Town Meeting preview: Bridgewater voters to decide on $1.1 million in proposed spending
Published: 2/24/2021 9:44:31 PM
Modified: 2/24/2021 9:44:31 PM
Budget: The warning calls for total expenditures of $1.1 million, with $783,000 to be raised in taxes. That represents a 2.6% increase in required taxes. The municipal tax rate is estimated to increase by less than a penny and would be 43 cents per $100 of value.
Contested races: Selectboard member Norman “Nope” Martin is being challenged by George Spear.
Pandemic Precautions: The town of Bridgewater is holding drive-thru voting rather than a floor meeting because of COVID-19.
When and where: Drive-thru Australian ballot voting will take place from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 2, at the Town Office.
Town Meeting preview: Newport’s proposed budget undercut default budget
Published: 2/23/2021 10:23:30 PM
Modified: 2/23/2021 10:23:29 PM
Pandemic precautions: Voting on the Newport School District warrant on Tuesday, March 9, has been moved from the opera house to the high school because of the COVID-19 pandemic to allow for the option of drive-thru voting.
Budget: The $19.2 million proposed budget comes after the School Board cut $500,000 from the spending plan during the second part of the deliberative session on Feb. 4 after receiving comments from the public, dropping the projected tax rate increase to $1.38 per $1,000 of assessed valuation, SAU 43 Business Manager Ed Emond said. The first year of a proposed two-year contract for support staff would cost $89,000 and add 20 cents on the school tax rate. If the budget and contract are approved, the school tax rate would increase to $19.76 per $1,000 of assessed valuation and add $237 in school taxes to a property assessed at
Town Meeting preview: Lyme zoning amendment geared toward senior housing development
Published: 2/22/2021 5:49:30 PM
Modified: 2/22/2021 8:03:13 PM
Hot topic: In ballot voting on Town Meeting Day, Lyme voters will be asked to approve a zoning amendment aimed at allowing for the development of senior housing near municipal and social services. The measure has the support of the town’s Planning Board.
Budget: During the floor portion of Town Meeting that has been postponed until May, Lyme voters will be asked to approve a $2.43 million town operating budget, up $40,000 from the budget voters approved last year. Also in May, Lyme voters will be asked to approve a $7.54 million school budget this year, up about $280,000 or nearly 4% from the budget voters approved last year.
Enfield budget increase is up 6%
Modified: 2/21/2021 8:53:13 PM
ENFIELD Voters in Enfield will decide a contested race for Selectboard during Australian balloting voting next month. Selectboard Chairwoman Kate Stewart is running for another three-year term against Sam Eaton, who currently serves as vice chairman of the town’s Budget Committee.
Stewart, who previously served on the Mascoma Valley Regional School Board, said in an email that she views town government as an opportunity to leverage Enfield’s natural resources, history and volunteers to move the community forward. The town “does our best work when we stick together,” Stewart said, adding that she hopes to continue fostering those sentiments.
Monadnock Ledger-Transcript
Published: 2/19/2021 12:18:59 PM
Temple residents are set to vote on a broadband internet bond and several recommendations from the town’s Land Use Committee at Town Meeting in June. Voting for elected officials is still scheduled for March 9 along with the required vote on the ConVal warrant. A motion to move the town vote back to June by Select Board member Bill Ezell went unseconded at a meeting on Feb. 9, despite several residents asking Ken Caisse and George Willard to reschedule due to COVID-19 concerns.
The 2021 total operating budget is $1,230,558, a 0.2% increase from last year’s $1,228,165. Those totals do not include warrant article expenses.