APPROVED
Capital Improvement Plan Committee
Public Meeting Minutes
June 25th, 2007
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The Chairman called the meeting to order at 6:35 PM in the New Durham Town Hall
located off Main Street.
Present:
Padraic McHale, Chairman
Christopher Lapierre, Appointed member at large
David Bickford, Selectmen’s Representative
April Whittaker, Town Administrator
Absent:
David Curry, Budget Committee Representative
Others Present: Shawn Bernier, Chief of Police
George Gale
1. The first order of business was to have Chris LaPierre sworn into office by
Selectman David Bickford.
2. Motion by Padraic McHale to approve the minutes as amended and seconded
by David Bickford, vote unanimous. The minutes of the June 11, 2007 meeting
were approved as amended.
3. Police Chief, Shawn Bernier, was present to go over the police departments
projected needs of equipment for the next ten years. He presented each member
with a list of all the present equipment. He explained the two-year rotation of
cruisers. He stated they are scheduled to receive a new cruiser in 2008. He
explained all the equipment a cruiser is equipped with. He stated that equipment
did not get replaced with each new cruiser. Equipment from the older cruiser can
be transferred to a new cruiser. The cruisers that the town now has have been
equipped with Car 54 with the exception of the 1999 Ford Crown Victoria. The
new cruiser would not be equipped with this because the 1999 is the car that will
be retired and does not have the equipment to transfer to the new cruiser. The
money scheduled for the Police Department has taken this into consideration.
Chief Bernier also stated that he hopes to be able to have the upstairs of the PD
building finished, which would be used, as a meeting/training room. The monies
for this could come from the General Building Fund if the Selectmen and Budget
Committee approve it. As it stands, the monies budgeted for the Police
Department at this time looks sufficient to meet their needs. Padraic McHale
stated a desire to schedule a tour of the PD to see all of the equipment, cruisers
and building. Chief Bernier said he would be glad to give a tour.
David Bickford asked for clarification of the amounts of monies scheduled
on the spread for the following ten years. April Whittaker, Padraic McHale, and
Chief Bernier explained why some years there were more dollar reserves
scheduled than on previous years.
4. April Whittaker represented Joe Bloskey for Solid Waste. She reported that until
last year no monies had been set aside for solid waste. This past year was the first
year of funding ~ $9,000.00 was put away for a facilities reserve and $6,000.00
was put away for an equipment reserve. The spreadsheet shows a break down of
the needs of Solid Waste over the next ten years. April Whittaker also pointed out
that legislators are trying to pass a tipping tax, which would be paid, on the
tonnage of waste (as much as $2.50 to $5 per ton). A 5-year history of the
tonnage at the facility was requested to get a better idea on how the town can
improve on recycling and keep the tonnage down. A tour of the facilities was
requested. Joe Bloskey has stated that he feels the equipment he now has is
sufficient for the ten-year cycle.
April Whittaker stated that with the Capital Reserve the impact on the town is
minimum compared to if the monies for even one piece of equipment had to come
all at once. By saving over a period of years also adds interest to the monies.
It was decided that the next Meeting of the CIP Committee would be held on July
2, 2007 at 6:30PM at the Town Hall.
Padraic McHale explained how he went to the Planning Board meeting of June
19th and read a statement to them expressing his concerns about a representative
of the Planning Board being appointed to the CIP Committee (Please see
attached).
David Bickford pointed out that a representative was appointed later that same
evening, Robert Craycraft. Padraic then read an e-mail that he received from
Robert Craycraft explaining that he would not be able to attend tonight’s meeting
as he was already scheduled to attend a Moose Mountain Regional Greenways.
He also stated his concerns about whether or not he would have the time for this
Committee. It was then suggested that Robert Craycraft should be questioned at
the next meeting as to his availability to sit on this committee and to determine at
that time if another member should be appointed. Padraic McHale also expressed
a concern of the lack of official notification to the members of this committee of
the appointment of Robert Craycraft as the representative of the Planning Board.
Padraic McHale stated that he had spent an” interesting” evening with the Master
Plan. He feels that at future meetings the committee should go through the
Master Plan by segments and make sure the committee is doing the job they are
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supposed to be doing. April Whittaker expressed a Thank You to Padraic for
seeing the Master Plan as a Guide to be followed.
Padraic McHale asked if anyone knew when Mr. Mayberry was scheduled to talk
about impact fees. George Gale stated that he believed he was scheduled for July
24th???
David Bickford passed out a handout from the LGC (attached) on the
interpretation of the Warrant Article to form a CIP Committee.
The Chairman did a quick review of everything covered through the meeting.
It was decided that they would try to schedule the Library Committee for 6:30 PM
and the Fire Department for 7:00 PM for the July 2nd meeting.
George Gale stated that it might be a good idea to take the tonnage history back
to the year before the town stopped recycling plastic so a comparison could be
made determining what impact recycling could make on the tonnage. He also
stated the Robert Craycraft had expressed a concern back in April of this year
when he was first approached about being the representative for the PB for this
committee about whether or not he would have the time to sit on this committee.
David Bickford made a motion to Adjourn and the motion was seconded by
Chris LaPierre, vote unanimous.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:06 PM.
Respectfully submitted
Laura Zuzgo
Next Meeting Date: July 2nd, 2007 6:30 PM Town Hall
A video recording of this meeting is on file with the Office of Town Clerk, is available for public
viewing during normal business hours, and will be retained in accordance with the New
Hampshire Municipal Records Board rules established under RSA 33-A:4, or for a minimum of 24
months.
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