ALERTS: The Town Clerks office will be closed Wednesday, May 15th for their annual Seacost Regional Conference, they will reopen, Thursday, May 16th at 7:30am.
The 2018 Seabrook Town Warrant is posted. It is on the Warrant Page, and posted here. I have also included an analysis of the capital requests on the warrant broken out by department, with a look beneath the top line numbers.
The Seabrook Board of Selectmen honored Deputy Tax Collector Michelle Knowles, who recently achieved her certification as a Deputy Tax Collector. The Board presented Michelle with a citation, and were told that current Tax Collector Lillian Knowles was also a recipient of that certification, taking part in the very first class to offer that cert. Congrats to Michelle!
The Seabrook Board of Selectmen were on hand to cut the ribbon at the grand opening of the Cardi’s Furniture store on Route 1. Select Chair Theresa Kyle welcomed Cardi’s to Seabrook, thanking them for the investment and the jobs created. It is a truly amazing furniture showroom, and Cardi brothers were on hand to open this beautiful new facility as well. Welcome to Seabrook!
The Seabrook Police Department had their annual food drive before Christmas, and it was a huge success. They collected more food than last year, which will be used to help families in need. Thanks to all those who helped to fill up that trailer with food for families that need assistance this holiday season, and thanks to our Police Officers who worked so hard to put it together. Thank you to Market Basket for all of their help as well.
Thanks to Chief Edwards and the Seabrook Fire Department, who carted Santa on an extensive tour of Seabrook that delighted families throughout the Town. Thanks to Police Deputy Brett Walker, who provided the escort for Santa. And thank you to Santa for taking the time from his busy schedule. Great fun!
The Rand Church will be Christmas caroling Saturday December 16 beginning at 4:00 p.m. at the Rand Church at 134 South Main Street, and proceeding to many spots in Seabrook. All are invited to attend.
A big thank you to the Seabrook Lions Club, who once again sponsored the annual Tree Lighting, a wonderful community event enjoyed by all. Thanks to the Trinity United Church for the use of the Parish Hall, to Chief Edwards and the Seabrook Fire Department, and to Chief Gallagher, who was out with Deputy Walker on traffic detail. A very big thank you to our man Stan for making sure the lights went on when we flicked that switch, and to the Seabrook DPW for all of their help. Bill Niland of the Chop Shop Pub ran the “train” over to transport people to the Parish Hall, and I hitched a ride, and it was great. Thank you Bill!
I am today posting the new Seabrook CIP Plan, as well as a newly developed five year analysis of Seabrook Capital Spending that I have developed. The analysis has a long series of support tabs that show yearly spending by category. The capital spending program program in Seabrook was the sole reason for the increase in Town side spending from 2016 to 2017, as the operating budgets have been essentially level funded, absent contractually mandated increases. These items have been presented to all of our policy making Boards.