Shall the Town of Hampton vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $16,440 for the purpose of replacing the interior front doors at the Town Offices in order to make them ADA compliant. The doors will be replaced by sliding glass door(s) that are motion activated to allow unlimited access by the handicapped, with said sum of $16,440 to come from the Unassigned Fund Balance. The exterior front doors have already been replaced in this manner. This will be a non-lapsing appropriation per RSA 32:7, VI and shall not lapse until the work is completed or by March 31,2020, whichever is sooner? (Majority vote required)
What it means: Town Hall currently has exterior doors that slide open when motion activated, but the interior doors need to be pulled open, which can be difficult for anyone in a wheelchair or even with hands full. The proposed doors would also slide open when approached to make Town Hall more welcoming (and compliant). The funds will come from the unassigned fund.
Those in favor say: There is a ramp leading up to Town Hall, so a person in a wheelchair can access the building, and the motion-detector exterior doors allow easy entry into the lobby. In order to access the interior of the building, to visit the Town Clerk, or to pay property taxes, however, that person would need to await help. Installing the motion-detector sliding doors would solve that problem and improve the Town’s ADA compliance.
Those against say: No one spoke against this article at theDeliberativeSession.
Fiscal impact: There is no tax impact because the money was appropriated in prior tax years. This Article is allowing the withdrawal of the money from the fund for the specified purpose.