Budget committee probes savings — and revenue impacts — from closing some Saturday hours at transfer station
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Summary
Members discussed a DPW change that reduced Saturday service; staff estimated about $19,000 savings for spring–fall and roughly $24,000 annualized, but the department will report exact revenue impacts in December. Committee requested staffing and revenue breakdowns.
The Hooksett Budget Committee discussed this year’s decision to reduce Saturday hours at the town transfer station and asked DPW staff to provide a more detailed staffing and revenue analysis.
Christine Tuxbury, the finance director, said the town initially estimated a savings of about $19,000 for the spring, summer and fall months when several Saturdays were closed; she said the number annualized would be roughly $24,000.
Committee members asked for more precise detail: which weeks were included in the calculation (Tuxbury said May through December was used for the spring–fall window), how many employees staffed Saturdays and how many hours they worked, and how much revenue was lost. Tuxbury said DPW manager Ben did not have exact revenue-impact numbers yet and that Ben expects to have that information by December.
“We get metal, we get all sorts of stuff like that too,” one committee member said, noting reduced hours also limit recyclable collections and other receipts; another member noted Saturdays had generally been five-hour days.
The committee asked staff to follow up with a staffing‑hours and revenue-impact breakdown and to return those figures at the Dec. 11 meeting.
Provenance: Topic intro — excerpt at 00:13:19: “...how much were we saving by closing the transfer stations to Saturdays a month…we thought the cost savings was about $19,000 for the year by closing it.” (block_799.15497). Topic finish — excerpt at 00:18:33: “And, Ben said that he won't know that number until the December.” (block_1048.2151).