Town Budget & Docs for Saturday Public Hearing

The Select Board is readying materials for the upcoming public hearings and the March town meeting.   Please check this folder for items of interest that the Select Board has added and will continue to add over the next few days in preparation for the budget committee’s public hearing on Saturday, February  11th (9:00 AM, RGS) and town meeting/voting on March 14 and 18.

Materials that are already in place:

  • Select Board’s Annual Report for 2016 (DRAFT)
  • Budget Committee’s proposed 2017 budget
  • 2017 anticipated revenue and estimated tax impact
  • Town Warrant (DRAFT)
  • Hoyle Tanner & Associates Preliminary Engineering Report on the culvert bond warrant article
  • Hoyle Tanner & Associates Preliminary Engineering Report on the transfer station improvements

Candidates for March Town Election

The filing period has ended for the Town of Rollinsford Officials.

The following residents have filed for office and will be placed on the ballot for the March Election:

Select Board: Michael Rollo

Town Treasurer: Beverly Dionne

Fire Chief: Mark Rutherford

Budget Committee: 1 year position (vote for 1)

  • Cary Boyle
  • Edmund F Jansen Jr.
  • Alan Robinson

Budget Committee: 3 year position (vote for 3)

  • Madeline Cambo
  • Charlie Dionne
  • Myles England
  • William Irving
  • Angela Matthews
  • Kim St.Hilaire

Trustee of the Trust Funds: Dana Stairs

Trustee of the Library:  Toni Talis                                                                                                                                                      •

Trustee of the Cemetery: Chris Benedetto

Town Board & Committee Openings

Declaration of Candidacy is available at Town Office for the following positions:

  • One Select Board member and overseer of the poor for (3) three year term;
  • One Town Treasurer for (1) one year term;
  • One Chief of the Fire Department for (1) one year term;
  • Three members of the Budget Committee for (3) three year term;
  • One member of the Budget Committee for (1) one year term;
  • One Trustee of the Trust Funds for (3) three year term;
  • One Trustee of the Library Trust for (3) three year term;
  • One Trustee of the Cemetery Trust for (3) three year term.

The filing period opens January 25, 2017 and closes February 3, 2017

Town Office business hours: Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri 9-1 and Thurs 3-7pm

Special Sign-up Session will be held: Friday, February 3, 2017 from 3:00 pm – 5:00   pm

 

Upcoming Meetings & Voting

1/11/17: Budget Committee workshop for budget recommendations, Town Hall, 6:30PM

1/14/17: School Budget Public Hearing, followed by Budget Committee Deliberation – School Budget, RGS, 9AM

1/21/17: Public Hearing: Proposed Bond Warrant Articles, RGS, 9AM

2/4/17: SB2 Deliberative Session (School), RGS, 9AM

2/11/17: Town Budget Public Hearing, followed by Budget Committee deliberation – Town Budget, 9AM, RGS

3/14/17: Town Voting by Ballot, Town Hall, 7AM-7PM

3/18/17: Town Meeting, RGS, 9AM

Select Board Meetings

Saturday, October 29th, 2016

9:00 AM at Town Hall

The Select Board is having a workshop to work on the proposed 2017 budget and may be discussing setting the 2016 tax rate.

And

Monday, October 31st

6:00 PM at Town Hall

The Select Board is having a workshop before the regular 6:30 Board meeting in order to discuss a potential ordinance for minimum housing standards.

Salary Review Committee Meeting

The 2016 Salary Review Committee will hold its first meeting on Wednesday, June 15 at 6:30 pm at  Town Hall.  The members of this year’s committee are:  Myles England, Denise Knowles and Sheila Reilly.   Select Board member Suzanne Huard will be there to review the Select Board’s charge to the committee and potential sources for comparative data.   The committee has been asked to review the stipends of elected officials with particular attention to the position of Town Clerk.