Dover Finance Committee Plans Capital Review Overhaul and Budget Software Adoption

DOVER -- June 24, 2026, Dover Finance Committee holds planning session with no reserve fund votes, eyes new budget software and state funding pipeline. The committee, meeting remotely on June 24, approved its June 3 minutes 5-0 with one abstention, Steve, who joined the panel after that meeting, and then spent the bulk of the session on forward-looking business after anticipated ambulance and police reserve fund transfers were not ready for action. Board of Selectmen member Dave and state legislative contact Kyle briefed the panel on a new practice of maintaining a standing list of town funding requests to insert into state supplemental appropriation and bond bills, noting legislators often have fewer than 48 hours to file amendments; the first item submitted, a fuel island study at the Department of Public Works, has already cleared an initial bond bill round. The committee also discussed potentially adopting ClearGov budget management software at a one-time cost of $18,150 and $37,000 annually, with the startup cost targeted for state funding; member Gavin flagged data-portability and pricing risks tied to the vendor's private equity ownership, and Finance Director Chris Costello is expected to demonstrate the software at the July 8 meeting alongside a briefing on a 164-page capital planning report from the Collins Center.