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Select Board accepts ARPA interest and appropriates remaining ARPA funds for highway truck, transfer‑station compactor and equipment
Summary
Tamworth's board accepted earned interest on ARPA funds as unanticipated revenue and approved appropriating remaining ARPA funds for a new highway truck (~$70,000), a transfer‑station compactor (~$45,000) and about $5,600 in tools and equipment; staff will seek pricing and adjust CIP entries if needed.
The Tamworth Select Board voted Sept. 16 to accept earned interest on the town's remaining ARPA funds as unanticipated revenue and to appropriate a portion of the remaining balance to purchase a highway truck, a transfer‑station compactor and basic equipment.
A town official told the board there remained about $124,096 in ARPA funds and that $12,695 in interest had accrued over the last three years. The board voted to accept earned interest as unanticipated funds under the RSA citation read at the meeting.
Board members then discussed spending criteria: items should reduce the projected 2025 tax burden where possible and be contractable before the end of 2024 to meet ARPA obligations. The board heard cost estimates: a highway truck at roughly $70,000, a compactor for the transfer station estimated at about $45,000, and a list of smaller transfer‑station tools and equipment totaling about $5,600.
One member made a motion to appropriate ARPA funds for those items; the motion was seconded and members indicated assent by voice. Members agreed to collect vendor pricing and, if required, adjust capital improvement program (CIP) entries at a future meeting. Staff were asked to follow up with cost comparisons, including ground‑level versus traditional compactors, and to return with updated procurement recommendations.
