The City Council is set to discuss and possibly vote on three resolutions related to the proposed Capital Improvements Program for fiscal years 2024 to 2029 at its Oct. 26 meeting next week.
One resolution is to adopt the six-year CIP document, which outlines the projects the City of Dover plans to complete over the next six years. It's a document that can be modified and does not appropriate funding nor authorize bonding. This resolution requires a simple majority vote to pass.
The second resolution is to authorize non-debt financed projects for FY2024 only. This resolution would appropriate capital reserve funds to finance portions of the CIP, such as the police cruiser and heavy equipment replacement programs. The total amount of proposed non-debt finance projects for FY2024 is $3,088,825. This resolution requires a two-thirds majority vote by the Council to pass.
The third resolution is to authorize bonding for debt-financed projects slated to begin in FY2024, which totals $22,220,000. These include reconstruction projects for Court and Union streets and Fifth and Grove streets. It also provides funding for rehabilitating the Chestnut Street bridge deck and the Portland Avenue retaining wall. This resolution also requires a two-thirds majority vote by the Council to pass.
The CIP was introduced to the City Council and Planning Board on Sept. 21, and each body held public hearings on it at subsequent meetings. The Planning Board, which reviews the CIP to ensure its projects are based upon priorities established in the Master Plan, recommended its adoption at its Oct. 11 meeting. Click here for the complete proposed CIP for FY2024-2029. For a video preview of the proposed CIP and many of the first-year projects, click here.
Pilot public syringe disposal program
The City Council will also consider approving an agreement to allow a pilot public syringe disposal program following a public hearing on the topic. The program, which would be established and maintained at no cost to the city, is to address ongoing public concerns of improper disposal of syringes in Dover, according to the resolution and background materials.
The proposed pilot program is a partnership of the Strafford County Public Health Network, SOS Recovery Community Organization, Wentworth-Douglass Hospital, and the New Hampshire Harm Reduction Coalition. Members of these organizations presented their proposal to the City Council at its Oct. 12 meeting. Click here to view the presentation.
Other agenda items include the acceptance of a grant for the Dover School District to improve building security and amending the membership and the length of membership for the Library Board of Trustees, both of which have public hearings, and the approval of a purchase and sale agreement between the Dover Business and Industrial Development Authority and APW Properties.
Click here for the complete agenda.
The meeting begins at 7 p.m. in City Hall's Council Chambers and will be televised on Channel 22 and online at https://dovernh.viebit.com where it will also be available for on demand viewing.
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