Shall the Town of Hampton vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $126,700 for the following purposes of the Parks and Recreation Department: (a) Purchase playground equipment to replace old broken equipment for the Library Playground $35,000; (b) Skateboard Park renovations and concrete work, $20,000; (c) Landscape, tree and invasive growth removal at Lew Brown Park, Skateboard Park, Eaton Park and Tuck Park, $20,500; (d) Laser Grading at Eaton Park to make safer playing conditions, $20,000; (e) Tennis Courts and inline rink surface crack repairs, $9,500; (f) Recreation equipment maintenance, $4,000; (g) Recreation playground maintenance, $1,000; (h) General building repairs, $3,000; (i) Skateboard park maintenance $2,500; (j) Shed repairs, roof cleaning and new doors for the Cave Building, $6,700; (k) Replace two (2) garage overhead doors $4,500, all as determined by the Board of Selectmen, the Town Manager, and the Director of Parks and Recreation and to authorize the withdrawal of $126,700 from the Hampton Recreation Infrastructure Special Revenue Fund established for these purposes under Article 44 of the 2007 Annual Town Meeting? (Majority vote required)
What it means: Every year, the needs of the Parks and Recreation Department are identified, and the voters need to approve withdrawal of the requested dollars from an established fund.
Those in favor say: The projects will contribute to a safer play environment for the children of our town, and the costs have been covered by revenue generated from Town Parking lots.
Those against say: No one spoke against this article at the Deliberative Session.
Fiscal impact: There is no tax impact because the money will be taken from a separate fund put aside for this purpose. This Article is allowing the withdrawal of the money from the fund.