Town Councilor· 2025-07-01–2029-06-30 (continuous service since July 1 2025: 1-year seat won March 11 2025 official ballot tally [read] and seated per 7/9/2025 minutes [read]; re-elected March 10 2026 to a 3-year seat per Hooksett Bridge results [read]; Town Charter Sec. 3.1 [2019 edition, read: councilors take office July 1st next following their March election]; end per hooksett.gov Town Council page term expiration)
David Smith
Hooksett
No biography on file yet.
Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 26
- Total speaking time
- 3:41:11
- Avg per meeting
- 8:30
- Segments
- 4679
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Top issues during term (20)(Parks Rec)
Field use fees for outside organizations
No fee change is proposed; leagues pay for lights but not field use.
Heads Pond Trail 'Access for All' accessibility project
Kiwanis offering $20,000 toward the project.
Library Budget Pressure
A proposed $70,302 (6.05%) increase over FY 2027.
Park Road parcel as possible future park
Unknown; members note the town is in a default budget with limited funds.
Stride Together Track & Wellness project at Donati Park
No figure set; volunteer donation and material contributions are being explored.
Old Home Day fireworks funding and rules
$1,665 from the Fire Department budget — a consequence of default-budget cuts, per the town administrator.
State grant inspection at Fraser Park
Playground equipment is expensive; costs not yet estimated.
Pat's Peak ski program enrollment decline
The program costs families about $160 for five weeks of lessons; low enrollment makes busing economically unviable.
Employee service recognition
HYAA donation for Donati field lighting
$6,010 in donated repairs at no cost to the town.
Basketball court resurfacing
Unknown — no current quote on hand yet.
Scout bench project at Riverside and Fraser parks
About $270 per bench, with the number of benches still to be determined.
Macy sign for bridge donation
Roughly a $200 sign, with costs over $200 reportedly covered by the town.
Riverwalk boardwalk failure and repair
Engineering costs and a full deck replacement are expected; amount unknown.
Hooksett Town History Book publisher
Funded by the remaining $29,000 of a $75,000 warrant article from 2022.
Stride Together: Hooksett Track & Wellness fundraising
Sidewalks and trail connections aren't cheap, but impact fees could seed the effort.
Adoption of an official Town flag
Minimal — just the cost of producing the flag.
Stride Together: Hooksett Track & Wellness donations
$10,543.15 accepted; roughly $24,456 remains toward the project goal.
POW flag for Veterans Park memorial
No cost to the town; flags and labor donated.
Heads Pond 'Access for All' improvements
$50,390 total — $20,000 donated by the Hooksett Kiwanis and $30,390 from a conservation reserve fund.
Decisions during term (0)
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No decisions found matching Parks Rec.
Voting record (0)(Parks Rec)
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