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Select Board approves consent agenda, seals nonpublic minutes and hears manager report
Summary
Plaistow Select Board approved the consent agenda (including two sets of draft minutes, manifest and 19 tax abatements), voted to accept and seal nonpublic minutes from June 22, and heard a manager report on town hall ramp work, utility pole relocation, and tax collections (about 94% of first‑half warrant).
The Plaistow Select Board on July 6 approved the consent agenda, accepted and sealed nonpublic minutes from June 22, and heard a manager report covering town projects and tax collections.
A motion to approve the consent agenda — which included two draft minutes (5:00 and 6:00), the manifest (including a $2,000,000 check to the school district), a cemetery plot, and 19 tax abatements — was moved and seconded by board members and carried with one abstention recorded. A member listed earlier in roll call was recorded as excused for tonight’s meeting.
The board then moved to accept the nonpublic minutes from June 22, 2026, and to keep them sealed; that motion carried with aye votes and one abstention noted at the vote.
Town manager reported that a temporary ramp has been installed to allow work to begin on a permanent Town Hall ramp and that Plaistow has been selected for utility pole work under the state’s SB16 process, with a third‑party contractor (identified in the meeting as Mirra) assessing lines and planning relocations. The manager also announced a new benefits administrator, said recreation programming is under way, and reported that the town collected approximately 94% of the first‑half tax warrant (around $13.5 million). He noted the manifest included a $2,000,000 payment to the school district.
The manager said departments will prepare budget materials in mid‑August and that a full budget schedule should be in hand by September. The board set its next regular meeting for July 20 and moved toward a nonpublic session at the end of the agenda.
