Team Fortress 2 server, Palaver

I've decided I'm finally in a stable enough position, money-wise and life-wise, that I can get a TF2 server for us. It's going to take some research still, but I'm going to pay for it and do the better part of the administration myself.

I'm interested in any information anybody might have for me on the matter, because I haven't been interested or involved in the running of TF2 servers for about a year. What's the best place to get one? What are the plug ins you want to have to make it good, and how are they configured?

Here's a list of basic playing conditions we'll need:

-- Attack/Defend and Payload maps only, the selection including Goldrush, Badwater, Dustbowl, Pipeline, and any other map that fits the bill.
-- Automatic map vote every 45 minutes or so, allowing players to choose for themselves what map is up next.
-- Lots of players with admin status, to keep the griefers and asshats down.

I don't think that's too much to ask for. And I'm open to suggestions if any of you know of any other worthwhile features we might want to include.

What I want to provide is what we provided before -- a good place for good players to meet and have a good time. I've been playing in a lot of different servers lately, and I can tell you there aren't many such places to be found.

I'm aware that I'm signing on for an uphill battle, but I've got the time and the patience for it. I'm not going to try to establish round-the-clock traffic, that's unrealistic. For me it's enough to have the server full once a night, every night, for at least a few hours.

The tool that we have at our disposal to make it all possible is Palaver. It'll occur on a daily basis in the early evening, and its sole function will be to keep our members familiar with one another, and to get them playing.