I did skip right over that.

I'm sorry, just in case, just in case.

All right, so I am corrected.

Citizen comments from Matt is not on the agenda.

Due to the weather and everything, I recommend we restrict this to a three-minute time frame.

Always whether or not no, a lot of times we just let people go and go.

So I wanted to kind of set a yeah.

Anybody have anything not on the agenda that they want to talk about?

Nobody.

Okay.

Seeing none, we will move on.

Thank you.

I just didn't want you to get an A.

I appreciate it.

I skipped right over that.

That's my bad.

Uh now we're on to the public hearing on resolution 2026-1 relative to acceptance of an award and the amount of 26, 405 dollars from the Department of Safety, Homeland Security Grant Program for the purchase of SWAT SOU equipment for the Laconia Police Department.

Notice of this public hearing was made available in the January 14th, 2026 edition of the Laconia Daily Sun and posted at Laconia City Hall, Laconia Community Center, Laconia Public Library, and the offices of the SAU.

I'm going to open the public hearing now at 7.03 p.m.

Does anybody have anything to say?

Uh Lisa Moore in Ward 2.

Um I came to the January 12th meeting and I had um some comments about um being concerned about the cooperation that the Laconi police might be doing with ICE.

And I had asked a question, I didn't get an answer, but I hadn't pursued the answer.

I don't know what kind of collaboration.

I saw this on the agenda, and I'm wondering with a grant.

I saw that it said there was no financial contribution the city had to make.

If I may you may as a former police officer and member of the whose lies on to the city, this doesn't commit us to um as you would say working with ice or not.

Okay.

This is just getting some equipment that we need for our SWAT operations, okay, special weapons assault tactics and stuff like that.

And we have things like this is that's all this is.

Okay, this is there's no there's no commitment to us doing something that you would think differently.

Okay, this is used for if we have if we have, for example, uh of robbery of the bank or kidnapping or murder or something like that.

And we have to take our you know vehicles or whatever to the uh to a house like that in that certain areas and uh we have police that train for this kind of stuff all the time.

This is just giving them equipment.

Okay, all right.

There's no there's no second byline.

There's there's no, hey, we gave you some money, so now you owe us some uh quid process.

This happens through Homeland Security and uh stuff like that all the time.

Yeah.

All right, I appreciate that.

Thank you very much.

May I ask you a question?

Yes, sir.

So I take it if it did say that you would provide assistance to any federal agency that seeks our help that you would be in disagreement with that, and you would not want this uh uh grant to be taken.

Uh you said any federal agency.

I would focus it because it's a DHS um particular grant.

I was limiting it to operations with Home Man's Curity, and I will be honest with you.

I am somebody that is watching the news and concerned.

And that's and that was what my comments were on the 12th that I I had concern.

Counselor Hoffman.

So not any federal agency.

Thank you, sir.

So I know we are talking about SWOT equipment, but I think when we saw the rundown of of what's included in this grant for the last meeting, it's flashlights and radios, right?

Expensive announcement for what it's worth.

It's uh many years ago, um, and I I apologize, I don't remember.

Uh the city had a a um, I don't know if it was a grant, but to purchase AR-15s.

And I stood up and I said, why does every officer need an AR-15?

Can't you do it just by shift?

Why do you have to buy however many it was?

And I was told, Oh, you have to adjust the sites every time, you know, every officer need one.

So I'm just saying that's why we allowed to have their own acquaintance.

I'm just saying I well that I'm not arguing that.

I had asked the question, and so that's why I'm I'm wondering.

I've never seen a grant request come through that we're talking in this area that has stipulations like you're talking about.

Okay, whether it's whether it's DHS, whether it's AG, whether it's no, whatever it is.

I've never seen one come through that way.

Okay.

Well, I appreciate that because I didn't know.

So I thank you very much for the information.

Thank you for your time, gentlemen.

Ladies and gentlemen, anyone else?

Just Mr.

Mayor, just when we get to your discussion part of it on this agenda, we do have Captain Graden for the from the police department.

If you have any specific questions, uh that's why he's here.

Okay, excellent.

Anyone else seeing none?

I will close the public hearing at 7 07 p.m.

Presentation.

Oh, we're on to the mayor's report.

So some of you might know that I had a organization, a third party send out a random text to approximately 500 residents in the city of Laconia.

Um I just wanted to see what matters were relevant, where people wanted us to focus.

Um it included Republicans, Democrats, independents, everybody within the city of Laconia.

Um so there were three top issues that came up.

We had uh the number one issue is homelessness and drugs, and it says constituents express a significant concern about homelessness and drug problems in the community, particularly particularly their visible impact on public spaces.

So that was some feedback we got from our constituents.

Number two was high property taxes.

Um constituents express significant concern over rising property taxes, which they feel are becoming unaffordable and forcing long-term residents out of the area.

Last but not least, and it's kind of similar to property taxes in a way.

Um constituents claim there is a affordable housing shortage.

Constituents express significant concern about the severe lack of affordable housing in the community impacting young people and long-term residents.

I'm gonna be doing this from time to time.

I just want to get input from the constituents in the city of Laconia about the matter what matters to them the most.

And I think there's a good way for the council to also start focusing on some of these issues that our constituents are really concerned about.

Um that's pretty much all I have to say at the moment.

I think we're on to council comments now.

Does any counselor have any comments?

Sure.

Counselor up, uh Councillor Hildriff.

Um yes, I met with um the Laconia Motorcycle Week Association, uh first meeting that I attended.

Um I will I also attended the um parks and rec meeting, at least the first part of it.

Um it was pretty much status quo, but uh there was one conflict with the WIRS uh community center where there was a conflict with uh farmers market, and it was a little contentious.

Um so other than that, it was it was pretty uneventful.

Um with motorcycle week, where uh we just talked about keeping the same strategy for traffic for motorcycle week.

Um with motorcycle week, where uh we just talked about keeping the same strategy for traffic for motorcycle week um and um I will be having later this week a uh meeting with um the um Lakes Region public access television.

So in a busy week.

I know I'm missing something.

Sounds like it.

Uh Council Susi, I think you were next.

I have a question for the city manager.

Give us I know it's in your ward, John by the council.

What's the status on roller coaster road, the junkyard?

Yeah, I don't have really an update on it.

Um it went back to court.

We we had a court order to be on the property to uh begin uh assessing how much the cost of what it was gonna be to clean up, how much was there, what was gonna be taken, what was not.

We refused uh to be on the we refused to be allowed to go on to the property.

Um it went back to court with the snow flying in the in you know early in the year.

Um it got pushed off by the court, so we'll be back at it this spring with with the court uh planning and um and uh um legal representation.

There's two fines, there's some fines taking place.

Yep, yep.

Okay, thank you.

Thank you.

Counselor Bogart, you were next.

Oh, I thought you raised your hand.

No, I was uh um I just wanted to uh ask you, Kirk, if we had any visitors to our warming center.

We um as of this morning around 11.

We had only had one.

Um had been open from Saturday midday to today midday.

Um so my update from the fire chief this morning was one person.

And is that at the WIS community?

Yeah, it was at the Wears Community Center.

Um you know uh we we tried to do it at a city building.

That's it's our first piece.

Um if we ever needed to open a large scale uh shelter, and we've opened it before when we had uh what we thought was gonna be a hurricane come through, so we opened the large scale uh we use the middle school.

It's got a very large generator, large kitchen, large gym, it everything works out very well for that.

Um when uh the when the fire chief uh was working on opening up this weekend, his concern was do I to use the school if it was only gonna be a small um contingent of people.

So uh they had worked it out at the Weirs Community Center.

Um they had uh worked on transportation if if I identified for transportation.

Uh there was no power outages through this, so I think that that uh um put us into a positive uh although it was cold, but my understanding unless something happened later in the morning, it was only one.

I think it's a good idea that we had that option available to our residents, and I think if we did have a power outage, we'd we'd probably see a lot more track.

Yeah, with this cold this weekend, we would have we would have seen it.

Um and I haven't heard, I mean, we may not have heard yet, and one of you two may have heard uh if the if the state does um um go with the state of emergency um or declaration of uh emergency for this storm event, uh the the fire chief is prepared to uh you know look for reimbursement through that.

But uh I don't think I know I it hasn't happened yet.

I don't know if it's going to happen, but if it does, we will uh you know we will proceed through that.

I I I've noticed this trend about when we open up these warming centers, there's very little usage.

And I think that's why probably I don't want to put a time on it, but I'd say within the last 10 years it the the mindset has changed from sheltering to the warming, cooling charging stations.

Place you can go get warmed up, cool down if it's a summer thing, get your iPads and phones and all that charged up, and the new Englanders go home.

Um so it's really sort of shifted that mindset of of uh of what they're gonna what they need.

So um yeah.

Excellent.

When anyone else?

Oh, Council Hilldra.

Do you think the location of the warming center was the reason for just one person using it?

It's hard to say.

Could it be a possibility?

Absolutely.

Um but we did, like I said, when I when I talked to uh the fire chief and and the police chief through the fire chief, um the discussion was made that you know if if uh transportation is an issue, there is a plan in place uh to be able to overcome that.

Thank you.

We all set do we have any committee reports to discuss not yet?

All right, that's nice and easy.

Um any liaison reports.

I guess we kind of got that already with Counselor Hildreth.

Anyone else?

Perfect.

Um now we're up to citizens' request to comment on current agenda items.

We're gonna hold this to three minutes as well.

Does anybody have any comments on the current agenda items?

Not a familiar face.

No tie.

Before I get to that, before I get to that, I'll be able to do that.

I see you two.

Nobody asked me to wear one, Your Honor.

Before I get to what I would want to talk about, I would love to encourage most of you to lean into your microphone when you talk.

It is very, very hard to hear back there.

Councillor Conit and the city manager do the best job at that.

And the rest of you in and out.

I just I really it's so hard to hear back there.

So thank you very much.

Uh on the social district thing, I know you're gonna discuss that tonight.

And I just want to uh ask you to when you whatever areas you pick to try not to make it any more complicated than you have to.

Um I hope you stay away from some of the things I've heard coming out of the state, uh like wristbands and special cups and all that stuff.

And I I and I only look at what I've experienced around the country uh where they've been doing this for several years, and I'll look at a big place like Daytona Beach.

Uh Daytona Beach uh started this a number of years ago, and the their thought was we're gonna do cups.

And you can come out of the the bar with a cup from that place, but that has quickly gone by the boards, and now people just come in with their own beverages or they come out of the bars.

Um I've not seen any problems with it down there.

People use the trash receptacles, so there's not uh craziness every word.

Just something to think about, and I hope wherever you choose on the colony, or uh as I've heard Councillor Susi and Councillor Bogart make reference to Canal Street.

Um, but there's more downtown than just Canal Street, and there's also a big area up at the Weirds, which probably would work.

That being Lakeside Avenue.

I've talked to several of the businesses up there, and I think it would be pretty cool and a good idea, and it wouldn't hurt them.

So just something when you're having a discussion, because I know you don't want to hear it from us back there.

So that's all.

Councillor Susi.

Mr.

Mayor, if I may.

Yeah.

And Charlie, excuse me if I can't all of the day there.

Thank you.

But Charlie brings up a good point and this is just my thoughts, okay.

I think I'd I'd like to um ask the mayor to put together a maybe a small committee of a couple of council members, Mr.

Sinclair also, and maybe one or two other people.

And just take a look at that, because I know we talked about social districts before, and sure I mentioned Canal Street.

But we look at things like what is it the social?

I I'm thinking about pumpkin fests, for example.

Okay, and how do you handle all of that?

And and I I'd like to have a police officer be part of that thing because if anybody's gonna have a challenge, that's where it's gonna be.

Okay, because we also have the public law of drinking outside of public unless we do that.

That's just a thought, Mr.

Mayor.

That's all in.

You know, I might not have agreement and all here, but I think we need to have a little bit more talk into it.

And that's on your agenda tonight to discuss in a little while tonight.

All right.

Anyone else?

Seeing none.

We are on to the city manager's report.

Thank you, Mr.

Mayor.

Um, before I get to my normal report, just a couple of extra things to add.

Um snow cleanup.

So obviously they've been out, they're still out plowing.

Uh normally it's about a 48-hour time frame when we start to get out to downtown to do some of the snow removal.

Um the public works director and I have have discussed uh sidewalks and a few other things.

Um, but I would I would totally expect that our conversation tomorrow is gonna be about it's gonna be a few extra days, I would assume, to get uh some of the downtown snow removal done uh a little longer than normal, uh, just with the amount of time that they've been out already this week.

So um we'll work on that and and do it as quickly as we as they can, but uh understanding that it's gonna be a little extra time.

Uh two years ago, um well, actually about a year ago at this time we approved um going ahead with a community power um plan, not through um uh the community power coalition in New Hampshire.

We went with a different one, we had an energy committee, Councilor Hoffman's out on that, planning board was right, our planning department was represented on that.

So when the rates started to show favorable to be able to go and uh and get a different pricing on energy uh that we were ready to go.

Contracts are in place.

The only thing we haven't put out yet is the RFP.

Um because the rates hadn't been favorable.

Freedom Energy, who we worked with hasn't done it yet.

Um the RFP is actually now gonna go out this week.

Um, and it looks like the rates are going to be favorable to be able to move ahead with with a uh this community power program.

Um we'll be doing that this week.

We're we're putting together a uh uh a film so we can put on our website, frequently asked questions.

Um but you guys are also gonna be getting two more uh informational sessions from Freedom Energy.

One would be just we've asked them to come in and do another one, and then one's required once they send out the opt-out um information.

Uh remember the the community power that we're that we're going with, as with I believe any of the programs, it's an opt-out program, so you're automatically in the program.

You're automatically getting the better rate uh unless you choose not to for whatever reason.

Um so just as a quick little timeline.

Um residents will start to see mailers coming in out, probably uh late February, um, mid to late February.

Uh Freedom Energy will be at your council meeting on February 23rd to give an updated presentation to you.

Um then by uh by rule, they have to do a mandatory information session.

So the first meeting in March, there will be another opportunity for them to be here for the public to hear for the public to ask questions.

Um, and then hopefully, if everything goes well, uh the program will start uh April 1st.

So a lot of work went into it.

Uh uh there was a lot of um the reason, like I said, it hasn't gone yet, is the rates haven't become favorable.

They they're looking like they're gonna be favorable now to make this happen.

Um so you'll be hearing a lot more about that uh very shortly.

The CPI numbers came out.

Uh we ended the year annualized out at 2.69%.

Um you'll notice that under October there is not a value there.

That was during the government shutdown.

They have not filled us in on any numbers, and it appears they're not going back to do any uh backdate any work and give us a number for that.

So um we're dividing out at 11 months instead of 12 months.

Um annualized at 2.69, which is one of our tax cap calculation numbers.

If we know we have a couple of months before that has to be a solid locked-in number for some reason, the government does send us information on that month.

We'll we'll adjust accordingly.

But I don't see it happening.

Uh project update.

Um, we'll be they're starting to work on um gathering information on what roads will be within uh within our budget next year for for road maintenance.

Um certainly it factors in on the budget, what's what we're gonna be able to uh budget for next year.

Um so I would say if you have I I think we all have roads that we're you know in your wards that you're curious about or or would like to see at least considered and talked about, uh just send them you know, let's have a conversation and uh we'll have a bigger conversation.

I'll have a bigger conversation with public works.

Um the Mill Street Pedestrian Bridge.

I just want to note on there.

Um we did have a uh Congressional Direct spending amount of money on that with no match to us to update this bridge out back here.

Um it did come in higher budgeted than expected.

Um but I have no intent at this point.

There's I'm not looking for extra money out of budgets or next year's.

We're not doing any of that right now.

Um I think that the project as it was scoped out is probably gonna be able to be scaled back to fit in what was what was accepted.

If there's any difference in that, um that will be a discussion.

We can have it a later date, but I'm not trying to find additional money to make this happen at this point.

Uh Hilliard Road Culvert, um, that was a FEMA grant.

Uh that's um hopefully gonna be under construction in the fall of 27.

Um that's been a long time coming.

Um we do have a share on that, um, and we we've worked on putting money away for the last couple years there.

Um, same thing with the Weirs uh Boulevard Route 3 Bridge.

Again, that's a shared cost on us.

Um, and that should be going out for a start date later this year.

OPC loop has been completed at this point.

There is a little bit of a savings, but we did talk about a couple meetings ago, um, maybe maybe a little longer than that now, on uh doing some extra work on that bridge area for pedestrian safety, so there may be some additional spending that goes on from that money that's in there.

So there may be some additional spending that goes on from that money that's in there.

Um the the uh landscaping plan, um, the lighting cost rather, um under the downtown TIFF district.

Um we were able to get the company that put the original bid in for the lighting in this area to expand down into Rotary Park.

They're working on that.

It's one of those where at any moment we're gonna get that back, and we'll have some numbers on that, just waiting for it to come back in.

Uh but it should be very soon.

The RFP for the proposed bandstand um has been put out.

Um my understanding, and Rob can correct me, but um it's not only for the bandstand, but there may be some engineering cost in there as well.

So we're working through all that.

Uh there's a look.

Excuse me.

Is there a location been set for that bandstand?

I think they're looking at all of the areas.

There's a couple different areas that they like.

I think they're looking at a couple in the RF, they're looking at a couple different areas.

You're no final determination yet.

Oh, no, no.

We're not this is just to see what's even available, what's out there, you know, for cost and in a couple different areas.

There's nothing.

Thank you.

There's no decisions have been made.

Winnipesaki River Basin project um had a very good uh public meeting the other day with the Winnipesaki River Basin advisory board, um, which our our former public works director who's still working for the city chairs.

Um there was a good meeting.

Um DES was there.

Um it's part of their program.

Uh I thought it went very well.

Um, I think they've identified that there's some operational uh corrections that need to be made as well as some uh most likely some financial contribution changes that need to be made.

Uh I thought that it's both our advisory board, I think did a great job presenting their concerns, um, and DS was very receptive to it.

Now I will say that uh this this goes back to the letter that uh the previous council put out maybe three, four months ago now.

Um maybe a little longer to the Winnipeg Saki River Basin program.

We were one of the communities that signed on to sending it to the state.

Um, and uh you know, I I think it was great to see us take the lead on that be and uh I think it made a difference.

Sewer collection system, we've talked about uh capital reserve fund.

They used to have one that they did.

Um we did some bonding um over the last say five, six years.

Um I think that once we get into talking a little bit more budget.

Um historically, the finance committee has had a lot of discussion about this uh the sanitary sewer fund, and I would expect that to continue.

I'm gonna skip down the last two things.

Um the master plan update.

Uh there's a note here that January 29th at 6 p.m.

in the chamber uh council chambers here.

Uh will be the next meeting on the uh the master plan update and state school.

Um I would not sure this this they still have a closing date set.

Um it's I would say at a at a minimum we're talking late summer, early fall.

But um in late February, early March, we'll we're hammering down which date it's gonna be.

Um the state school um Pillsbury Group and their team are gonna come in here to city council to just talk to you guys, give a little bit of presentation on where they stand, uh, what their next steps are.

Um they still have to go through and get first phase of the project approved, and they haven't even gone that far yet.

So they're still on their due diligence for for closing purposes.

Um, and one of the things that we recommended is hey, let's get in front of the council, just have a conversation, let them know where you stand, let them know where you are.

Um obviously publicly.

Um, and uh so I think that'll be really good.

And we're we're just hammering on a date right now, but it's probably gonna be uh the late February, early March.

I just asked for it to be before um budget season.

So um other than that, I think that's all I have for you tonight.

I have a question.

Counselor Hillka.

Um Weir's Beach Restoration.

Can you kind of just quickly just yeah, sure?

So that's been probably being worked on way too long.

Um just trying to get some of that sand migration.

Um we had started working with a um, I will get the title wrong.

It's an engineer who specializes in that sand and and water migration stuff.

So um, and he'd been working with us on just sort of throwing out some ideas.

Uh parks and rec director, myself, um uh have been working on it.

We're trying to re get this back up in the in the early spring.

Right.

So hopefully we you know, there's a couple different ideas on what can happen, but nobody's locked in on this is what exactly you have to do to prevent some of that sand going out and then to return it back to the beach.

Right.

I there's as many dip there's as many options as there are uh people that want to give opinions, of course.

So I did have one constituent reach out and had a discussion about how the beach used to go all the way to the docks, and we've lost an awful lot of that.

So I guess I was just interested in what we're looking at.

So what what what the biggest thing that they're actually looking at is how do you how can we prevent some of that wave coming in to sort of baffle it so that way it doesn't maybe grab the sand and migrate it out deeper either into the channel or deeper out into Winnipegasaki?

That's really kind of what they're looking at as being the um so they're not looking to expand.

No, not for what we've been talking about here, no.

If it if that's a later discussion, maybe but not in this discussion here.

It's more saving the beach than it is for storing, if you will, to uh something different.

Yeah, and when you when you say um expanding, not going back out.

If we can get sand back in from the water back on to sand, yes, that would be good, but not growing the we're not we haven't been looking at that.

The footprint.

Yeah, not we haven't looked at that.

So it's gonna be hard with the Mount Washington right there because every time that comes in and out, there it's there's a lot to it.

All right, now we're on to 21A.

Uh okay.

You have a uh proposed amendment to the wage and compensation plan in accordance with the authority outlined in section six zero two of the Laconia City Charter and six section one dot four of the city's classification and compensation plan.

Um the city manager submitted the following amendment to the city wage and compensation plan.

Um would you want to discuss that?

Sure, and if you have any specific department questions, uh Glenn is the uh department head for that.

But any time we make a uh wage and compensation plan, so if you look at one of your pages on here, that is your wage and compensation for non-union employees.

Um you guys have to approve that.

It goes out to the to all the other non-union employees, they review it.

If they're if they have any complaints about it, they they're supposed to bring it to me.

There's been no complaints on this.

What what this is for, um we will be having a retirement in um in the finance department, our assistant finance director is gonna be retiring uh in less than two months.

Uh Glenn has rearranged some of the uh duties within the department.

Uh and in doing so, um we've had to uh create, if you will, a new position um and create almost create two new positions.

Uh one is a finance uh assistant finance and human resources as its own person, and then as a uh an account clerk.

We're not adding a new number of people.

Um it is just re-organized reorganizing the titles of them.

Um and when we do all that, uh we do see a uh a decrease in our fiscal impact, uh, just the way it works out.

So if you have anything, it's department.

I think that's a very good summary.

Um city manager.

Uh essentially what we're doing is we're we're combining two managerial level positions into one, um and then taking some of the duties that are not really needed from managerial position and putting them in a new um I call nuts and bolts position.

Person's actually handling the the day-to-day activities of reconciling accounts, posting journals, that kind of thing.

So um, because we're we're taking out that one upper level position, replacing it with a lower level position, that's where the savings come in, and coincidentally that also better meets actually the needs of the department as to uh what we need to move forward.

I'm never gonna complain about a decrease.

Yeah, so you're essentially realigres.

That is correct.

And and it's a net gain for us.

That is correct, also.

That sounds like good business.

Thank you.

All right.

I moved to approve the proposed amendment to the wage and compensation plan as presented, which will take effect February 26, 2026.

Council Conant made the motion.

Seconded by Councillor Hilldriff.

All in oh, discussion, sorry.

Um, non union.

Okay.

Any further discussion?

Seeing none.

All in favor.

Six zero.

Thank you.

Now we move on to agenda item 21B.

A request support for the expansion of natural gas supply in the city of Laconia and Greater Lakes region.

Liberty Utilities has issued a moratorium on adding any new addresses for natural gas service in the city of Laconia and surrounding communities due to a lack of capacity.

Currently, only portions of the greater downtown and Lake Port areas are serviced by natural gas.

However, even though a proper property may abut a natural gas line, the property may not be permitted to connect to the line due to the lack of pressure and capacity.

Yeah, our planning department's been working with our neighboring planning departments to oppose this.

You'd love to be able to have it as well.

So what we're really looking for out of this, and there was a motion on the other side, but we're really looking forward to forward for this from you.

Um support.

So that way when the planning department is meeting with the other communities, um, you know, we can say Laconia's on board who would want to do this as well.

Councillor Bogart.

Just to add to that, I've been in touch with the governor's office, uh, their administration, and also the majority office expressing concerns about the lack of infrastructure to improve up in this area north of Concord.

Uh the gas line that is being mentioned was taken from Concord up to the Grove Farm, uh, and then it stopped there.

So there is bigger pipe, own 106, but it just terminates there.

So I have expressed along with our uh fellow cities from the uh uh West with their representatives that uh we need to have that pipeline, we need to improve our infrastructure in order for us to grow in a positive direction.

So that is being addressed from that side.

Councilor Susie.

Thank you.

What I'm concerned about is the state school property.

I mean, you know, I mean, there's a big, big, big chunk.

They're gonna want natural gas.

They're gonna want natural gas, and then they you know, we've had this conversation with them, and they know that if they put they're aware they're aware of this problem.

Okay, yeah.

And Councilor Bogart's uh when you talk to the governor's office, they really love to receive our rooms and meals tax.

We need something in return.

I'll have a presentation for you.

Thank you about the rooms and meals tax.

Councilor Hoffman.

I think I'd typically be opposed to the expansion of uh fossil fuel infrastructure.

I think it's a little short-sighted, but I think the the state's energy strategy is fairly short-sighted.

Uh I don't think residents of Laconia or our economic development should pay the price for the the lack of options we have when it comes to energy.

So I support it.

Anyone else?

I move to support the planning department to work with the state, liberty utilities, and neighboring communities to expand natural gas infrastructure and increase capacity to reduce heating costs for businesses and residents, and support future economic development in the city and lakes region.

So moved.

Council Susi, motion seconded by Councilor Bogart.

Do we have any further discussion?

I would is this gonna create a letter that we could send to the governor's office or I would think so at some point that there'll be a letter.

You know, I I mean this gives us the opportunity to start working on that sort of stuff, and then to work with their neighboring partners, so most likely.

Thank you.

If I may remember when the pipe came up on a six, and they stopped it right just before the track.

Okay, and but I was told when I asked the questions which you're asking about that the pipe wouldn't be big enough to bring further north.

Okay, it couldn't support the pressure or something like that.

So I always had my mind why did they do it that far?

Yeah, I mean there was a reason, if I may.

The Grove Farm had some potential growth that it was looking for uh if something passed state law and was signed by the governor, they would have uh uh new ventures to undertake, and they needed the increase in the gas to cover if you notice the flat area.

Well, I I go by that area maybe four or five times a week, and I haven't seen any growth yet, and it's been a number of years.

Nothing been legalized in state yet.

So it's all a set of dominoes waiting to fall.

Any further discussion?

We have a motion.

We have a second.

All in favor.

60.

Thank you.

On to agenda item 21C, resolution 2026-02.

Request for funding for milf oil treatment of Porgus Bay and Lake Opeachi.

Uh D the D eight NHDS exotic species program has awarded the city of Laconia a grant to fund up to 50% of the project costs for aquatic plant control remediation in Porgas Bay and Lake and Lake Opeachy.

This is an annual project that removes invasive species, currently president in Porgas Bay and Lake Opeachi and mitigates their reoccurrence.

NHGES works with the planning department to identify locations for plant control to be completed, high as contractors to complete work and returns for post-remediation testing.

The city's share of the grant is $57,100, which is 50% of the total cost of the project.

The Lake Opeach Preservation Association has offered to reimburse the city for 50% of its share for remediation work in Lake Opeachie.

This effectively makes the total cost to the city $52,407 and 81 cents, which is $7,407 and 81 cents.

Increase from last year's appropriation of 45,000.

Total cost of the city is 52,407 eighty-one.

The city share will be expended from the financial year 27 administration non-department budget.

This is a recurring um grant.

Uh we it's not it's a new grant every year, but it's a grant we receive every year for this purposes.

Um so when I when I'm preparing my budget for for next year, um normally last at least two years, or at least last year we're 45,000.

I think we were 40,000 maybe the year before, but it's right around that ballpark.

So we we are up a little bit in next year's, but I'll factor that into uh next year's budget for this.

So is the problem becoming more widespread or the remote or the remediation is just becoming more expensive?

I don't have the answer to that.

Okay, I can get that for you.

I think I pretty much get worse.

Um Rob might have it.

So every other year uh they do each year they do uh dive assisted harvesting for the MILF oil, and then every other year they do a herbicide and herbicide treatment, and this year they're doing the treatment, so there's an increased cost for that treatment this year.

So how does this cost compare to the last time?

The last cycle we did the treatment.

Um I don't have that number for you exactly, but I can get that to you.

Um for the next next meeting if you'd like.

Thank you.

No scenes.

Yeah.

Uh Kurt, I don't know if Rob or you can answer this.

Is the conservation commission in the loop with this?

Yes, that they work with the contractor when they go out as well.

And um, we also have uh a technician in the office that goes out with them to observe.

Okay.

Another question.

Um, is this adequate or are we?

I mean, is there more of a demand and we're just uh that's uh complicated question.

Um let me get you some additional information so I can give you uh I think my my concern and my own I was always been concerned that without these lakes we might as well the these lakes are vital to our economic uh my point future here.

Um so doing the treatment is our in our best interest.

Okay.

Um whether that treatment is enough or not enough.

I can um I can work reach out to the conservation commission and get their input and have that back to you for the next meeting if you'd like.

Appreciate that.

Thank you very well.

Thank you, ma'am.

Councillor Hoffman.

Yeah, I just want to to echo Mark's comments or counselor's hands comments that uh I think this become a big enough line item in the budget that we need a little more details as to what the the extent of the problem is and what are we doing about it?

Councilor Hildreth.

Yes, I was um I was wondering with uh the Lake Opee Preservation Association.

Is there a similar body on Lake Winnipesaki?

Because that's where it all comes.

That's what I was wondering as well.

So um, you know, Lake Opeachy has done a lot of this remediation on its own over the last 10 years.

And um it we it would be great if there was another body on Lake Winnipes that could also defray costs here.

Council Susi.

I know I answer his question.

Sure.

Yes, there are several organizations working through uh the Lake Winnipesaki group.

So they have uh uh Bell Knapp County Conservation Committee uh that works through and funding uh through our delegation we're going through now.

But they do water tanks sampling and stuff like that.

There's uh uh another group on the other side of the lake that just got it awarded uh a large sum of money to continue doing study and stuff.

This is specific to Porgus Bay.

Is so that's that's where we have to do that.

Yeah, this is specific to I don't think this is specific.

This is specific to Parkers Bay, and then in conjunction with our water department, and Mike, I know you're there, but early, okay.

And especially around the intake, that's we'll bring the diver in is right at the intake and spends a lot goes there maybe two or three times a year, okay, because that's a major intake is okay, and then the rest of the Parkus Bay in some spots that the state comes in and takes samples and identifies those spots, and that's where they're gonna do.

You talked about the the harvesting, the harvesting and also the chemical treatments and all, okay.

What okay?

So, what I get concerned on is the other end is Winisquam.

Because you've got to remember we've got a lot of shoreline of Winnesquam, okay, especially with the park and everything else there.

So I would ask you from the county side if you could check and see what the Winnesquam side of the situation is, okay.

And I don't think we have anything that I know of from the city that's going in there.

And I sure as say something, the one I ever see happen to Winosquam would happen many years ago with the copper.

Okay, that killed that lake for a long time.

Councilor Hayes.

Okay.

Yeah, thank you.

Bob, uh Councillor Susi.

There is a Winnesquam watershed.

There is, okay.

Yeah.

But it's not Laconia, it's it's Yeah, I don't know.

It's uh I think it's inclusive of the right.

I moved the waiver reading of resolution 2026 02 in its entirety and to read by title only.

Oh you needed this.

Counselor Haynes, yeah.

Okay.

Do we need a second on that?

Yep.

Second, Councilor Hoffman.

All in favor.

Nice and easy.

6-0.

Thank you.

I move a first reading of resolution 2026-02 relative to the acceptance of a 2026 New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services, exotic aquatic plant control grant in the amount of $57,100 and appropriate $57,000 to the administration non-departmental account.

Council Susi.

Seconded by Councillor Bogart.

All in favor.

I I moved the schedule a public hearing on February 9th, 2026.

During the regular council meeting to gather public input prior to the adoption of resolution 2026 02.

Councilor Hildreth made the motion.

Seconded by Councilor Hoffman.

Any discussion?

All in favor.

6-0.

You guys are easy.

Now we move on to agenda item 21 D.

They held their first annual race on May 30th to June 1, 2025, which was well attended.

City staff were heavily involved in the review and approval of the event, and they had no issues with the preparation leading up to or the cleanup after the event.

If I just jump in before they so uh we had uh last year when this went through, um I think everything was done correctly as far as where they needed to get their approvals.

Um if there's no temporary traffic order, um there's a there's only a couple things that trigger the council to have to vote and like traffic order to be one of them.

Um so we kind of missed out on the this body being able to hear this, have a conversation and talk.

So they're working their way through their process now.

Um they've already got the approval through the parks committee.

Um DES is given the okay, they're working with the conservation commission.

Um and they'll go to special events this week.

So before that happens, let's give what we were looking for is for you guys to have your opportunity um to weigh in, make comments, suggestions, whatever it might be, and then that way we can get that uh um to special events.

So when they're presenting at special events, they also have heard um some counsel as well.

Oh, it's definitely a great event, Councilor Susie.

I want to say is that last year when we first did this for the first time.

I know some of us had a lot of reservation, really.

Okay, and I don't think the weather cooperative last year.

If I remember right, okay.

I did not, no.

But one of the things that was very beneficial and very happy to me is all the feedback we got afterwards was very positive.

Okay, and hopefully this year the weather is better, you got a bigger crowd, and little league can make more money.

Okay.

So, but I I just wanted to thank you because it was came out a lot better than what a lot of us, you know.

We were all skeptical a little bit because we had never done this before.

Yeah.

But thank you very much.

Thank you.

I think I think you guys did an excellent job with it.

It was perfect.

I appreciate the feedback.

And I'm Sean Dudak, by the way, just to introduce myself.

I know a couple of you guys uh may not have met me before, but this is a good segue from uh the last topic of invasion speech invasive species and stuff, and we've been adamant with our sanctioning body, the IJSBA.

Um, this is a an issue that's not just related to here.

Um we also now own a national tour as well as our regional tour.

So this is something that we are taking nationally that I leave here to at like one o'clock in the morning.

I'm driving to Seabring, Florida, and I've got a city council meeting in Zebring, Florida uh on Thursday.

So this is something that's coming up across the country, um, and we're trying to spearhead as much as we can to get best practices in place.

Um we have a race this coming year that's before this Laconia race in Erie, uh Lake Erie in Buffalo.

Um, and we are gonna hire um a company to come out the same way that we did um in Laconia.

We hired Getty Shine to come out.

Um so we're gonna actually have a wash station coming out of Erie, so now we have a little bit more control over what we know uh comes out of the lakes coming into our lake as well.

So we're working on trying to spearhead the best practices.

Council Seussy.

Just one question, okay.

And and it's up to you.

Maybe a donation to the Opeachy Milfoil or Conservation Commission, because there is a group right there, and I think John's aware of it, or Mike is a member.

Okay, you're a member to help them a little bit with their thing, would be very thankful.

All right, definitely.

We'll keep that in mind.

If I keep my shirt on this year, we'll work on a donation to hopefully the weather cooperates better.

Uh this is a very number-driven game uh for us, especially where and I understand.

Yeah, so the way that this usually works too is when I go to these cities and we race all across the country, is we actually have the cities help fund us because rooms and meals, we bring a lot of money into the areas.

This being my hometown where I was born and raised, my wife was born and raised.

Uh we're waiving any fees.

So we're basically doing this out of pocket.

Um, a lot of the uh local businesses, HK Power Sports, the Wally family, Cynthia at the NASWA.

Uh, we've got a lot of really good support behind us, but this is uh taking money out of one pocket and putting it into the other one at this point.

But hopefully we can grow this a little bit more.

Council of Voget.

Uh, just out of curiosity, uh this is jet ski events.

How many events are heats or whatever you want to call each race?

And uh how many jet skis are you hoping to get to participate?

Perfect.

We have a video too.

Um I don't know where we would get that video going on which computer we can put a video on afterwards.

We can um we could try to do that, it'll take a few minutes to set up.

Yeah, yeah, I can answer this question in the meantime.

Uh well say because we uh typically um for cybersecurity reasons.

Uh we don't have other people's hardware connecting to our network.

Um the presentation laptop is a little bit different, but I'm not sure I can take it.

We can get it on this um dongle.

So if that works, that's still a second.

We can start, it'll take a few minutes.

Yeah, it's still a potential security risk, but it is, and um we can have a goal of I don't know if you guys are coming back to councillor to at a later time of getting that in advance and getting that sent up.

Yeah, either way, it's not super important.

We can also we can probably email it to somebody right now too if that worked as well.

Well, that would work, yeah.

Yeah, email to the whole council.

Just to show you guys like um last year.

Yeah, it's just a recap of of last year's event.

Um, but to answer that question uh specifically, uh we would expect.

So last year we had about a hundred jet skis show up, um, somewhere in the 80 uh range of entries, and a lot of guys have multiple skis.

Um, so around a hundred skis showed up um and went through our tech inspection.

Um we aim to have roughly between 16 and 19 classes.

Uh we range everything from the vintage stuff from the 1980s all the way to brand new um big fast runabouts that you can buy off the showroom floor, um, everything from stand-ups to sit downs and everything in between.

So we have a lot of classes.

Uh each race day, uh each class gets to race twice.

So they can basically get to practice on Friday, they practice on Saturday morning, they'll race twice on Saturday, and then we re-react and they'll race twice on Sunday.

And they can race multiple classes.

So a lot of racers will race two classes or bring two different skis so they can potentially get uh if you do two classes, two skis, you can potentially get up to probably about 75 laps over the course of the weekend, so quite a bit.

Nice.

Yep, nice a good bang for the buck for the racers because a lot of our races are traveling long long distances, and um, we're becoming one of the biggest um and one of the best in the country at doing this.

Um and we have racers that um we actually are holding a race in Lake Alfred, Florida coming up, and I've got racers already scheduled to come all the way from Lake Havasu, Arizona, California.

Um racers will travel long distance for good races.

So we're hoping to make this one into a bigger and better event in the future.

Um this new business that I own.

Uh, we just purchased Pro Water Cross, um, which has been around for 30 plus years.

East Coast Water Cross, I purchased two years ago, has been around for about 15.

Uh Pro Water Cross has been one of the biggest and best in the country for a long time.

And with that purchase, I got the rights to CBS sports.

So what I bring to the table in the future, if we bring this as a national tour stop, which hopefully we can at some point, um, we then draw quite a big audience um worldwide and nationwide, and we also have CBS sports behind us as well.

So that's amazing.

That's why we're going to C Bring.

C bring has to see Laconi.

Yeah, I'd love to see that.

Yeah, we see it for the sled dogs.

Yep, Castle Hilldrift.

Yep.

Yes.

Um, were there any issues with the infrastructure with capacity at Opechi Park?

No, we didn't run into any issues.

Um, and I and I will I will say that one of my biggest concerns was when they left.

I think it was actually Tuesday morning.

It was a holiday.

I was there for the couple of things.

Well, when I you know, I I got there uh on my way to work.

I went down, not knowing what we'd see.

It was they they left it, pristine.

I was very impressed.

I noticed as well.

They they did an excellent job.

I yeah, there were two skis left there for a couple days.

Those three hours.

I was doing a lot by myself.

Uh you know, I live right on White Oaks Road.

Um my brother has a house on OPG straight across.

My father has property on Winpasaki.

We've got property on Newfoundland Lake.

So our goal was to make sure that we're not uh not selling our good name around here.

And I've owned businesses in town forever, so everybody knows me.

I don't want to be the one that ruins it.

Yeah, that was the only evidence that uh that any event had gone on there.

It was completely cleaned up.

Yeah, perfect.

Anyone else?

Counselor Conan.

I I just wanted to point out what this gentleman has already indicated that he's bringing new business into Laconia, and that he's also utilizing Getty Shine, a local business to help in the operation, and I think that's great.

Yep.

And I hope your uh growth plans um exceed your expectations, and we'll see you on CBS Sports.

That's the goal ultimately.

We'll see Laconia on CBF.

Yeah, so well, what I'll do too is at some point I'll put a presentation together of what that looks like.

Um so like a a place like Seabring, Florida has had pro watercross race there for probably the last 10 years.

Uh Naples, Florida is huge.

Um we've got a lot of those that these cities have used Pro Watercross for years, and it uh it is a big return on investment for them with meals and uh heads in beds, the hotels alone are huge.

Um Cynthia's been great with us at the NASWA.

So, you know, basically we try and work on discounted rates for our racers.

Um we did a pit party on Friday.

The weather was pretty bad, so we didn't have a huge turnout, but uh we did like a Friday night party at the NASWA on the beach.

Um and we were able to move the schedule a little bit earlier, so we got one more week closer to summer um from where we were last year, which should help quite a bit.

And also, I've even had um I've had a few sponsors reach out to me that come up to bike week.

Um one is a carburetor um uh parts distributor, and they actually will be sponsoring the event, coming a week early to come be at our event and try and get their carburetor products out to our vintage guys, the guys with carburetors still, and then they'll stick around for bike week.

So that was an interesting phone call to receive last week.

Excellent.

Yeah, sounds all positive to me.

Yeah, anything else?

All right, thank you for coming.

Thank you very much.

I appreciate all you do.

Appreciate it.

All right, now we're on to something really fun.

21E discussion regarding social districts.

Um I was actually a co-sponsor of that bill, so it's kind of weird to be talking about a bill I was part of, but here we are.

So I was asked to uh to put together my ideas just to get the talking point started.

I mean it's your decision, but this we gotta start somewhere.

Um so what I have for you, I'll pass around and it'll be copies for Katie.

I will get her a better copy for the uh minutes for online because they were they're terrible um photocopies.

Uh and I also gave you a copy of the RSA.

Um so what you have presented as a recommendation is to start with downtown.

Um what I've drawn out is Bain Street from pedestrian way right over here to Veteran Square, not crossing the the Veterans Square intersection to include Hanover and Canal, uh, as well as on the Pleasant Street side for Bank of New Hampshire parking lot.

Um Pleasant Street from the area of the bank in New Hampshire parking lot down to Main Street, um the parking lots between Main and Pleasant.

Um and then you know I we can throw out the question when we have a little bit broader conversation on this on if we want to consider Rotary Park during uh when they have their sanctioned conferts that you guys end up uh approving their um temporary traffic orders for.

Yeah, so we were trying to figure out a way to just have rotary per park when they have a special event, not full time.

Right.

And I think my my un my understanding of the way I'm reading it, it's a little vague, but if we do a new one of the sponsors, it'll um yeah, you know, I think it's gonna I think you actually have some opportunity in there for time frames for this, right?

Separate from our normal alcohol sales time frame as well as locations.

I think you can be a little bit more restrictive.

Council Susan.

Two subjects, okay?

Yeah, one is Pumpkin Fest, which is actually gonna be larger than this.

Okay, in a way, because if I think about um hectares in that area, okay, cross on the banking bank.

And I know in Pumpkin Fest, one of the things we're talking about is we're gonna use Rotary Park, for example.

Okay, we have an idea for something you can use.

So I didn't know last year Jordan Pumpkin Fest Hectors was serving alcohol in the parking lot, but they got a permit for that.

Yeah, private property, this is public property.

I want to make sure that's this is regarding public property, not private property.

So they would still have to file for uh and I know that um just when you say veteran square.

Are you going like um the whole square area?

Is that what you no?

I don't want to m my recommendation again.

So the the motion that you have here is I'm recommending you send it to the public safety committee.

I have talked to fire chief, I have talked to the police chief.

Um but I want to have these conversations.

I wasn't trying to cross the large intersection of Veterans Square.

Okay.

Um there is uh there is a few other things that are on there.

Um for example, that you do have to have uh marked containers.

Um we discussed that uh wrist bands or something.

No, no, marked it doesn't have to have wrist bands, there's marked containers.

They have to be they have to be labeled um so so they know where they came from, which which establishment.

So there's there is a handful of things on there.

These are my recommendation.

Again, it's to get the talking points off the ground.

So the marked containers, the reason behind that is you want to make sure that the alcohol is sold from a licensed place.

We don't want people just coming in with their own alcohol, walk walking around.

Um, and the liquor commissioner will be paying attention to that.

Another thing is we're just focusing on downtown right now.

Yeah, just as an initial start to this.

I think it's a good kick off to see how it works rather than doing multiple places at once.

Let's see how it works in one area, and then we could possibly move it to others.

Okay, yeah, we is or wherever we're gonna do.

Yeah, maybe eventually, but yeah, and I understand that I know this city manager said he's gonna send the public safety, which is gets right back to my original comment.

So thank you very much.

Councillor Hildriff.

Yes, I think uh so this is baked into the RSA that they have to have these marked containers, because that's what Mayor St.

Clair was talking about with that that did not work in other states.

No, well, it it does work.

Look at New Orleans, look at all the all those places you you have to have a container that says you bought it from a licensed facility.

You you can't just walk around with your own.

What could what does that do for our economy if people could just go to the store buy their own beer and or drink into a into a cup and just walk around that's you know not what the one if they're reusable cups probably.

Well, that's yeah, that's a that's a council bulk.

Um would this cover to cross in the street from the bank two hectares?

So that hectors can cross the street and uh not not the way I had it drawn up now.

It doesn't mean we can't have that conversation, but not the way I drew it up, and number two.

Uh the concern I have with Rotary Park that it peripherally uh it it grows into something unintended from our past history that we just now overcame uh uh with the use of that park.

So I think uh that would only be during special events, it would it would be limited to special events, it wouldn't be every day of the week.

Okay.

That would be my only concern is that Councillor Hoffman.

So I guess the way I read this is that we could define a different social district for for different events, so we could have a pumpkin fast social district or the potential to do that.

Or we could have a downtown social district for other events.

Is that is that accurate?

I I believe that's why we'll do that.

Yes, okay, correct.

Yeah, I hadn't thought about doing it that way for total.

We were just looking in general for full-time.

Yeah, yeah.

You do have their ability to join a special event.

I think it would be a good idea to have different boundaries for pumpkin fest than for day-to-day events.

I guess the question would be if I'm and I agree with you wholeheartedly that we need to look at that on an event by event basis.

But if you had like uh the uh opportunity to have uh the music on canal street and then the car show at the same time.

Would that open up a larger area of the so you also have to remember we have to have signs displayed signifying the the social district area as well?

So we can we can make it for each each event if we wanted to.

You could we can define it that way.

You absolutely could you have the potential to, but and just you if you do it event by event, we actually do that now anyhow.

Um like if Canal Street wants to have an event down there, they go to the fire department, uh they get their approval for um uh to to do that outside.

That gets sent to liquor commission, they approve it.

So we we do that now anyhow, event by event.

This this gives a little bit more of a broader opportunity.

The reason I brought that up is that pumpkin fest issue we're gonna open up Friday evening.

Okay, and the trains gonna run trains and all that kind of stuff.

People are gonna all come off from there, come head towards the downtown area where whether Canal Street vendors are defiant and those other open and those things.

I'm just wanted to make sure we could do it event by event.

You know, we can we can look a little deeper into it.

Thank you.

And like I said, it's gonna go to public safety, so and as you know, the the they have to have their logo or display on the cup.

Oh, I agree.

Because we we don't want individuals just coming in with their own alcohol, charge a cup and get it with city revenue.

Council Bogan.

And I agree with uh uh counselor seussy about that.

Uh I've taken the turkey dinner train ride on Friday nights and got off the train and and expecting to go and and take people we brought in to go, and it was dead.

I mean, you could have we're gonna work on that.

The crickets were creaking.

So I think it's a a great idea, especially to have an adult night or something like that on a Friday night.

So I agree with you, Councillor Conan.

Uh Councillor Susi mentioned um having police look at this, and it brings up the larger question.

Uh I know it's gonna go to public safety, which is where it belongs.

Um, and we need to look at the enforcement and how we're gonna make sure that the social district stays the social district, and that's gonna be a very important factor to maintain the integrity of the social district zone.

So it'll be it'll be one of the things I want to talk about.

That might excuse me, Councillor Corner, is cost of that, and how we're gonna recoup that so I know the city likes the idea, but we also have to make it a I don't want to say it, and break even at least uh situation.

Okay, the charger cups.

All right.

I move to refer the matter of social districts to the public safety subcommittee for further review.

Councillor Conan made the motion, Council Susi second discussion.

I guess we kind of had one already, but all right, all in favor six zero.

Thank you.

That was an easy one.

That's it.

All right.

Now we're on to unfinished business.

Um agenda item 22a, resolution 202601 relative to the acceptance of an award in the amount of 26,405 from the Department of Safety Homeland Security Grant Program for the purchase of SWAT SOU equipment for the Laconia Police Department.

There's three motions.

Yeah, exactly.

I move to waive a reading of resolution 202601 in its entirety and to read by title only.

Councilor Susi.

Councilor Conan for the second.

All in favor.

60.

Thank you.

I move I move a second reading of resolution 202601 relative to acceptance of an award in the amount of 26,405 dollars from the Department of Homeland Security Grant Program for the purchase of SWAT SOU equipment for the Laconia Police Department.

Councilor Hildreth, seconded by Councillor Susi.

Any discussion?

All in favor.

Yeah, I shouldn't say that.

Yeah, I shouldn't jinx it.

I move their approved resolution 202601 relative to the acceptance of an award in the amount of 26,405 dollars from the Department of Homeland Security grant program for the purchase of SWAT SOU equipment for the Laconia Police Department and to authorize the city manager to sign any documents in relation to this matter.

Councilor Conan, seconded by Councillor Hildreth.

Any discussion?

All in favor?

60.

You guys are wonderful.

All right.

So I think I'm going to move now to go into a non-public session.

Um we are going to go into a non-public session about the consideration of the acquisition, sale, or lease of real or personal property, which is discussed in public, would likely benefit a party or parties whose interests are adverse to those of the general community.

No further business will be discussed afterwards, correct?

I'll take off the roll call.

Yep.

Councilor Hill.

Councilor Hildred.

Present.

Are you in favor?

Yes or in favor of going into non-public.

Sure.

Yes.

Councilor Susi.

Yes.

Counselor Hoffman?

Yes.

Counselor Haynes?

Yes.

Councillor Bogart?

Yes.

Counselor Conan.

Yes.

So now you are entering non-public sessions.

We are now entering non-public session.

I'll need a just a few minutes to turn everything off.

Okay.

Yep.

Gonna ask the public to leave the chambers.