Precinct chairs vote to restore 7 p.m. start

Committee of Precinct · Meeting of October 15, 2026

PLYMOUTH — Precinct chairs heard the town moderator defend his rulings on three citizens' petitions. Town Moderator Trifoletti told the Committee of Precinct Chairs he ruled Article 25, on airport accounting, out of order, citing state law and a May 6 Superior Court injunction, and said such substantive rulings cannot be appealed on the floor. Article 26 was withdrawn, and Article 24 will go forward as originally written.

A member said it is a "fundamental problem" if in-house counsel cannot review petitions. The committee also voted 12-4, with two abstentions, to drop the 6 p.m. start and return to 7 p.m. in November. It also reviewed the $300,000 Article 8 request for Shallow Pond Estates road work.

In the full story:

• Opening business and the start-time vote
• The moderator's account of the process
• Article 24: unified complex bylaw
• Article 25: airport accounting
• Article 26 and the appeal question
• Seating and decorum
• Article 8: Shallow Pond Estates roads
• Legislative oversight committee
• General public comment
• Next steps
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report: 2,062 words

Source: the Committee of Precinct meeting of October 15, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript.