The Capital Program Priority Advisory Committee (CPPAC) was established in April 1984 for the purpose of defining what constitutes a capital improvement, establishing criteria for prioritizing such improvements and recommending a schedule for these projects to the board of selectmen.
For the past several years, with no need for the committee’s input, its membership did not meet. Considering that projects are now presenting themselves and need to be prioritized by the community, the boards of selectmen and finance asked Town Manager Walsh to identify appointments so the work of the committee could begin. The proposal for such was approved at the Nov. 4, BOS meeting.
Members were appointed and approved, and the committee met on Dec. 2. Since that initial meeting, all succeeding meetings have been put on hold until the budget process reaches completion. That will give the committee a clearer picture of projects that will be available for prioritizing. The CPPAC plans to meet on the first and fourth Monday of each month at 5 p.m. in the Town Hall Meeting Room. The early hour was chosen since several of the members (regular and ex-officio) have 7 p.m. meetings on Mondays.
The committee is composed of two members each from the boards of selectmen, finance and education, with one member of each pair from the Democratic Party and one from the Republican Party. The town treasurer is also a member. Ex-officio members include the chairs of the BOS, BOF and BOE, the town manager and school superintendent.
Residents who have agreed to be voting members on the CPPAC are Peggy Chapple and Mark Neumann from the BOS, Kevin Hobson and William Kennedy from the BOF, Heather Lombardo and David Peling from the BOE, and Town Treasurer John Adams.