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news in Brief
• See state spending reports online: In an
effort to improve government transparency,
the state recently began posting its monthly
spending reports online. The website, www.
nh.gov/transparency, also includes budgetary
information, federal stimulus spending data,
state contract information and revenue reports.
Gov. John Lynch said he was committed to
improving the transparency and accountability
of state government, as well as bringing
greater efficiency in how the state conducts
business. A state press release said the new
website would be continually updated and
improved during the next several months.
• Collecting felons’ DNA: Lynch signed
legislation last week requiring convicted felons
to submit DNA samples upon entry into
prison and when they are released. Lynch said
the measure was another tool for law enforcement.
Sexual offenders and child sex offenders
are also required to submit DNA samples. The
new law would add as many as 9,000 additional
DNA samples to the state’s information
base. The legislation would create a greater
trail of information, according to a state press
release. The additional samples would particularly
benefit the state’s new Cold Case Unit,
which was created last year.
• New municipal complex planned: Manchester
aldermen signed off unanimously
last week on the concept of the Manchester
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Municipal Complex, a new campus facility
to house the Department of Public Works
and the Police Department. The new complex,
which would occupy about 10 acres
and house more than 500 employees, would
be situated at the current Highway Department
location on Maple Street and expanded
to the current Water Works site. Public Works’
four divisions — Highway; Parks, Recreation
and Cemetery; Facilities; and Environmental
Protection — are currently housed separately.
The complex would also centralize the
city’s maintenance facilities for its $30 million
vehicle fleet. According to officials, there
are also safety concerns with current facilities.
The Police Department currently has
insufficient land for expansion, inadequate
parking and uncontrolled site access. The new
building would be a “critical facility,” protecting
it from natural disasters, terrorist attacks
and infrastructure failures, according to a city
press release. It would also have more space
for evidence storage and would contain controlled
and secure building access, a secure
booking area and safe vehicle storage. A public
hearing was expected to be held this past
Tuesday. A final vote on bonding resolutions
was scheduled for Tuesday, July 6.
• State rep. to attend leadership program:
State Rep. Shannon Chandley, D-Amherst,
was chosen to participate in the 2010 Emerging
Political Leaders Program this summer
at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.
Chandley is a first-term representative
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and member of the House Criminal Justice
and Public Safety Committee. Chandley was
nominated by Speaker of the House Terie
Norelli, D-Portsmouth. Chandley will be one
of more than 50 potential leaders to attend the
program, which takes place during three days
in July. She’ll go through a series of intense,
interactive and provocative discussions led
by a distinguished faculty member from the
Darden School of Business at the University
of Virginia.
• City councilor gets training: Concord
City Councilor Rob Werner is slated to attend
the Harvard University Kennedy School of
Government’s Senior Executives in State and
Local Government program this summer.
The three-week residential program will run
July 5-23. The program, which will include
elected and appointed officials from across
the country, provides training that helps officials
assess the tasks they face in managing
results-driven government agencies. Werner
is serving his second term on the city council
and is chairman of the Concord Energy
and Environment Committee. He is also the
national field director of Americans for Campaign
Reform, a national organization based
in Concord that advocates for public funding
of federal elections.
• Intown moves: Intown Manchester
(www.intownmanchester.com), a nonprofit
organization that works in cooperation with
the city to improve downtown Manchester, is
moving to a new office inside the Brady Sul-
livan Plaza at 1000 Elm St. as of July 1. The
organization had called the corner of Hanover
and Elm streets home for a decade. Executive
director Stephanie Lewry said in a press
release the move will allow Intown to apply
more resources toward contracted duties,
such as street maintenance, beautification initiatives
and business support, without having
to raise taxes in the Central Business Service
District. The new location is adjacent to the
post office inside the plaza.
• Veterans Home welcomes more: Lynch’s
signature on a bill earlier this month opened
the New Hampshire Veterans Home in Tilton
to anyone who served in the Armed Services.
Previously, the home was available only to
those who had served for at least 90 days during
a time of war. The legislation also changes
the calculation of partial pay to include allowances
for state employees who are members
of a reserve unit or the National Guard and are
called to full-time active duty.
• New lottery director: Charles McIntyre
was selected last month to serve as the ninth
executive director of the nation’s oldest lottery
system, the New Hampshire Lottery
Commission. McIntyre, formerly the assistant
executive director and general counsel for the
Massachusetts State Lottery, has experience
in gaming best practices, gambling regulation
and law enforcement. He was formerly
a senior prosecutor with the Norfolk District
Attorney’s office. McIntyre is also a member
of the International Masters of Gaming Law.
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