Town of Hopkinton, NH - 07/31/2007 - Sub Committee-Capital Budget Process & Expenditures

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07/31/2007 - Sub Committee-Capital Budget Process & Expenditures


	CAPITAL BUDGET PROCESS AND EXPENDITURES subcommittee of BUDGET COMMITTEE meeting July 31, 2007 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN: noted many items on 'wish list' that seem to be routine expenditures and could be in operating budgets. Is there really a plan for a 'Community Center' in the big barn? Will we have three fully equipped kitchens within a hundred feet of one another? Is big barn really stable? Why not take Community Center Capital Reserve Fund to fund completion of Senior Center? If we can build a Senior Center for $1,330,000, why do we need $1,600,000 to expand (or relocate?) Contoocook Fire Station? Not counting the endowment funds nor funds to assure builders complete subdivisions, etc, there are FORTY ONE (41) capital reserve and revolving funds! Many could be consolidated or eliminated. Many seem to be to used to reduce operating budgets. Too many have selectmen as 'agents to expend.' We should return to real spirit of the Town Meeting form of government and vote at town meeting to buy trucks, graders, fire engines, etc. and vote to add to number of town employees. Patti Gerseny, Danny Coen and Tom O'Donnell

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