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
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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 (15)(Roads)
Hackett Hill Road / Main Street intersection project
The engineering agreement's rate is increasing; exact figures pending NHDOT review.
DOT bridge work without notice
Route 3A traffic and state intersection improvements
Municipal share (~$1.1 million) covered by impact fees already collected in the area.
University Heights road acceptance
Once accepted, maintenance, plowing and trash pickup become the town's cost.
Traffic impacts of Vicor semiconductor project
Not yet quantified, but the facility would add taxable value and TIF revenue within the district.
No Through Trucking ordinance and neighborhood cut-through traffic
No cost to the town — covered by the existing SNHPC membership.
Regional transportation planning representation
Road paving funding shifts to warrant article
Roughly $450,000 per year below the maintenance target — expect road conditions to slip.
Route 3 / Alice Ave to Whitehall Road project advances
No direct municipal cost identified; future state widening could change the intersection.
Highland Street driveway sight lines and steep-road safety
2026 road resurfacing program
$575,022.32 from the 2026-2027 resurfacing budget, roughly $200,000 under bids from prior years.
No Through Trucking ordinance adopted
Exit 11 and Main Street intersection improvements
The project is funded at $10.8 million on the state ten-year plan.
Town-wide road line striping
$33,328.99 from the FY 2025-2026 budget.
North Candia Road gate lock removal
Decisions during term (1)
Recorded while Smith was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
Voting record (1)(Roads)
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