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Plaistow zoning board discusses citizen petitions to make board elected, bar selectmen and town employees
Summary
Members of the Plaistow Zoning Board of Appeal discussed three citizen-petition proposals — to make the board an elected body, to bar selectmen from serving, and to bar town employees — and agreed the chair would draft a letter outlining the board’s position to circulate to members.
PLAISTOW, N.H. — Members of the Plaistow Zoning Board of Appeal spent part of their Jan. 2, 2025 meeting discussing three citizen petitions that would change how the board is constituted: converting the board from appointed to elected, prohibiting selectmen from serving on the board, and prohibiting town employees from serving.
Board members said the proposals could reduce the pool of available volunteers and complicate the board’s quasi‑judicial work. “Oh, right…
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