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Selectmen approve a string of departmental budgets and create trash/recycling RFP subcommittee
Summary
At its Oct. 28 meeting the Plaistow Board approved multiple 2025 departmental budgets (elections, finance, assessing, legal, HR, inspections and more), accepted the consent agenda, and approved a charter to form a trash/recycling RFP subcommittee to develop an RFP for the town’s solid waste contract.
The Plaistow Board of Selectmen approved a series of departmental budgets and administrative items on Oct. 28 as the town advances 2025 appropriations.
Key approvals recorded in the meeting transcript include:
- Elections: the board approved the elections budget at $32,364. Members discussed ballot‑counting device options and noted the state may provide a 50% matching grant for machines; one machine is state‑approved and another is pending final approval.
- Finance: the finance department’s request of $173,000 was approved; the increase was attributed to salary/routine roll‑up costs and possible single‑audit needs tied to upcoming grant work.
- Assessing, Insurance, Legal, HR/Personnel, Planning, General Government and other departmental budgets: the board moved and approved the requested figures as presented in the budget packet for each department (assessing $130,420; insurance $209,267; legal requested increase to $97,500; human resources/personnel $2,556,556; planning $114,120; other general government $305,000; inspections $195,706; street lighting $91,500; solid waste collection $1,022,943; landfill disposal $39,000; health $103,550). Many motions were approved by voice vote.
- Consent agenda: the board approved the accounts payable manifest for the week of Oct. 31, 2024, and the Oct. 21, 2024 minutes.
- Trash & Recycling RFP subcommittee charter: Selectman Jay presented a drafted charter to form a subcommittee to prepare an RFP for solid waste/recycling services. The proposed committee membership in the charter is two selectmen, two budget committee representatives and three citizen members plus two alternates. The board approved the charter and plans to appoint members at a future meeting.
Board members discussed timing on some items, particularly election machines and capital projects, and instructed staff to return with more detailed information where required. The meeting concluded with a unanimous vote to enter a nonpublic session under RSA 91‑A (reputation).
