CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN COMMITTEE
PUBLIC MEETING MINUTES
September 11, 2007
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The Chairman called the meeting to order at 6:30 PM in the New Durham Town Hall
located off Main Street.
Present:
Padraic McHale, Chairman & at-large member
Christopher LaPierre, Appointed member at-large
David Bickford, Selectmen’s Representative
David Curry, Budget Committee Representative
Robert Craycraft, Planning Board Representative
April Whittaker, Town Administrator
The meeting opened with the Chairman making a statement on what a loss to the Town
the death of Mark Jarvis was.
Approval of the Minutes:
A motion was made by David Bickford to accept the minutes of August 27th as
amended. It was seconded by David Curry. The vote was unanimous. The minutes of
the August 27, 2007 meeting were approved as amended.
Padraic McHale thanked the committee for all their hard work. He stated this was a
very educational experience for him and it opened his eyes to what the needs of the
Town are.
The committee then reviewed Table 11 for approval. A discussion followed concerning
the Library maintenance and technology and the Recreation field mower and
maintenance not being part of the CIP. It was agreed that a note be added explaining
they are included for the benefit of figuring the tax rate. David Bickford raised the issue
of the Meeting House fund. April Whittaker explained that the town voted to increase
the fund from $2,000 in the year 2000 to $20,000 in the year 2006. Robert Craycraft
explained that after an evaluation of the structure by people in the field of restoration
have made a best guess that it will cost $80,000 to $100,000 to restore the Meeting House.
The Town is waiting for a historical structure report. David Bickford stated he would
need more information before he could make a recommendation of $20,000 into the CIP
fund. He stated that quite frankly he has never had any interest in restoring the
building and that it is a money hole unless it is going to be like Strawberry Bank. He
feels it should be preserved as a benchmark but not restored. A motion was made by
David Curry to extend the Meeting House Fund of $20,000 for the period specified on
Table 11 with a note of explanation. The motion was seconded by Chris LaPierre. The
vote was 3 – 1 – 1, with David Bickford against and Robert Craycraft abstaining because
of conflict of interest as he is on the Meeting House committee. The motion was
approved by majority.
A motion was made to approve Table 11 as amended by Chris LaPierre and seconded by
David Curry. The vote was unanimous. Table 11 was approved as amended.
The committee agreed that they would not be meeting again unless they receive a
request to review an issue.
David Curry made a suggestion that a CIP memo be modified to be used by next years
CIP committee to help them to streamline the issues. This was discussed and agreed
that it would be a good thing to include in the packages presented to next year’s CIP
committee.
A review of the Executive summary then took place and several minor changes were
made to it.
The committee reviewed the presentation to the Planning Board. Suggestions and
comments were made by all committee members as to how and what should be said in
the presentation.
A motion to adjourn was made by David Curry and seconded by Chris LaPierre. The
vote was unanimous. The meeting was adjourned at 8:00 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Laura Zuzgo
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