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Council schedules hearing and approves exception for curbside trash while Plantation and Colonial Roads remain emergency lanes
Summary
After motions to waive reading and take first reading under a statute cited in the packet, the council set a public hearing for May 12 on establishing Plantation and Colonial Roads as emergency lanes and approved an exception to allow curbside solid-waste collection on those roads pending the outcome of a related Superior Court case.
The Laconia City Council on April 28 moved to treat Plantation Road and Colonial Road as emergency lanes and approved a temporary exception to city solid-waste rules so the contracted collector may continue curbside pickup while the emergency‑lane designation remains in effect.
Councilors waived the full reading and carried a first reading of the resolution that cites the statute shown in the packet (recorded in the minutes as "RSA 2 31 59 a"). The resolution establishes Plantation and Colonial Roads as emergency lanes with an expiration date of Oct. 31, 2025, or the date of the Belknap Superior Court decision in case number referenced in the packet (listed in the minutes as Case No. 211-2024-CV-00054, Joyce Sabato et al v. City of Laconia), whichever occurs first.
The council also scheduled a public hearing for May 12, 2025, on the emergency-lane designation. Separately, on a related motion the council approved an exception to City ordinance 190-44b to permit the city’s solid-waste contractor to collect solid waste at the curb on Plantation and Colonial Roads for the emergency‑lane period. All recorded roll-call motions on the matter passed by six affirmative votes.
City staff explained the extension is intended to preserve services while litigation proceeds; the council noted the action would remain subject to the court’s decision and that normal ordinance requirements would resume when the emergency designation expires or the legal matter resolves.
No changes to permanent collection policy were adopted; the exception applies only for the period the roads are an emergency lane under the resolution.
