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Votes at a glance: Tamworth Select Board actions April 8, 2025
Summary
The board approved a grant acceptance, a municipal resolution on federal grants, several administrative items and authorized staff actions including waiving formal bids for a small transfer-station plumbing job.
At its April 8 meeting the Tamworth Select Board recorded the following formal actions and votes.
- Acceptance of funds: The board accepted $5,000 in unanticipated funds from the Tamworth Foundation for the Tamworth recreational swim program. Recorded roll call: Bear, yes; French, yes; Roberts, yes.
- Resolution on federal grants: The board approved a resolution objecting to the freezing of, or proposed cuts to, federal grant funding. Recorded roll call: Bear, yes; French, yes; Roberts, no. Staff will finalize language and prepare a signature page for dissemination.
- Transfer-station waterline: The board voted to waive the town—s formal bid policy and seek quotes for plumbing to connect the transfer-station well to on-site plumbing. Motion to waive and seek quotes carried by roll call (as recorded in the meeting): Claire, yes; Brent, yes; Roberts, yes. The board directed staff to solicit quotes from local contractors.
- Administrative approvals: The board approved multiple routine items by roll call vote, including approval of select-board meeting minutes (March 18 as amended; March 25 public and nonpublic; April 1), payroll ($51,633.45), accounts payable ($378,494.06) and several tax and timber/land-use items. Specific financial items noted in the meeting: $19,000 ambulance contract payment, $58,000 library payment and $276,000 school payment (all part of the accounts payable batch).
Why it matters: These votes authorize use of funds, set administrative direction for small capital work and finalize routine town financial obligations. The waiver of bids for the transfer-station plumbing was characterized as appropriate for a limited-value plumbing job and staff were instructed to seek quotes rather than run a formal bid process.
Ending: The board concluded with a routine signature file and adjourned the meeting. Several administrative follow-ups (finalizing the grant-resolution signature page; soliciting plumbing quotes) were assigned to town staff.
