During the most recent Londonderry Town Council meeting, a number of agenda items were related to the acceptance of unanticipated revenue.
One of those was the acceptance of unanticipated revenue from the Stanton Foundation.
It was explained by Finance Director, Justin Campo, that they received additional funding in the form of a donation from the foundation in order to help pay for the police dog for the town’s police department.
The donation was for $4,500.
Another unanticipated revenue was from the Homeland Security Grant, for the amount of $7,500, and another unanticipated revenue in the amount of $9,000 from the 2022 Homeland Security Grant.
The final unanticipated revenue that was proposed for the Town Council to accept was for $9,000 from the Government Finance Officers Association (NHGFOA) inaugural “Fellowship Program Scholarship.”
Campo explained that they were offered up to $9,000 to bring a college intern on for the summer in the finance department.
“So we got it for free and I said yes, as long as you guys said yes,” Campo told the Town Council.
While there was little discussion about the different unanticipated revenue, one question raised by Town Councilor, Shawn Faber, was whether or not accepting the unanticipated revenue would have any impact on the Default Budget.
Campo explained that the only one that could potentially have an impact is the unanticipated revenue from the Stanton Foundation, but said that they already have the police dog accounted for and essentially the extra funding, would be to just help pay for it.
It was unanimously approved by the Town Council to accept the revenue.
Also during the meeting, the Town Council also unanimously approved dissolving the Londonderry Pickleball taskforce.
The taskforce was created last April by the Town Council to help research and come up with recommendations to the Town Manager and to the Town Council about how to proceed moving forward.
During the election in March, voters rejected approving funding for pickleball courts in town, with 2,688 voters saying no to approve the warrant article, and 1,564 voters in town voting yes in support of the warrant article.
According to the resolution approved by the Town Council, the task force could potentially be started up again in the future if needed.