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Peterborough Select Board OKs $31,424 fire pump reimbursement, approves $32,124 in social-service grants
Summary
At its May 5 meeting the Peterborough Select Board approved a $31,423.76 reimbursement to cover repairs to Engine 2's pump and voted to fund five local social-service requests totaling $32,124; the Board then moved into a nonpublic session under RSA 91-A:3 II(c).
The Peterborough Select Board on May 5 authorized a $31,423.76 reimbursement from the Fire Department Apparatus and Equipment Capital Reserve Fund to cover repairs to Engine 2's pump and approved five social-service funding requests totaling $32,124.
Chair Tyler Ward opened the meeting at 5:00 p.m. and the Board first approved meeting minutes, adopting an amendment to the April 16, 2026 minutes proposed by Select Board member Bonnie Tucker to clarify a discussion about utility rates and a structure change affecting the FY27 budget. Tucker moved to approve the April 9 and April 21 minutes as written and the April 16 minutes as amended; Ward seconded and the vote was unanimous.
The Board then considered a request to reimburse recently incurred fire-department expenses from the apparatus and equipment capital reserve. Select Board member Bill Kennedy noted the significant cost of the equipment invoices. Town Administrator Nicole MacStay said the items had already been purchased and that the current vote would authorize reimbursing those expenditures from the reserve fund. Kennedy moved to approve using $31,423.76 from the Fire Department Apparatus and Equipment CRF to reimburse the cost of repairs to Engine 2's pump; Tucker seconded and the motion carried unanimously.
During review of social-services requests, Tucker questioned a $3,500 request from the River Center given that the town already provides $15,000 to that organization through the police budget. MacStay and Administrative Assistant Justine Hanson said the additional $3,500 would support maternal-child health and tax-preparation assistance and that tax-preparation help is no longer entirely volunteer-run, requiring staff support. The Board also discussed Monadnock Family Services' return to the funding process after not applying the prior year due to internal staff turnover.
The Select Board approved five agency requests as presented: Home Healthcare Hospice and Community Services ($16,000), Saint Joseph's Community Services (Meals on Wheels) ($3,100), ConVal End 68 Hours of Hunger ($1,250), River Center ($3,500), and Monadnock Family Services ($8,274), for a total of $32,124. Bill Kennedy moved to approve the five requests; Tucker seconded and the vote was unanimous.
At 5:17 p.m. Ward moved to adjourn to a nonpublic session pursuant to RSA 91-A:3 II(c) (reputation); Kennedy seconded and the motion carried unanimously. No public details from the nonpublic session were recorded in the meeting minutes.
