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Epping selectmen approve truck purchase, lease financing, vendor license and transfer station bulletin board
Summary
At its April 27 meeting the Epping Board of Selectmen approved a $82,183 purchase for a forestry truck, a 5-year TD Bank lease for highway equipment at 4.38%, a $100,000 surety release for Echo Farms, a Holy Chow vendor license, and a resolution to allow private curbside pickup advertisements on a locked transfer-station bulletin board.
The Epping Board of Selectmen approved several procurement and administrative items at its April 27 meeting, including a vehicle purchase for the Fire Department, financing for Department of Public Works equipment, a developer surety release, and a new bulletin-board resolution for the Transfer Station.
The board voted 4-0 to approve Purchase Order #681 to Grappone Ford for one 2026 F600 with flatbed for the town's new Forestry Unit in the amount of $82,183. Fire Chief Ken Berkenbush told the board that if the truck is not ordered now the next opportunity to place the order would be in September; Selectman Joe Trombley objected to the out-of-cycle timing and asked the chief to appear before the Budget Committee to explain the timing.
The board approved a TD Bank 5-year lease at 4.38% for a highway truck and equipment, choosing that rate over a 5.39% offer from Tax-Exempt Leasing. The Town Administrator was authorized to sign the lease agreement on the Board's behalf.
Other motions carried unanimously: release of a $100,000 letter-of-credit surety for Echo Farms of Epping LLC (Nottingham Square Road); approval of Purchase Order #682 to McKennedy Masonry for $6,800 to repair a concrete ramp; and a vendors license for Karen Pluff (Holy Chow food truck) for two events at Sig Sauer Academy on May 29-30, 2026. The Board also approved a resolution to place a locked bulletin board at the Transfer Station to allow private curbside pickup vendors to post advertisements with certificates of insurance.
On routine business, the Board approved payroll and accounts-payable manifests, including an accounts-payable total of $1,303,688.85 (noting $1,000,000 of that total was school-related). The Board moved to remove the April 13 minutes from the consent calendar and approve the remaining consent items; later the April 13 minutes were approved in a separate vote, 3-1, with Selectman Trombley abstaining.
The Board tabled an engineering services agreement with DPC Engineering LLC related to wastewater treatment facility upgrades to the Wastewater Upgrade Committee meeting on May 8 for further review. Town Administrator Jake T. Roger also reminded the public of a ReSource expansion public hearing the next day at Post #51 Legion on Route 27.
The meeting adjourned at 8:55 p.m.
