Capital Improvements Program presented to City Council and Planning Board

posted on 10/16/2025; updated 10/17/2025

City Manager J. Michael Joyal, Jr., presented his proposed Fiscal Year 2027-2032 Capital Improvements Program (CIP) during an Oct. 15. televised joint session of City Council and Planning Board. Deputy City Manager Christopher G. Parker walked the members through the sections of the CIP booklet.

The six-year CIP outlines significant capital expenditures over $25,000 with a useful life of three years or more. It includes the funding source for each project, such as capital reserve funds, bonding, grant funding, and the annual operating budget, and it also links the projects to the priorities outlined in the city’s Master Plan. The detailed CIP document is accessible online and physically at City Hall’s Planning Department and the Dover Public Library’s temporary location in the McConnell Center.

The Planning Board reviews the CIP to ensure the proposed projects are based on the priorities established by the city's Master Plan. It will begin its review process at its Tuesday, Oct. 28 meeting, where it will also hold a public hearing. After its review, the Planning Board will provide its recommendation to the City Council.

The City Council will begin its CIP review in November. At its Wednesday, Nov. 12 meeting, the Council will hold public hearings on the CIP resolutions. The Council is tentatively scheduled to adopt the CIP at its Wednesday, Dec. 10 meeting.

The CIP includes three resolutions: adopting the six-year document, approving FY27 capital reserve fund appropriations for non-debt financed projects, and authorizing appropriation and bonding for FY27 debt-financed projects. The CIP’s first-year projects and appropriations will become part of the FY27 municipal budget that City Manager Joyal will present to the City Council in February 2026.

For more information on the CIP and upcoming public hearings, visit the City of Dover website.