HANOVER — The Selectboard, this week, adopted a resolution objecting to the Trump Administration’s freeze of federal grants that support residents.
During a meeting on Monday, the board, with little discussion, unanimously passed two motions: the first to adopt the resolution and a second to seek additional support for the resolution from other New Hampshire municipalities.
“The Hanover Selectboard strongly objects to the President’s attempted freeze and impoundment of funds appropriated by Congress to be disbursed to the people of the United States, including the residents of Hanover,” the resolution states.
Members of the Hanover Sustainability Committee proposed the resolution, Selectboard Vice Chairwoman Joanna Whitcomb said in a recording of Monday’s meeting.
Last month, the Lebanon City Council unanimously approved the same resolution, along with a motion to reach out to other New Hampshire communities “in attempt to build as broad a coalition as possible” before sending the resolution off to the city’s elected representatives by March 21, according to meeting minutes.
In Lebanon, there are more than $30 million in federal funds that are uncertain, at risk or have been confirmed to be frozen in the city, Deputy City Manager David Brooks said during the Feb. 12 City Council meeting. Paused projects due to federal funding issues include the installation of one to two planned electric vehicle chargers and an initiative to plant 200 trees along public roads and open spaces to offset the heat radiated by pavement.