First Term Accomplishments

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  • Established protocol for daily banking using Merchant Capture system to process all business checks on site saving daily trips  to the bank.
  • Established email communication with majority of account holders and municipalities, saving postage expense.
  • Restructured logistics in office to be more efficient for the public and professional users.



  • Complied with new protocol to report monthly with County Commissioners and Executive Director establishing a solid and dependable line of communication.
  • Added additional security measures for protection of historic paper records.
  • Complied and cooperated with county performance audit where the findings concurred with my evaluations and concerns that I noted to Commissioners upon taking office January 2011.
  • Worked with NH Register of Deeds Association to attempt to achieve uniform policies. 
  • Researched software vendors and signed new contract, as Grafton County has had in place the same recording software for 25 years.  Our continued partnership with Fidlar Technologies will provide new streams of revenue, new search options for the public and professional user, data recognition features that will increase accuracy in recording and   improved internal reporting features, and insure that the very valuable data base of documents will remain an asset of the citizens of Grafton County.
  • Relocated all mylar subdivision plans from the basement to a secure 1st floor location. Every original mylar will continue to be stored and protected at the Grafton County Registry of Deeds. Other Registries in NH are discontinuing the policy of retaining the original mylar. My concerns for our economic growth, the future development of Grafton County properties and the abundance of space at our registry made this decision very clear.
  • Reached out to educate the public, professionals, law enforcement and legislators on the continuing mortgage crisis that directly involves the systematic bypass of the Registry of Deeds on recording assignments of mortgage. The MERS system was designed to deny counties the assignment of mortgage fees, to facilitate the trading of mortgage backed securities and has been primarily responsible for the chaos in our housing market.