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Plaistow selectmen appoint members to trash and recycling RFP committee; approve minutes and consent agenda
Summary
The Plaistow Board of Selectmen on Nov. 4 appointed three voting members and four alternates to a trash and recycling RFP committee, approved two sets of nonpublic minutes to be sealed, and approved the consent agenda. The board heard a budget status report noting 79.05% of the budget expended through October.
The Plaistow Board of Selectmen voted Nov. 4 to appoint members to a trash and recycling request-for-proposals committee and to approve routine meeting minutes and the consent agenda.
The board discussed being proactive as the town's trash contract approaches its two-year expiry. During that discussion, Selectman Jay moved "to appoint Richard Finnegan, Bob Kinkade, and Carlina Polanco as members to the trash and recycling RFP committee, and then also to appoint Chris Knutsen, Nancy Bishop, David Searls and Don Guerrero as alternates," a motion that was seconded and approved by voice vote. Board members directed staff to schedule the committee and prepare appointment paperwork.
The appointments follow the board's review of applicant letters and members' comments that several applicants had prior relevant experience; Bob Kinkade was noted as a past committee member. The board agreed to keep additional interested applicants as alternates so they could participate without being voting members unless a vacancy occurred.
Separately, the board approved two motions to accept nonpublic session minutes from Oct. 28, 2024 (session 1 and session 2) and to keep those minutes sealed. The first motion to accept session 1 minutes passed on a voice vote; when the board approved session 2 minutes the chair recorded one abstention.
The consent agenda, which included the accounts payable manifest for the week of Nov. 7, 2024 and the draft BOS minutes of Oct. 28, 2024, was approved after a motion and second by voice vote.
In related business, account manager Greg told the board that, through October (10 months), the town has expended 79.05% of its operating budget (the periodic benchmark for 10 months is 83.33%) and that revenues through Q3 are generally up compared with last year. Greg said the town will continue to monitor expenditures as year end approaches.
The board adjourned at 6:31 p.m.; the trash and recycling committee will be scheduled by staff and begin preparing the RFP process.
