Board Caps Potash Hill Project At $35.4 Million

Select Board · Meeting of October 19, 2026

Tyngsborough Select Board set a nonbinding $35.4 million cost cap for a combined police and fire headquarters at 100 Potash Hill Road, eight days before town meeting votes on the project. Town Manager Colin Loiselle presented a worst-case estimate of $47.4 million, which board members said "would never pass," prompting the board to vote 5-0 to limit future construction costs to $29 million on top of the $4.95 million acquisition price. "I texted Colin.

I said, I have opened the presentation. I closed the presentation. I threw my phone in the garbage," a member said of his reaction to the initial number.

The Finance Committee's recommendation on the $6.4 million acquisition warrant article shifted from 3-2 to 4-1 in favor after the cap vote. The board also approved a new liquor license for 386 Middlesex Road and a $132,000 contract with Kinsherf CPA for town accounting services.

In the full story:

• Pre-Town Meeting Information Session
• Citizen and Business Time
• Public Hearing: New All-Alcohol License, 386 Middlesex Road
• National Grid Pole Petition, Scribner Road
• Joint Meeting with the Finance Committee: 100 Potash Hill Road
• Discuss Potential Zoning Amendments — Utilities
• Contract Award: Kinsherf CPA as Town Accountant
• Town Manager's Report and Other Business
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report: 2,273 words

Source: the Select Board meeting of October 19, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript. It was corrected where it differed.