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Committee backs naming Laconia PSAP for Bruce Cheney; DOT says facility will open next fall
Summary
The House Public Works and Highways Committee voted OTP on House Bill 11-93 to name the Laconia 9-1-1 call center for Bruce Cheney after testimony from the sponsor and Department of Safety officials; the center is under construction and expected to open in about a year.
Representative Charlie St. Clair, sponsor of House Bill 11-93, asked the committee to name the new Laconia public-safety answering point (PSAP) in honor of Bruce Cheney, who St. Clair said led the creation of New Hampshire's statewide 9-1-1 system in 1993 and later modernized emergency communications. "Naming a PSAP in honor of Bruce Cheney is an appropriate and meaningful tribute," St. Clair told the committee.
Department of Safety witnesses including Mark Doyle and other agency directors described Cheney's long-standing role, the technological and organizational work to unify the state's 9-1-1 system, and the current project timeline: the Laconia facility is under construction and the department expects to move in about a year. The department said plaques and any commemorative materials would be handled without state funds and coordinated with Administrative Services and the contractor.
Committee members asked whether Cheney is living (the sponsor and witnesses confirmed he is), whether the council/town supports the naming, and who will pay for plaques; witnesses committed to follow up with details and to provide a resume summarizing Cheney's public-safety career.
Representative Boyd moved OTP for HB 11-93; the motion passed on a roll call recorded by the committee (13 in the affirmative, 0 negative, 4 not voting). The chair asked that the item be removed from the consent calendar so the sponsor and interested parties can be present for any floor vote.
What happens next: HB 11-93 was recommended OTP by committee; the measure proceeds to the full House with the committee's recommendation that it pass.
