Town Council Vice Chair· 2025-07-01–2028-06-30 (3-year seat won March 11 2025 official ballot tally [read]; 7/9/2025 minutes [read]; current-term start, earlier first-office day unsourced; Town Charter Sec. 3.1 [2019 edition, read: councilors elected second Tuesday in March, take office July 1st next following]; end per hooksett.gov Town Council page term expiration)
James Sullivan
Hooksett
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Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 37
- Total speaking time
- 7:19:25
- Avg per meeting
- 11:53
- Segments
- 7566
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Top issues during term (17)(Development)
TIF district and Exit 10 infrastructure
New development expands the commercial tax base, which officials say takes pressure off residential taxpayers.
Heaney landlocked parcel behind Cawley School
About $75,000 for roughly 80 acres — well below what a developer might pay.
Elm Grove CDBG workforce housing project
No direct cost to the town beyond a possible shared audit expense; the grant would boost the property's tax value.
Release of apartment occupancy permits tied to commercial building
Roughly $25,000 a month in lost rent is at stake for the developer; the town gains commercial tax base once the strip building is finished.
Childcare enrollment cap dispute
K Avenue family addition for special-needs son
Highland Street 55+ condominium density
Unknown; surety and road inspection waivers could leave condo owners and neighbors holding an unverified private road.
Sewer routing and required business connections along Quality Drive
The reroute avoids the most expensive rock drilling under I-93, cutting project costs significantly.
Exit 11 Granite Woods development and TEPO parcel
A half-million-square-foot approved facility sits unbuilt despite infrastructure being ready.
Hooksett Road buffer clearing at J.R. Holj condo site
data center development moratorium
A pause could delay construction jobs and new tax revenue, but it may also give Hooksett time to avoid costly infrastructure or budget surprises.
Eight-unit townhouse development at 1631 Hooksett Road
Units are expected to sell around half a million dollars each; the site was previously proposed for 41 units in 2005.
Mr. Gas Plus redevelopment with Dunkin' Donuts drive-through
No direct town cost; the redevelopment should raise the property's tax base once completed.
Eversource pole yard and zoning question
No impact fees assessed because the project creates no new demand on municipal facilities.
Proposed Bernice Street road connection
Bernice Street development road connection
Jones says taxpayers could eventually pay to fix a failing road; the town says any roadway must be built to town standards.
Planning Board vacancy declared
Decisions during term (5)
Recorded while Sullivan was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
DJ Development of Derry LLC multifamily condo plan — 1631 Hooksett Road
Jim Petry appointment to Economic Development Advisory Committee
Jim Petry appointment to Economic Development Advisory Committee
DJ Development wetland-buffer variance approved — 1631 Hooksett Road
DJ Development density variance approved — 1631 Hooksett Road
Voting record (0)(Development)
No votes found matching Development.