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Votes at a glance: Pingree Grove approves consent agenda, composting franchise and ordinance amendment
Summary
At the March 16 meeting trustees unanimously approved the consent agenda (minutes, two warrant lists and a wastewater pay application), a composting franchise with Wastistnot, and an ordinance amendment on water/wastewater rate policy with added board-review language for large CPI increases.
At its March 16 meeting the Pingree Grove board recorded unanimous approval on several items:
- Consent agenda: approved minutes from Feb. 17, 2026; warrant list (March 2) for $1,797,443.63; warrant list (March 16) for $514,144.90; and pay application #29 for the wastewater treatment plant improvements for $85,480.60.
- Franchise agreement: approved a franchise with Wastistnot to offer a voluntary, subscription-based compost pickup service (vendor to begin subscriber bucket delivery in May).
- Ordinance amendment: adopted a continuation of the automatic annual rate increase (greater of 2% or CPI) for water/wastewater user rates with a 7% cap and a board-review clause if an annual CPI-calculated increase exceeds 5%.
Each motion carried on roll call with trustees recorded as voting yes; no no-votes were recorded in the meeting transcript.
Sources: Board roll-call votes and staff presentations, March 16, 2026 meeting.
