Article 23: Utility Pickup Truck for Fire Department – $51,000

Shall the Town  of Hampton vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $51,000 for the  purpose of purchasing and  equipping a utility pickup truck with plow for the Fire Department; this vehicle will be multi-purpose: for use in the winter to haul equipment and materials for the clearing of fire hydrants; during warmer weather it is utilized in the forest fire role; it is also used to haul equipment to and from fire scenes and to tow all of Hampton Fire and Rescue’s trailers, including for transporting Marine 2.  This shall be a non-lapsing appropriation per RSA32:7, VI and shall not lapse until this project is completed or by March 31, 2020, whichever is sooner?

What it means:  The purpose as stated in the Warrant language above is self-explanatory.

Those for and against say:  No one spoke either for or against this Article at the Deliberative Session, other than to explain it.  The explanation is as laid out in the Warrant itself.

Fiscal Impact:  Approval of this purchase will create an additional tax cost for the average Hampton home valued at $408,000 of $6.12. (Your property value divided by 1000 and multiplied by .015 will give you your tax impact.)