Laconia City Council approves parking kiosk transfer, adopts electric aggregation plan and amends transfer-station fees; schedules two grant public hearings

The Laconia City Council on Feb. 10 voted on a series of routine and policy items: it approved moving $32,000 from the LED streetlight capital reserve fund to the parking kiosk capital reserve fund, adopted the final Laconia Electric Aggregation Plan, amended transfer-station fees for tires and established a revised late-fee schedule, approved a vendor-fee waiver for the Lakes Region Sled Dog Club and scheduled public hearings on two grant acceptances.

Votes at a glance

- Transfer between capital reserve funds (Resolution 2025‑O3): Council authorized transferring $32,000 from the LED streetlight capital reserve fund to the parking kiosk capital reserve fund and directed the city manager to sign related documents. Motion carried 5‑0. The city manager and councilors noted the LED replacement need did not materialize as expected and that kiosk upgrade costs exceeded prior estimates; council asked the government-operations committee to review the potential to enable app payments for kiosks.

- Lakes Region Sled Dog Club fee waiver: The council approved a recurring request to waive vendor and loudspeaker fees for the February sled-dog event. Motion to approve was made by Councilor…