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A Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) is a multi-year schedule for implementing needed municipal capital improvements in Jackson. It is strictly an advisory document prepared by the Planning Board for the Board of Selectmen. It is not binding on either the Selectmen or the town. The Selectmen may, however, bring parts or all of the Capital Improvement Plan to town meeting for a vote by the legislative body to proceed. Thus, the Capital Improvement Plan is useful in preparing the town’s annual budget and looking ahead to anticipate
needs.
In addition, the CIP can help spread the impact of large costs over a longer period of time and help even out the tax burden from year to year. A CIP needs to dovetail with the Master Plan and is a necessary foundation for considering impact fees. (Impact fees are fees the town might charge a developer to help cover the extra costs in town services resulting from a proposed development.)
The procedure for developing a CIP is outlined in RSA 674:5-8. Following these procedures, the legislative body of the town of Jackson in March 2003, authorized the Planning Board to develop a CIP. The Planning Board, in turn, appointed a committee to develop a draft CIP. This committee met monthly beginning in January 2004. It involved members of the Planning Board, Select board, all department heads, school and library officials and interested residents. Those contributing to the committee’s work were Willis Kelley (chairman), Richard Bennett, Sarah Kimball, Phil Davies, Betsey Harding, Dee McClave, Ed Dubie, John Edgerley, Karl Meyers, Arthur Fernald, Peter Benson, Anne Kebler and Sam Harding.
There are two sections to the CIP. The first is a text document that describes the projects and their costs. The second is a Spreadsheet that summarizes the projects and their costs over the next five years.
To download the files, click on the links below. Both are in Adobe Acrobat Format.
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