Town Council Meeting

CounAgenda Text

I. Call to Order

II. Approval of Agenda

III. Special Announcements

IV. Approval of Minutes – None

V. Councilor and Town Administrator Roundtable

VI. Public Comments (Not earlier than 7:45 PM)

VII. Unanimous Consent Agenda (Requires unanimous approval.  Individual items may be removed by any councilor for separate discussion and vote)

A. Shall the Town Council schedule a public hearing for Monday, October 15, 2012 on a resolution amending Resolution #2012-11 to:  1) Change the $745,000 funding designation within the 2012 Capital Fund Budget to come from short-term borrowing rather than the Undesignated (Unassigned) Fund Balance; and 2) Authorizing the short-term borrowing of said $745,000 for up to one year to purchase the People’s United Bank building located at 8 Newmarket Road for use as the future Town Hall?

B. Shall the Town Council, upon recommendation of auditors Plodzik & Sanderson and the Administrator, adopt the Town’s revised General Fund-Fund Balance Policy?

C. Shall the Town Council endorse a letter of support for the Strafford Regional Planning Commission to apply for local source water protection grants through the NHDES Drinking Water Source Protection Program and for the preparation and submittal of associated application materials to develop a River Management Plan for the Oyster River?

VIII. Committee Appointments

Shall the Town Council appoint Raymond Rodon, 18 Ross Road, and Renee Capicchioni Vannata, 5 Wood Road, to the Economic Development Committee?

IX. Presentation Items

A. Receive annual report of the Planning Board – Peter Wolfe, Chair

B. Update on NHDOT Project #13080, Route 108 bike lane/shoulder widening – NHDOT Project Manager Ronald Grandmaison

C. Presentation and discussion regarding water supply overview and priorities  - Councilor Dave Howland

D. Presentation and discussion regarding the Spruce Hole Municipal Well and Artificial Recharge project –Town Engineer David Cedarholm, James Emery and John Brooks, Emery & Garrett Groundwater, Inc.

X. Unfinished Business

XI. New Business 

XII. Nonpublic Session (if required)

XIII. Extended Councilor and Town Administrator Roundtable (if required)

XIV. Adjourn (NLT 10:30 PM)