Stormwater Committee Meeting
Thursday, January 24that 6:00pm
at the Town Office
The Committee will be meeting to discuss the MS-4 stormwater permit requirements.
Stormwater Committee Meeting
Thursday, January 24that 6:00pm
at the Town Office
The Committee will be meeting to discuss the MS-4 stormwater permit requirements.
Declaration of Candidacy is available at the Water and Sewer District Office for the following positions:
The filing period opens January 23, 2019 and closes February 1, 2019
Application can be found at the Water District Office at 5 Lower Mill Road, down past the Mills.
The Water and Sewer District Office business hours: Tue through Fri 8-1 pm. If you have any questions, please call the office at 603.742.8124
There will be no Conservation Commission meeting tonight, 1.22.19
The Budget Committee will be meeting on Wednesday, January 23rdat 6:30pm at the Town Hall.
The Committee will discuss and vote on the Town operating budget, and Town warrant articles that have a financial component, and Rollinsford Water and Sewer Department warrant articles that have a financial component.
The Conservation Commission will be meeting Tuesday, January 22 at 6:30pm at the Library. All are welcome to attend.
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
IT’S OFFICIAL!
The Transfer Station is ready for you to sort and recycle. The bins have been built; the doors hung; the baler is ready to be put to work.
Given the market changes in recyclables, it is no longer cost effective to group all of our recycling together. Different items have different value making it worthwhile to separate. Yes, it is disappointing as single stream was really convenient, but we know that it is important to the residents to keep costs down. Throwing items in the trash is always the most expensive option; therefore, recycling remains mandatory.
We are now ready to bail items with a refurbished baler purchased with 2018 funds. The cost savings from disposing of recyclable items separately and not throwing them away, will pay for the baler in 1-2 years and will continue to provide savings for years into the future.
Recycling as a commodity means that we need to make it desirable to a re-user. This means that anything with food particles is trash. Rinse your recycling!
We are now recycling the following separately in their own bins:
EXCLUSIONS: No containers that held hazardous products, no flower pots, black plastic, buckets, bags, film, wrapping or foam
All communication and appliance cords now accepted so please bring them in. They are an income generator!
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
The Town of Rollinsford Select Board will be holding two public hearings on Monday, January 14, 2019 at the Rollinsford American Legion on Foundry Street. The first, at 6:00 pm, will be regarding the bonding of approximately $2.4 million dollars for a new combined Police Station/Town Office facility at 472 Silver Street. The second will commence at 6:30 pm or immediately following the previous public hearing and will address proposed changes to the Housing Standards Ordinance in reference to nuisance properties. Details of both proposals are available at the town office.
The Select Board’s regular weekly meeting will commence immediately following the public hearings at the same location.