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Votes at a glance: selectmen approve bake-sale waiver, seal minutes and accept consent agenda
Summary
At its March 3 meeting the Plaistow Board of Selectmen approved a waiver of the $50 permit fee for a junior firefighters bake sale, voted to keep certain nonpublic minutes sealed and accepted the consent agenda with a minor correction.
The Plaistow Board of Selectmen approved several procedural items at its March 3 meeting, including a fee waiver for the junior firefighters’ bake sale, a motion to keep earlier nonpublic minutes sealed, and acceptance of the consent agenda.
During public comment a representative for the junior firefighters asked the board to waive a $50 permit fee for a bake sale planned on Election Day; the board moved, seconded and voted to grant the waiver. The junior firefighters said the event will run from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on election day and that health-inspection requirements are being handled by the town health inspector.
The board also voted to accept and continue to seal nonpublic minutes from Feb. 24, 2025. The meeting record shows an abstention on that motion: the board recorded a 4–0–1 vote with one member abstaining. The motion to accept the consent agenda — which included the accounts payable manifest for the week of March 6 and draft Board of Selectmen minutes (with one correction noted) — passed on a subsequent voice vote.
Other routine business approved included approving the MOU for the ALS intercept dispatch stipend (see separate article) and minor meeting housekeeping. No ordinances or budget adoptions were finalized at the March 3 meeting aside from the items listed above.
Summary of votes taken on March 3: • Junior firefighters bake-sale permit fee waiver — motion approved (vote: 5–0–0); waiver of $50 fee granted. • Memorandum of Understanding (dispatch stipend for ALS intercept program) — motion approved (vote: 5–0–0). • Accept nonpublic minutes dated Feb. 24, 2025, and keep sealed — motion approved (vote: 4–0–1, one abstention). • Accept consent agenda (accounts payable manifest and BOS draft minutes with correction) — motion approved (vote: 5–0–0).
The board moved into nonpublic session at the end of the meeting under the cited legal authority; the board did not disclose additional details during open session.
