Monday, March 25ththe Select Board meeting
will start at 6:00pm
at the Town Office
The Board will meet briefly then recess to attend a training session at the Fire Department. Following the training the meeting will reconvene at the Police Department.
2019 voting results can be viewed HERE.
The 2018 Town Report is now available HERE for viewing/downloading.
Limited print copies are available at the Town Hall.
The Town Offices will be closed, tomorrow, March 12th due to the election.
We will see you at the American Legion for voting 7am-7pm!
Town Hall offices and the Transfer Station will be closed all day today due to the weather.
The Select Board will meet this evening as scheduled.
Declaration of Candidacy is available at Town Office for the following positions:
The filing period opens January 23, 2019 and closes February 1, 2019
Town Office business hours: Mon, Tue, Wed, Fri 9-1 am and Thurs 3-7 pm
Special Sign-up Session will be held: Friday, February 1, 2019 from 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
The budget and associated materials are now available here.
These materials will be helpful in understanding the currently proposed budget and warrant articles.
The Budget Committee Public Hearing will be held on Saturday, January 12that 9:00am at the Grade School
The Town of Rollinsford has voted to institute the Official Ballot Referenda, or “SB 2”. This is a new form of town meeting, consisting of two sessions – the deliberative session and the vote. Your attendance at all of the meetings is important.
But wait! Before we vote, this Saturday, January 12that 9:00am at the Grade School will be the Budget Committee’s public hearing on the Town and Water and Sewer District budgets. The Budget Committee will hear public comment then meet immediately following the public hearing to decide whether or not to modify the budget based on what they heard at the public hearing.
The first session of Town Meeting (yes, it is still called that, it’s just a different form now) is the deliberative session and is scheduled for 9:00 am on Saturday, February 2, 2019 at the Grade School. This is the closest equivalent to the town meeting you are used to. This will be the only time you can voice your opinion and offer amendments to the proposed operating budget and warrant articles presented. Any warrant article language or dollar amount may be modified by the registered voters present.
At the second session (the vote), the polls will be open from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm Tuesday, March 12, 2019 for the ballot vote on the budget and warrant articles as amended at the first session. This is a vote only – discussion and amendments cannot occur. Should the proposed operating budget fail, and a special meeting is not called to reconsider this, a “default budget” is automatically adopted. The “default budget” is the same as the prior year’s budget with certain adjustments per state statute. The law does not allow reconsideration of votes cast on warrant articles other than the operating budget.
Date correction (from initial publication in the newsletter mailed with tax bills):
Want to Know Where Your Tax Dollars Go?
To be informed, express your own opinions, find out what others think and help spend our tax money wisely, you will want to attend the deliberative sessions to review the proposed budget warrant articles for the town and the school. The town deliberative session will be on Saturday, February 2, 2019, at 9:00 am and the school deliberative session will be held on Tuesday, February 5, at 6 pm. Both will be held at the Rollinsford Grade School (RGS). Public hearings on these budgets are scheduled for Saturdays, January 5 & 12, 9 am RGS