2026-09-01 - Committee on Community Improvement

Summary

Built from the official minutes of this meeting; no video or agenda is on file.

• Met 5:45 to 5:56 PM. Present: Burkush (chair), Vincent, Barry, Goonan, Terrio; Mayor Ruais attended.
• Item 3 was taken first: $106,395.33 Opioid Litigation Settlement Trust (Goonan, Barry).
• Items 1 to 6, all approved and then expedited (Barry, Vincent):
  • Item 1, the four abatement transfers ($120,000, $50,000, $45,000, $66,500): Vincent, Goonan.
  • Item 2, $110,592.72 Aged and Infirmed Shelter Project: Barry, Terrio.
  • Item 4, $68,900 ARPA Homelessness Response: Goonan, Vincent.
  • Item 5, $1,100 ARPA Roads and Sidewalks: Barry, Terrio.
  • Item 6, $25,000 Special Event Reserve: Barry, Vincent.
• Items 7 to 22, each approved:
  • Item 7: $72,621.43, Wolfe Park Recreation Complex (Barry, Vincent).
  • Item 8: $27,690, Municipal Deferred Maintenance (Terrio, Barry).
  • Item 9: $77,943, Dilapidated Building Demolition (Goonan, Vincent).
  • Item 10: $850,000 federal award, JFK Coliseum chiller plant (Terrio, Barry); Terrio asked whether the money was already awarded.
  • Item 11: $200,000, FY26 Deferred Maintenance Municipal (Vincent, Goonan).
  • Item 12: $25,000, FY25 Hazmat Equipment/Training (Goonan, Barry).
  • Item 13: $13,000, Seabrook Station (Goonan, Vincent).
  • Item 14: $206,998, 2025 JAG for Manchester, Nashua and Hillsborough County (Terrio, Vincent).
  • Item 15: $100,000, School Based Dental Program, Medicaid (Barry, Goonan).
  • Item 16: $45,000, Oral Health Program (Barry, Terrio).
  • Item 17: ARPA expenditure report through June 30, 2026, from Belanger (Vincent, Terrio).
  • Item 18: FY25 Hazmat Grant deadline extended to August 31, 2028 (Goonan, Terrio).
  • Item 19: Whitney Dade, move funds from Salaries to Other in ARPA MPD Bonuses/Hiring for 10 officers (Terrio, Vincent).
  • Items 20 to 22: Police Grant Coordinator applications for BJA Project Safe Neighborhoods (Goonan, Barry), COPS SAFER Enhancing Crisis Response Training (Vincent, Terrio) and a domestic violence and stalking grant program (Barry, Goonan).
• Item 23: department heads may apply for no match grants without prior Board approval (Goonan, Terrio), expedited (Vincent, Terrio).
• Mayor Ruais announced no recorded overdose fatality in August; Chairman Burkush praised the workers. Adjourned (Terrio, Vincent).

Opioid Abatement Spending

• See Opioid Abatement Spending and Elm Street Infirm Shelter.

Department Head Grant Authority

• See Department Head Grant Authority. Board action: 2026-09-01 - Board of Mayor and Aldermen.

Sources

• Committee on Community Improvement minutes, September 1, 2026: https://manchesternh.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=5255,plainText=false)