Matthew Poulin

Moved to approve a payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement with Revision Energy (Bow Solar Holdings) for the solar array built on Bow's Public Safety Building. It passed 4-0.

July 14, 2020Supports Environment and Public Health

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Seconded a Bow Select Board motion urging the town's legislators to override the governor's vetoes of SB 365 (renewable biomass power) and SB 446 (higher net metering limits for small power generators). It passed 4-0 with one abstention.

August 14, 2018Supports Environment and Public Health

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Moved to give Bow public works and other town employees who had to keep reporting to work during COVID-19 a bonus of one week's pay. It passed 5-0.

June 2, 2020Supports Labor Rights

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Moved to exclude Bow first responders, emergency management staff, and public works employees from the town's COVID-19 emergency sick leave order, with the board reviewing their requests case by case instead. It passed 5-0.

April 28, 2020Opposes Labor Rights

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Moved to adopt a new financial disclosure form for Bow officials, written by town counsel to replace the old state form. The Select Board passed it 4-0.

June 9, 2020Supports Anti-Corruption

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Moved to approve a $149,030 contract to design a water system for Bow Junction and Bow Mills, paid with federal pandemic relief (ARPA) and tax increment financing money. It passed 4-0.

January 25, 2022Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Voted yes on his own motion to buy the building and land at 21 Bow Center Road for a town before- and after-school program, with funding options sent to Town Meeting. The Select Board rejected it 2-3.

January 14, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Moved to give Bow public works and other town employees who had to keep reporting to work during COVID-19 a bonus of one week's pay. It passed 5-0.

June 2, 2020Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Moved to add $12,000 to $18,000 to the Bow Fire Department budget to ease critical staffing shortages. The Select Board passed it 4-0.

September 25, 2018Opposes Government Spending Reduction

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Moved to add $12,000 to $18,000 to the Bow Fire Department budget to ease critical staffing shortages. The Select Board passed it 4-0.

September 25, 2018Supports Public Safety and Crime Control

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Moved to put a larger property tax exemption for elderly residents on the 2020 Bow Town Meeting ballot. The Select Board passed it 5-0.

January 28, 2020Supports Social Programs and Welfare

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Moved to have the Bow town manager send a strongly worded letter to the state Department of Transportation about crashes at the Exit 1 off-ramp, with accident numbers. It passed 4-0.

January 24, 2024Supports Public Infrastructure

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Moved to approve a $149,030 contract to design a water system for Bow Junction and Bow Mills, paid with federal pandemic relief (ARPA) and tax increment financing money. It passed 4-0.

January 25, 2022Supports Public Infrastructure

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Was appointed by the Bow Select Board, 5-0, to a three-year term on the town's Community Center Committee.

April 9, 2024

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Asked the Bow police chief to seek restitution from protesters arrested at the Merrimack Station coal plant, saying the police and fire response cost the town thousands of dollars.

January 25, 2022

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Moved to end the rule that visitors must wear masks in Bow town buildings, effective immediately. The Select Board passed it 5-0.

May 11, 2021

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Moved to refund $12,011 to River Road Business Bay property owners after a town error in their 2017 property tax assessments, paid over two years with no interest. The Bow Select Board passed it 3-2.

September 11, 2018

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