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Selectmen review potential warrant articles including landfill solar lease as legal review continues
Summary
Board members reviewed potential warrant articles tied to the capital-improvement plan and discussed adding a long-term landfill lease for a solar project to the warrant; staff said the lease contract has been forwarded to legal and warned that changes to tax-credit incentives could affect private financing for solar.
During its Dec. 2 meeting the Plaistow Board of Selectmen reviewed potential warrant articles connected to the town's CIP and contingency transfers and discussed adding a long-term landfill lease to enable a proposed solar project.
Staff said the list of potential warrant articles is an update of previous years' items and includes transfers to capital reserves and expendable trust funds as determined through the CIP process. Town staff also said they have forwarded the solar lease contract for the landfill to legal for review and are monitoring the status of federal and state tax credits and incentives; board members warned changes to those incentives could reduce private developers' appetite to build projects if tax credits are cut.
On other warrant-related issues, staff and selectmen discussed the town's voting-machine funding (noting uncertainty about state approvals) and confirmed timelines: warrant articles generally need to be posted by early January to meet public-hearing requirements.
Quoted from the meeting: "They are looking to cut the tax credits and any tax incentives for solar," one selectman said, cautioning that incentive changes could affect developers. Staff replied a contract has been forwarded to legal for review.
What's next: legal will report back on the landfill lease; staff will refine the warrant-article list and coordinate required postings and hearings.
