Contested Votes
940 actions where at least one councilor dissented
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Burton
Cryans
Gatsas
Kenney
Liot Hill
Pappas
Pignatelli
Prescott
St. Hilaire
Stephen
Stevens
Sununu
Van Ostern
Volinsky
Warmington
Wheeler
Wieczorek
| Date | Item | Description | Vendor | Amount | Outcome | Dissent |
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| 10/16/24 | #57 | Authorized, with Councilor Wheeler voting no, the approval of the recommendation of the Cannon Mountain Advisory Commission to implement the Cannon Mountain Aerial Tramway & Ski Area capital improveme | $709,500 | approved |
Wheeler
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| 10/16/24 | #159 | Authorized, with Councilor Wheeler voting no, the NH Office of Highway Safety to enter into a sole source contract with AAA Northern New England, Portland, ME, for the creation and delivery of public | AAA Northern New England | $170,000 | approved |
Wheeler
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| 09/25/24 | #92 | Authorized, with Councilor Wheeler voting no, to accept and expend $1,961,773 to support the creation of the Lisbon Early Learning Center. Effective upon G&C approval through June 30, 2025. 100% Feder | $2.0M | approved |
Wheeler
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| 09/25/24 | #97 | Authorized, with Councilor Wheeler voting no, the Division of Economic Development to award $1,110,110 from the InvestNH Municipal Demolition Program to three recipients in the amounts as detailed in | $1.1M | approved |
Wheeler
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| 09/25/24 | #144 | Authorized, with Councilor Wheeler voting no, to enter into a sole source contract with VRTKL, Inc. d/b/a Fork Farms, Green Bay, WI, in an amount not to exceed $88,390 to purchase hydroponic Flex Farm | VRTKL, Inc. d/b/a Fork Fa | $88,390 | approved |
Wheeler
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| 09/25/24 | #188 | Authorized, with Councilor Stevens voting no, the Division of Public Works Design and Construction to enter into a sole source amendment to an existing contract with HDR Architecture, Inc., Omaha, NE | HDR Architecture, Inc. | $2.1M | approved |
Stevens
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| 08/30/24 | #70 | The Governor and Council on motion of Councilor Wheeler, seconded by Councilor Gatsas, with Councilor Warmington voting no, authorized to grant an annual salary increase to David J. Bettencourt, Commi | $143,061 | approved |
Warmington
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| 08/30/24 | #93 | Authorized, with Councilor Wheeler voting no, the Office of Planning and Development to accept and expend $160,000 in American Rescue Plan Act State Fiscal Recovery Funds to fund the Office of Plannin | $160,000 | approved |
Wheeler
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| 08/30/24 | #94 | Authorized, with Councilor Wheeler voting no, the Office of Planning and Development to enter into a contract with Econsult Solutions Inc, Philadelphia, PA, in the amount of $149,500 in American Rescu | Econsult Solutions Inc | $149,500 | approved |
Wheeler
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| 08/30/24 | #97 | Authorized, with Councilor Wheeler voting no, to award $20,284,407.55 from the Broadband Matching Grant Initiative Program to two recipients for eight projects as detailed in the letter dated August 1 | $20.3M | approved |
Wheeler
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| 08/07/24 | #23 | Authorized, with Councilor Warmington voting no, to grant an annual salary increase for Christopher Ellms Jr., Deputy Commissioner, in the amount of $6,740, from a current salary of $136,321 to a new | $298,710 | approved |
Warmington
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| 08/07/24 | #33 | Authorized, with Councilor Wheeler voting no, the Division of Economic Development to award $420,000 from the InvestNH Municipal Per Unit Grant Program to the three recipients as detailed in the lette | $420,000 | approved |
Wheeler
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| 08/07/24 | #34 | Authorized, with Councilor Wheeler voting no, the Division of Economic Development to award $655,708 from the InvestNH Municipal Demolition Program to the six recipients in the amounts as detailed in | $2.0M | approved |
Wheeler
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| 07/24/24 | #12 | Authorized, with Councilor Kenney voting no, to enter into a retroactive sole source contract with Healthcare Services Group, Inc., Bensalem, PA, in the amount of $887,000, for the provision of housek | Healthcare Services Group | $887,000 | approved |
Kenney
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| 07/24/24 | #29 | Authorized, with Councilors Gatsas and Wheeler voting no, to enter into a sole source contract with Kelmar Associates, LLC, Wakefield, MA (originally approved by G&C on 4/23/14, Item #15), in the amou | Kelmar Associates, LLC | $3.2M | approved |
Gatsas, Wheeler
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| 07/10/24 | #52 | Authorized to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with the New Hampshire Department of Education, Concord, NH, in the amount of $562,000, to support New Hampshire school districts with exploring | $562,000 | approved |
Stevens, Wheeler
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| 06/26/24 | #17 | Authorized, with Councilor Wheeler voting no, to enter into a sole source cooperative project agreements with the Contractors as detailed in the letter dated June 3, 2024, in an amount not to exceed $ | $525,234 | approved |
Wheeler
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| 06/26/24 | #101 | The Governor and Council on motion of Councilor Gatsas, seconded by Councilor Stevens, with Councilor Warmington voting no, authorized to grant an annual salary increase for Jared Chicoine, Commission | $147,891 | approved |
Warmington
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| 06/26/24 | #108 | Authorized, with Councilor Wheeler voting no, the Division of Economic Development to award an InvestNH Municipal Per Unit Grant to the Town of Hanover, NH, in the amount of $90,000, as an incentive r | Town of Hanover | $90,000 | approved |
Wheeler
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| 06/26/24 | #109 | Authorized, with Councilor Wheeler voting no, the Division of Economic Development to award $888,411 from the InvestNH Municipal Demolition Program to the six recipients as detailed in the letter date | $888,411 | approved |
Wheeler
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| 05/29/24 | #24 | Authorized, with Councilor Kenney voting no, to enter into a sole source contract with New Hampshire Hunger Solutions, Inc., Concord, NH, in the amount of $338,000, to support local food access coalit | New Hampshire Hunger Solu | $338,000 | approved |
Kenney
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| 05/29/24 | #66 | Authorized, with Councilor Wheeler voting no, the Division of Economic Development to award $1,140,000 from the InvestNH Municipal Per Unit Grant Programs to the two recipients as detailed in the lett | $1.1M | approved |
Wheeler
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| 05/29/24 | #67 | Authorized, with Councilor Wheeler voting no, the Division of Economic Development to award $823,432 from the InvestNH Municipal Demolition Program to the four recipients in the amounts as detailed in | $823,432 | approved |
Wheeler
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| 05/15/24 | #129 | Authorized, with Councilor Warmington voting no, to enter into a contract with The Children’s Scholarship Fund, Concord, NH to implement the Education Freedom Accounts Act established in RSA 194-F, by | Children’s Scholarship Fu | approved |
Warmington
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| 04/10/24 | #37 | The Governor and Council on motion of Councilor Warmington, seconded by Councilor Gatsas, with Councilor Stevens voting no,authorized an annual salary step increase for Cassandra Sanchez, Director of | $120,120 | approved |
Stevens
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| 04/10/24 | #44 | Authorized, with Councilor Wheeler voting no, the Division of Economic Development to award $2,040,000 from the InvestNH Municipal Per Unit Grant Program to the four recipients as detailed in the lett | $2.0M | approved |
Wheeler
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| 03/27/24 | #49 | Authorized, with Councilor Wheeler voting no, to enter into an agreement with NHSCOT, Concord, NH in the amount of $197,300 in American Rescue Plan Act State Fiscal Recovery Funds in order to replace | NHSCOT | $197,300 | approved |
Wheeler
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| 03/13/24 | #53 | Authorized, with Councilor Wheeler voting no, to amend an existing sole source sub award (or grant) agreement with the New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority (originally approved by G&C on 7/27/22, L | $14.0M | approved |
Wheeler
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| 03/13/24 | #54 | Authorized, with Councilor Wheeler voting no, to amend an existing sole source sub award (or grant) agreement with the New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority (originally approved by G&C on 7/27/22, L | $7.9M | approved |
Wheeler
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| 03/13/24 | #102 | Councilor Gatsas made a motion to table this item; there being no second, the Governor and Council authorized, with Councilor Gatsas voting no, to lease from Legacy at Laconia LLC, Manchester, NH, in | $60,598 | approved |
Gatsas
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| 03/13/24 | #102 | Councilor Gatsas made a motion to table this item; there being no second, the Governor and Council authorized, with Councilor Gatsas voting no, to sublease to the Lakes Region Mutual Fire Aid Associat | $60,598 | approved |
Gatsas
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| 02/21/24 | #64 | Authorized, with Councilor Wheeler voting no, to accept and expend $200,000 to assist the NHSCOT in replacing revenue lost during the COVID-19 pandemic and due to the cancellation of the 2023 Highland | $200,000 | approved |
Wheeler
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| 02/21/24 | #65 | Authorized, with Councilor Wheeler voting no, to accept and expend $1,036,000 to assist the Volunteer NH Program in matching their ARPA and other program funding in order to fully implement their prog | $1.0M | approved |
Wheeler
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| 02/21/24 | #72 | Authorized, with Councilor Wheeler voting no, to amend a Fiscal Committee Item for the InvestNH Housing Program (originally approved by G&C on 5/4/22, Tabled Item #67), by extending the end date from | $380,000 | approved |
Wheeler
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| 02/21/24 | #73 | Authorized, with Councilor Wheeler voting no, the Division of Economic Development to award $666,000 from the InvestNH Municipal Demolition Program to two recipients in the amounts as detailed in the | $666,000 | approved |
Wheeler
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| 02/21/24 | #74 | Authorized, with Councilor Wheeler voting no, the Division of Economic Development to award $1,750,000 from the InvestNH Municipal Per Unit Grant Program to five recipients as detailed in the letter d | $1.8M | approved |
Wheeler
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| 01/31/24 | #113 | Authorized, with Councilor Warmington voting no, a salary increment for the Commissioner of Education, Frank Edelblut, from a current salary of $144,516 to a new salary of $151,666. Effective February | $151,666 | approved |
Warmington
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| 12/20/23 | #109 | Authorized, with Councilors Kenney and Wheeler voting no, the Office of the Commissioner to enter into a contract with Benjamin Victor Studios, Inc., Boise, ID, in the amount of $250,000 for the creat | $900,000 | approved |
Kenney, Wheeler
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| 11/29/23 | #6 | The Governor and Council on motion of Councilor Warmington, seconded by Councilor Wheeler, with Councilor Stevens voting no, authorized to amend a Fiscal Committee Item (originally approved by G&C on | $8.9M | approved |
Stevens
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| 11/29/23 | #16 | The Governor and Council on a roll call vote as follows: Councilor Kenney – yes, Councilor Warmington – yes, Councilor Stevens – yes, Councilor Gatsas – yes, and Councilor Wheeler – no, authorized the | Community Action Program | $512,162 | approved |
Wheeler
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| 11/29/23 | #17 | The Governor and Council on a roll call vote as follows: Councilor Kenney – yes, Councilor Warmington – yes, Councilor Stevens – yes, Councilor Gatsas – yes, and Councilor Wheeler – no, authorized the | Lamprey Health Care, Inc. | $1.3M | approved |
Wheeler
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| 11/29/23 | #18 | The Governor and Council on a roll call vote as follows: Councilor Kenney – yes, Councilor Warmington – yes, Councilor Stevens – yes, Councilor Gatsas – yes, and Councilor Wheeler – no, authorized the | Amoskeag Health | $636,703 | approved |
Wheeler
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| 11/29/23 | #19 | The Governor and Council on a roll call vote as follows: Councilor Kenney – yes, Councilor Warmington – yes, Councilor Stevens – yes, Councilor Gatsas – yes, and Councilor Wheeler – no, authorized the | Coos County Family Health | $602,314 | approved |
Wheeler
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| 11/08/23 | #6 | The Governor and Council on motion of Councilor Kenney, seconded by Councilor Stevens, and further on a roll call vote as follows: Councilor Kenney – yes, Councilor Warmington – yes, Councilor Stevens | $33.1M | approved |
Wheeler
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| 11/08/23 | #25 | Authorized, with Councilor Wheeler voting no, to accept and expend funds from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to fund the Immunization Program under the Consolidated Appropriations Act | $1.3M | approved |
Wheeler
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| 10/18/23 | #6 | The Governor and Council on motion of Councilor Warmington, seconded by Councilor Gatsas, with Councilor Wheeler voting no, authorized to accept and expend funds from the Centers for Disease Control a | $1.1M | approved |
Wheeler
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| 10/18/23 | #7 | The Governor and Council on motion of Councilor Warmington, seconded by Councilor Kenney, with Councilor Wheeler voting no, authorized to enter into provider agreements with eligible Child Care Provid | $3.6M | approved |
Wheeler
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| 10/18/23 | #58 | Authorized, with Councilor Wheeler voting no, the Division of Economic Development to award $450,000 from the InvestNH Municipal Per Unit Grant Program to one recipient, the City of Nashua, NH, as inc | $450,000 | approved |
Wheeler
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| 10/18/23 | #59 | Authorized, with Councilor Wheeler voting no, the Division of Economic Development to award $316,230 from the InvestNH Municipal Demolition Program to four recipients in the amounts as detailed in the | $316,230 | approved |
Wheeler
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| 10/04/23 | #27 | Authorized, with Councilor Stevens voting no, the Bureau of Right-of-Way to grant a permanent access easement over state-owned property to a parcel of land located at 36 Horse Point Road in the Town o | approved |
Stevens
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