Forum, July 10: Proposed Hanover budget balances need for services with needs of taxpayers
Published: 7/9/2021 9:59:56 PM
Modified: 7/9/2021 10:00:06 PM
Proposed Hanover budget balances need for services with needs of taxpayers
At the business portion of Hanover’s Town Meeting on Tuesday, voters will face a bevy of appropriations-related warrant articles, $30.6 million in total, for fiscal year 2022. After revenues, the levy to taxpayers is $14.1 million. Tax rates, incorporating the Fire Fund, would increase just under 3% (17 cents on a base of $5.92 per assessed value of $1,000 prior to the increase). The Hanover Finance Committee voted unanimously on March 8 to support the town budget.
In setting the budget, the town faced significant, mostly externally driven, revenue and cost pressures: Multiple revenue streams were impacted by COVID-19 totaling more than $450,000 an amount equal to 19 cents on the tax rate; cost drivers included a nearly $200,000 increase in required
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Hanover Town Meeting approves CPA funding for Sylvester Field
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On May 4, at Hanover’s annual Town Meeting, residents unanimously voted to approve the use of $250,000 in Community Preservation Act funds to help save Sylvester Field.
Open Space Committee co-chair Hal Thomas shared a presentation of the project at the Town Meeting. Hanover Historical Commission chair Peter Johnson also shared an informative presentation evoking the field’s rich history.
The town of Hanover, as project partner, will purchase the Conservation Restriction on the Field with the CPA funds. The town-held CR over the property will allow for a range of passive recreational activities such as hiking and cross-country skiing and will include provisions allowing for a trailhead parking area. The CR will also allow for habitat management, improvement and restoration, as well as the maintenance of the stone wall that is such a prominent feature of its road frontage, which wi