Council continues FY2023 budget discussions, may adopt budget on May 4

posted on 5/2/2022

The City Council will continue its general budget review at a 6 p.m. workshop on Wednesday, May 4. If it's ready to adopt a budget by the end of the workshop, the Council will adjourn the workshop and hold a budget adoption special meeting. If it doesn't adopt a budget on May 4, the Council will take up the budget again at its May 11 regular meeting.

There will be opportunities for public input on the budget at the workshop and the special budget adoption meeting, if it occurs.

The City Council began its review of the proposed FY2023 budget at its April 27 workshop, which can be viewed here. The discussion included City Manager J. Michael Joyal, Jr. reviewing two budget documents with the Council.

One document provides options for general fund budget adjustments the City Manager has collected from Councilors through the budget process. The document also includes estimated property tax impacts from those potential adjustments. The second document is a 10-year history of the amount Dover has received through the statewide education property tax (SWEPT) and state adequacy aid grant.

Both documents and a link to the budget workshop are available on the FY2023 Budget Revealed webpage.

The May 4 workshop and special meeting will be televised on Channel 22 and online at dovernh.viebit.com, where it will also be available for on-demand viewing.

Remaining FY2023 City Council budget schedule

All meetings/workshops below occur on Wednesdays.

• May 4 at 6 p.m. - Budget workshop - General budget review
• May 4 - Immediately following budget workshop - Special meeting - Budget adoption
• May 11 at 7 p.m. - Regular meeting - Fallback budget adoption date