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Board delays vote on $47,978 additional match for Hampton housing engineering work
Summary
The manager asked the board for an extra $47,978 to cover higher engineering costs for a proposed housing project; the board asked for contractor quotes and moved the decision to the next meeting.
Town staff requested the board approve an additional $47,978 from the grant-match reserve to cover higher engineering costs for the Hampton housing project. The Town Manager (Speaker 3) said the extra outlay is small compared with the project's potential returns and argued that not funding the whole scope would risk project failure.
Board members asked for clarity on the reserve balance (transcript reference: $103,666.97 in the grant-match reserve) and whether quotes had been provided; staff said quotes and spreadsheets had been circulated previously but some members had not reviewed them. Because members were not ready to act, the board agreed to move the item to the next meeting and asked staff to distribute the contractor quotes and supporting numbers in advance. "When that project is completed, it is $21,000,000 worth of housing on that site," the Town Manager said, advocating for completing necessary studies and surveys to support the project. The item will return to a future agenda with the requested documentation.
