Monthly Archives: August 2016

The 2013 ordinance that required massive renaming and renumbering of streets in Bow has been suspended. New Selectmen Chris Nicolopolous made the motion to suspend which was seconded by Eric Anderson. The 5-0 vote follows a town meeting vote in March to change the selectmen’s ordinance.

The decision is to have the town manager and Bryan Westover of the Building Department redraft the 2013 ordinance to eliminate the automatic renumbering requirement if a building permit is pulled on a street. Currently the nine streets are on the renumbering list are:

One Stack Drive, Beaver Brook Drive, Chelsea Drive, Dunbarton Center Road, Crescent Drive, Tallwood Drive, Thibeault Drive, South Bow Road.

To ensure a safe workplace for town employees, state law requires that employer and employee representatives serve on a joint loss management committee. RSA 281-A:64’s safety provisions call on the committee to carry out workplace safety programs and meet four times a year according to section 130-4 of the town ordinances. The committee met twice in 2014 to discuss panic buttons, fire drills, and a facility emergency action plan among other things.

No meetings were held in the two year period from June 2014 to June of 2016. Why the eight meetings for the two year period were not conducted is unknown.

The state Department of Labor visited the town recently because the town safety program was last updated in 2013. The law requires updates every two years. Changes to the plan were approved at the July 6 meeting of the Joint Loss Management Committee.