Article 21: New Community Building – No 2022 Tax Impact

Shall the Town of Hampton vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $500,000 for the following purpose: to construct a building to create additional program space and office space for the Parks and Recreation Department, and to purchase any equipment and supplies necessary to outfit same, and to authorize the withdrawal of $350,000 from the Unassigned Fund Balance and an additional sum of $150,000 from the Hampton Recreation Infrastructure Special Revenue Fund established for these purposes under Article 44 of the 2007 Annual Town Meeting. This shall be a non-lapsing appropriation per RSA 32:7, VI and shall not lapse until the building is completed or by March 31, 2027, whichever occurs sooner? (Majority vote required)

What it means: A new building would be constructed in between and set back from the existing Cave Building and the existing Tuck Building. This new space would accommodate activities for all age groups in Hampton.  The anticipated $500,000 cost would come partially from the Unassigned Fund Balance, and partially from the Recreation Infrastructure Fund.

More information is available at this link:  Parks & Rec Building Proposal

Those in favor say: 

• Expansion of Tuck – Long time in need
• Would serve as a Community Room and Senior Center
• Any resident wishing to use the space could make arrangements
• Program and office space
• Fairly immediate start of construction
• Great for community morale
• No new tax impact

Those against say: No one spoke against this Article at the Deliberative Session.

Fiscal impact: There would be no new tax impact, because the dollars needed would be withdrawn from two funds that already exist – the Unassigned Fund Balance, and the Parks and Rec Infrastructure Fund.