School Board Town Meetings

RCL Notes of September 12, 2016 School Board Meeting

Document for Civic News:  RyeSchoolBoardNotes091216revBfinal One of the two Junior High boilers is leaking and no longer usable, a fact discovered in July or August.  It may be necessary to sole source the new boiler procurement to ensure heat by November 1 because of problems getting an engineering firm that will write a specification.  The […]

Commission Mtgs Town Meetings

RCL Notes of the Recreations Space Needs September 19th

(6:15 elapsed)  Committee is in general agreement that storage situation is untenable, with mold and mice. Report to Board of Selectmen will mention a 10,000 sq. ft. facility in a future year. Discussion about expanding to two stories and 15,000 sq. ft. Discussion about using the Outer Marker site for Rec. storage.  The problem is […]

Planning Board Town Meetings

RCL Rules & Regulations September 29, 2016 notes

1. Wetlands ordinance, currently being worked on by a subcommittee, will be addressed by the full Planning Board (5:32 elapsed). 2. Apartments and Certificates of Occupancy will be discussed with Town Attorney Donovan at the October 11, 2016 Planning Board meeting (5:49 elapsed). 3. Setbacks and driveway locations for corner lots were discussed. The current […]

Board of Selectmen Town Meetings

RCL BOS Notes September 26, 2016

File for Civic News: RyeBOSrclNotes092616revB A conservation acquisition of the parcel just north of the Surf Shack, near Wallis Rd. and Ocean Blvd., was approved for $13,400.  More Detail The new septic pump out ordinance has revealed five previously unknown parcels using holding tanks rather than leach fields for sewage disposal.  Several have water use much […]

Board of Selectmen Town Meetings

Board of Selectman September 12, 2016 Meeting notes

File for Civic News: RyeBOSrclNotes0912216revBfinal An eight member group will be formed to look further into the possibility of sharing a ladder truck with North Hampton.  More Detail Rye will look again at allowing North Hampton residents to use the Rye Recycling Center for an annual fee, however the Selectmen are divided and lukewarm about the […]

Board of Selectmen Town Meetings

RCL Notes of August 22, 2016 BOS Meeting

File for Civic News: RyeBOSrclNotes082216revBfinal The abatement for the Sea Glass Lane properties was granted.  Refunds will be pro-rated based on the portion of a year each owner owned each unit. More Detail No decision was made on the paving of Shoals View, which is estimated to cost $125,000.  The town will look into what it […]

Board of Selectmen Town Meetings

RCL Notes of August 8, 2016 BOS meeting

File for Civic News:  RyeBOSrclNotes080816revBfinal Two members of last year’s Town Hall Committee pushed to have a committee of builders, engineers and architects present “valid†data to voters to avoid the circulation of “spurious†information “kicked around by non-professionals.†More Details Abatements for Sea Glass Ln. were tabled so details for each unit can be […]