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Campton CIP Committee recommends capital-reserve allocations, sets $75,000 solid-waste budget for 2025
Summary
At its Oct. 9 meeting, the Town of Campton CIP Committee recommended capital-reserve allocations including $300,000 for the road fund and agreed to budget $75,000 for solid waste in 2025; members also approved prior minutes and discussed adding a tree-trimming category to the CIP matrix.
The Town of Campton Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Committee on Oct. 9, 2024, recommended a set of capital-reserve allocations for 2025 and agreed to budget $75,000 for solid waste, the Committee’s minutes show.
The allocations recommended by the Committee include $185,000 for Highway Department equipment, $50,000 for the Municipal Building Fund, no additions to the Blair Bridge Fund this year, $150,000 for fire vehicles, $75,000 for solid waste, and $300,000 for the Road Fund. Committee members discussed reserving additional funds for a planned pole barn; Campton’s share for that project is listed as $30,000 for 2025 but members said they prefer to budget extra to avoid last-minute shortfalls.
Kate O’Connor, a town employee, told members she has been in frequent contact with Desiree, Thornton’s town administrator, and Committee members agreed that both towns’ CIP committees will hold regular joint meetings to reduce the risk of miscommunication going forward. The minutes note the Committee’s preference to build contingencies into the matrix because it is easier to rearrange items later than to secure additional funds on short notice.
Procedural business included approval of the prior meeting’s minutes: Jack Letvinchuk moved to approve, Bill Frye seconded, and the motion was recorded as unanimously approved. Karl Kelly opened the meeting at 1:00 p.m.; the Committee adjourned at 2:23 p.m.
On infrastructure planning, Karl Kelly suggested adding a tree-trimming category to the matrix for possible future inclusion; the Committee discussed the idea but made no decision. Jim Butler asked that the CIP matrix be included in each meeting packet and requested that the full CIP folder be shared with members; Jack Letvinchuk supported that directive.
The Committee’s recommendations are recorded in the meeting minutes and will inform the public hearing materials and next steps in the CIP process. The minutes do not record a formal roll-call vote for the capital-reserve recommendations, which are described as Committee recommendations.
