At its morning meeting of November 6, 2017 the Board set the 2017 tax rate at $23.28, leaving unchanged the preliminary tax rate set by the NH Department of Revenue Administration.
The 2017 tax rate has decreased from $27.98 to $23.28, $4.70 less than the 2016 tax rate but…your tax bill has likely gone up. How come?
Our overall tax burden or tax effort is the amount of money that we need to raise from taxes. The 2017 tax burden has increased by 2.1% with much of the increase due to the county. The Strafford County tax burden/effort grew by more than 25% (over $122,000); the town by about 5%; the school district by about 1.2% and the state education burden decreased by over 18%.
With the revaluation process conducted over the past year, our overall town valuation increased by almost 23% from $227.7 million to $279.5 million.
So how to make sense of your tax bill and your new assessed value? If your overall 2017 tax bill (June and December) has increased from your 2016 bill by more than 2.1% (the increase in the tax effort/burden) then the value of your property has increased more than the average Rollinsford property. If your overall 2017 tax bill has decreased then the value of your property has decreased relative to the average Rollinsford property.
The Board’s next scheduled meeting is Monday November 6, 2017, 6:30 pm.
Saturday, October 28th at 9:00
at the Town Hall to discuss the 2018 budget.
The Board will conduct any other business that cannot wait until the next scheduled board meeting on November 6th.
The Select Board will have a brief business meeting at
9:00am Saturday, September 30th
At the Town Hall
to be followed by the budget workshop already scheduled at that time.
The Select Board is pleased to announce the appointment of George Guilmette as our new road agent, effective October 10, 2017. Mr. Guilmette comes to us most recently from the Department of Public Works with the Town of Berwick. He has had experiences in many aspects of road maintenance and the Board looks forward to working with him to maintain and improve our roads and to manage our transfer station operations. Welcome aboard, George!
The Select Board also extends its appreciation to the Road Agent Search Committee charged with reviewing candidates and making the recommendation to the Board. The committee members are Jodi Lavoie-Carnes, Nancy Dionne, Michael Lapoint, and Nate Mears.
The Capital Improvement Plan Committee will be meeting at 6:00pm on:
Thursday, October 5th
AND
Thursday, October 12th
Both meetings will be at the Town Hall.