City Council to hold public hearings Wednesday on Capital Improvements Program

posted on 11/12/2024

The City Council will hold seven public hearings at its Wednesday, Nov. 13 meeting.

Three of the public hearings relate to the FY2026-2031 Capital Improvements Program. One public hearing is on the six-year planning document itself, which does not authorize or appropriate funding. Another is on authorizing and appropriating $7,394,142 for proposed FY2026 non-debt finance projects. The third public hearing is on authorizing $46,325,000 in bonding and appropriating that amount for FY2026 debt-financed projects. The City Council will vote on these resolutions at its Dec. 11 meeting.

Another public hearing is on the city accepting and expending a federal $500,000 grant to assist the with needed repairs and improvements for the Jenny Thompson Outdoor Pool. The grant requires a 50% match, which will be met by $1.5 million of existing funds already set aside for the project from the FY2025 CIP. The proposed FY26-31 CIP also includes an additional $1.8 million for the project.

The Council will also hold three public hearings on pending resolutions to reprogram CIP appropriations, none of which authorizes additional appropriations.

One resolution would reprogram an FY2025 $450,000 CIP appropriation for an ambulance to a light rescue vehicle and authorize the purchase of the recue vehicle.

The other two would reprogram unexpended bond proceeds from one project to another. One would reprogram $612,345 of unexpended bond proceeds from the completed Chestnut Street bridge project to the Sixth Street Bridge Replacement project. The second would reprogram $360,871 in unexpended bond proceed from the Downtown Traffic Efficiency Improvements project to the Cochecho Waterfront Development Site Improvements project. These funds would be used to cover the significant increase in cost for the electrical switch gear equipment needed for the site than originally budgeted. The Council will vote on these two resolutions at its Dec. 11 meeting.

Click here for the complete agenda and background materials.

The meeting begins at 7 p.m. in City Hall’s Council Chambers and is open to the public. It will be televised on Channel 22 and online at https://dovernh.viebit.com, where it will also be available for on-demand viewing.