Budget workshops continue Wednesday

posted on 3/2/2025

The City Council will continue receiving fiscal year 2026 departmental budget presentations at its Wednesday, March 5 workshop.

On the Council's March 5 agenda are presentations from Police, Fire and Rescue, Recreation, and Planning departments.

Click here for the complete agenda.

The workshop will begin at 7 p.m. in City Hall's Council Chambers and be televised on Channel 22 and online at https://dovernh.viebit.com, where it will also be available for on-demand viewing.

The final departmental budget presentations will be from Community Services, Library and DoverNet at the City Council's Wednesday, March 19 workshop.

The budget presentations and associated documents from the workshops will be posted on FY2026 Budget Revealed online resource.

Ways to provide input

The City Council will hold a public hearing on city-portion of the FY2026 proposed budget at its Wednesday, March 12 meeting. It held a public hearing on the education-portion of on Feb. 26.

Members of the public may also voice their input during the Public Forum section of any City Council meeting or budget workshop, or by emailing the City Council at CityCouncil-All@dover.nh.gov.

Budget Meeting Schedule

All budget meetings begin at 7 p.m. unless otherwise noted.

Wednesday, March 5 – Workshop: Police, Fire and Rescue, Recreation, and Planning departmental budget presentations
Wednesday, March 12 – Regular Meeting: City Budget Public Hearing
Wednesday, March 19 – Workshop: Community Services, Library, and DoverNet departmental budget presentations
Wednesday, March 26 – Regular Meeting (Public can speak during Public Forum)
Wednesday, April 2 – 6 p.m. Workshop: General Budget Review
Wednesday, April 2 – Special Meeting: Budget Adoption (immediately following the workshop)
Wednesday, April 9 – Regular Meeting: Fallback budget adoption date

During the budget season, City Manager Joyal sends a weekly newsletter that recaps any budget-related presentations and a look ahead to what will occur the following week. Sign up for the newsletter at bit.ly/doverdownload, and select "Budget Revealed" from the list of newsletters.