Budget Deliberations Continue City Hall Hours: Upcoming Workshop Includes Proposed Police and Fire Budgets Monday-Thursday: 8:30 A.M
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April 30, 2021 CITY OF DOVER, NH 288 Central Avenue Dover, NH 03820 603-516-6000 Budget deliberations continue City Hall hours: Upcoming workshop includes proposed police and fire budgets Monday-Thursday: 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 The City Council continued its review of the proposed fiscal year p.m. 2022 budget during a workshop this past Wednesday, April 28. Friday: At the workshop, the Council heard budget presentations from 8:30 a.m. to 4 the Recreation, Library and Welfare departments. p.m. The workshop can be viewed in full Recycling at dovernh.viebit.com/player.php?hash=GiKvi96si9vx. Copies of individual department PowerPoint budget presentations are Center hours: located along with the agenda and workshop minutes, available here. T uesday, Thursday, Earlier this month, City Manager J. Michael Joyal, Jr. presented Saturday: the proposed fiscal year 2022 budget and provided a brief overview. The budget in its entirety can be viewed at the City of 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 Dover's Budget Revealed webpage. Budget presentation videos p.m. are also posted to the page. The FY 2022 budget, encompassing all city departments and the Dover School District, provides proposed appropriations of $166,173,251 across all funds. This includes proposed appropriations of $133,834,473 from the general fund, $13,807,584 from special revenue funds, such as grants, and $18,531,194 spending from proprietary funds, such as the sewer and water accounts funded by user fees. The next workshop is scheduled for Wednesday, May 5, at 7 p.m. At that workshop, the Council is expected to hear presentations from the Police and Fire departments. Future budget workshops, public hearings, and budget adoptions — all scheduled on Wednesday — include: May 5 at 7 p.m. — Budget review workshop — Presentations by Police and Fire departments May 12 at 7 p.m. — Regular meeting — Public hearing on School District proposed budget May 19 at 7 p.m. — Budget review workshop — Presentation by Community Services Department May 26 at 7 p.m. — Regular meeting — Public hearing on City budget June 2 at 7 p.m. — Budget review workshop — budget deliberation June 2 immediately following the workshop — Special meeting — FY2022 budget adoption June 9 at 7 p.m. — Regular meeting — Fallback FY2022 budget adoption. State to hold virtual public hearing, informational session on General Sullivan Bridge May 13 The New Hampshire Department of Transportation has prepared a Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (DSEIS), in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act, for the proposed rehabilitation or replacement of the General Sullivan Bridge over Little Bay in the Town of Newington and City of Dover. The DSEIS can be accessed and downloaded from the project website, http://www.newington-dover.com/gsb_subsite/index.html or can be viewed as a hard copy document at the Dover Public Library and Dover City Hall. There will be a public hearing to present the project’s impact on environmental resources and accept comments on the DSEIS document. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, this hearing will be held virtually, via Zoom Webinar, on Thursday, May 13, 2021 at 6 p.m. Written comments will be accepted through June 7, 2021. Comments may be submitted in writing or by email to Ms. Jennifer Reczek at NH Department of Transportation, 7 Hazen Drive, PO Box 483, Concord, NH 03302-0483 or [email protected]. To attend the Zoom Webinar meeting from a PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone or an Android device please go to https://vhb.zoom.us/j/98070244560? pwd=SzBmWGpDdGhuUFZITzlhSzFSNHB5QT09. When prompted type in the passcode: 739543 To join the Zoom Meeting by telephone, dial 1-301-715-8592. When prompted enter on your keypad the Meeting ID followed by #: 980 7024 4560. Next, you will be prompted to enter your Participant ID followed by #: 739543. Participants that call in on the telephone must press *6 to mute or unmute and *9 to raise and lower your hand. International numbers are available at https://zoom.us/u/aJsTC21g. Any individuals needing assistance or auxiliary communication equipment due to sensory impairment or other disability, should contact the Bureau of Right-of-Way, NHDOT, PO Box 483, Concord, New Hampshire 03302-0483 or call 603-271-3222 – TDD Access: Relay NH 1- 800-735-2964. Notification for the need of assistance should be made at the earliest convenience. If an individual wishing to participate in the public hearing does not have access to internet or telephone service, please contact Ms. Jennifer Reczek by 4:30 p.m., May 10, 2021. Volunteers needed for Main Street's Dover Pride Clean Up Day on May 15 Dover Main Street will hold its annual Dover Pride Clean Up Day on this year on Saturday, May 15, 2021, from 8 a.m. to noon. Last year's clean-up day was cancelled due to the pandemic. Dover Pride Clean Up Day is a great opportunity to get of the house and do something for your community. Individuals, organizations or groups wishing to volunteer for this year’s event may register on the Dover Main Street website at https://dovermainstreet.org/doverPride.php or visit to the registration table at the Cocheco Mill courtyard on morning of the event. Bring your home gardening tools if you can -- gloves, brooms, rakes, shovels, and wheelbarrows. Make sure to put your name on your tools. This is a rain-or-shine event, so please come prepared. Due to the continued uncertainty of the pandemic, Dover Main Street will not hold the traditional breakfast or lunch this year. Dover Main Street also recommends wearing a mask and maintaining a six-foot physical distance from others. City planning for Fourth of July fireworks at Garrison Hill Park After a year hiatus, the City of Dover is planning the return of the annual Fourth of July fireworks this year with a show from atop Garrison Hill Park. For many years, Garrison Hill Park was a regular fireworks site, including for Dover’s 375th anniversary in 1998. As in years past, the City is working with Atlas Pyrovision Entertainment of Jaffrey to create the fireworks show. Recreation Director Gary Bannon said the decision to shoot the fireworks from Garrison Hill Park this year was to allow people to disperse throughout the city to view the fireworks instead of gathering en masse at Henry Law Park. “It’s not the time to have thousands of people in one place,” Bannon said at a recent Recreation Advisory Board meeting. There will not be any concerts or activities at Henry Law Park for the Fourth of July this year. The New Hampshire’s Army National Guard “39th Army Band,” a staple of local Fourth of July festivities, is not available this year, as its members have been deployed to aid in COVID-19 vaccinations around the state, Bannon reported at the meeting. City of Dover Fourth of July in-person activities, including the annual fireworks display, was canceled last year due to concerns of the COVID-19 disease. Municipal Alliance for Adaptive Management holds organizational meeting Group is made up of communities working to improve Great Bay water quality The Municipal Alliance for Adaptive Management held its organizational meeting on Thursday, April 29 at Dover City Hall. The Municipal Alliance for Adaptive Management was formed earlier this month when the cities of Rochester, Dover and Portsmouth signed an intermunicipal agreement, creating a framework to collaborate with each other, regulators and stakeholders to improve water quality and reduce total nitrogen in the Great Bay estuary. The towns of Newington and Milton have also signed onto the agreement, and officials from Exeter are expected to at Thursday’s organizational meeting. The Municipal Alliance is open to all communities in the Great Bay watershed. The Municipal Alliance members have opted into the Environmental Protection Agency’s Great Bay Total Nitrogen (GBTN) Permit to establish and implement an adaptive management framework set forth by the permit. The partnering communities opted into the GBTN Permit because it provides greater, long-term flexibility for meeting regulatory compliance and a more collaborative framework for protecting and promoting water quality throughout the Great Bay Estuary watershed. The organizational meeting included the election of the Executive Board, board officers and the appointment of the City of Rochester as the fiscal agent. The members also accepted funding for adaptive management and monitoring this year, authorized expenditures to support four projects, and received a status update on GBTN permit compliance. Downtown water main work continues this week The downtown infrastructure project to replace 125-year-old water pipes along Washington Street and Main Street continues this week. The six-month project is expected to have traffic impacts and limited durations of water shutoff as infrastructure is replaced. This project will replace 3,000 feet of some of the oldest water distribution pipes in the downtown area with a new ductile iron pipe that will provide reliable water service for the next 100-plus years. This work will include street excavation, lane closures, and evening water shutoffs in the downtown area. The City encourages pedestrians and motorists to be vigilant while moving throughout the downtown area and look for signs providing information about the project and sections of streets and sidewalks closed for construction. Uneven road conditions and sidewalks are likely to occur, so please use caution driving, riding bikes and walking in the area. For more information, contact Community Services at 516-6450. To receive email updates about the project, visit bit.ly/doverdownload and select "Project updates: Washington and Main Water Improvements." Upcoming Meetings: City boards provide many ways to Ordinance Committee, let your voice be heard May 3, 8:30 a.m.