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Committee approves series of budget authorizations and communications; items include recreation, dilapidated buildings, demolition, shelter operations and grant
Summary
The committee voted on multiple amending resolutions and communications, approving several transfers, acceptances and requests including $480,000 for recreation programming, $3,700 for dilapidated buildings, $100,000 demolition grant and $500,000 for Beech Street shelter operations, among others.
During its meeting the Manchester Board of Mayor and Aldermen's Committee on Community Improvement approved a package of amending resolutions and communications covering recreation programming, blight remediation, demolition, shelter operations, food-protection project extension, vehicle plates for the fire department, an FY22 Homeland Security grant certificate update and two years of community response-unit grant funding.
Votes at a glance
- Item 2: Accept and expend $480,000 for CIP 511322 recreation programming. Motion by Alderman Long; second by Alderman Birkisch. Committee recorded "ayes have it."
- Item 3: Transfer and expend $3,700 for CIP 610424 dilapidated buildings. Motion by Alderman Long; second by Alderman Burkes. Committee recorded "ayes have it."
- Item 4: Accept and expend $100,000 for CIP 610425 (Chestnut Street Invest NH Demolition Grant). Motion by Alderman Long; second by Alderman Birkisch. Committee recorded "ayes have it."
- Item 5: Accept and expend $500,000 for CIP C160060025 State of New Hampshire Beech Street Shelter operations. Motion by Alderman Long; second by Alderman Burkisch. The committee recorded the motion approved; minutes indicate a question by an alderman but the item passed on voice vote.
- Item 7: Extend CIP 210224 modernization of food protection to Dec. 31, 2025. Motion by Alderman Long; second by Alderman Burkes. Committee recorded "ayes have it."
- Item 8: Communication from Fire Chief Ryan Cashin requesting modification to the number of license plates allocated to the fire department to accommodate a fleet addition. Motion approved; mover and seconder recorded on the floor.
- Item 9: Communication from the Fire Chief requesting an updated certificate of authority for a previously awarded FY22 Homeland Security grant. Motion approved on voice vote.
- Item 10: Accept two additional years of grant funding totaling $512,000 for the Fire Department's community response unit from the State of New Hampshire. Motion approved on voice vote.
- Item 11: Communication from Jeff Belanger, Director of Planning and Community Development, advising that the planning department and the mayor's office have applied for grant funding from two programs administered by the New Hampshire Department of Business and Economic Affairs. Motion to accept was approved by the committee.
Procedural notes: Most items were approved by voice vote after a motion and second. The meeting record shows motions, seconds and chair announcements of "ayes have it," but explicit roll-call tallies for each item were not read into the record in the transcript provided.
