GOV Board of Public Works 10 22 2026

The Nashua Board of Public Works meeting on October 22, 2026, approved a broad slate of procurement and infrastructure items. The board approved a referral authorizing up to $2 million in bonds for Four Hills Landfill improvements; wastewater contracts with Hazen and Sawyer for effluent toxicity evaluation ($108,871.66) and capacity analysis ($270,626.25), plus a local-limits evaluation with no legible amount in the transcript; and a parks change order with Weston & Sampson for a Jeff Morin Park splash pad ($217,600), contingent on CDBG funding. Streets also received approval to purchase 6,886 tons of winter road salt from Granite State and Eastern at $83.50 per ton. Fleet purchases included a Kenworth service truck ($256,373), a Ford F-350 from Graponi Ford ($97,376), a John Deere excavator ($395,000), three rear-load waste vehicles from Sanitary Equipment ($361,629.37 each), and a front-loader waste vehicle ($624,963.87), along with several additional pickups and truck purchases. Many fleet items used Sourcewell or New Hampshire state-bid pricing and included radio/upfit costs capped at $5,000 per vehicle; votes on the listed items passed.

Other approved spending included a Core & Main change order not to exceed $10,000, a three-and-a-half-year landfill gas monitoring amendment with SCS Engineers (revised amount $38,320; amendment value stated as $20,160), and a $57,500 Sanborn Head & Associates amendment for additional PFAS testing at the fire training center. Engineering approved up to $4,000 for appraisal services for the Walnut Street oval intersection project and a contract for five wastewater flow monitors, though the amount was not clear in the transcript. The board also approved a budgeted solid-waste assistant position at $28.26 per hour, several contractor/drain-layer and street-opening requests, and discussed capital needs tied to growth and wastewater capacity. No new procurement policy was identified.