Miscellaneous Nottingham News
On Saturday, December 7 the Fire Department will have its annual Christmas Tree sale. This was previously erroneously listed as December 14 in the Nottingham Blog.
The Budget Committee has adopted a new set of operating procedures.
A position at the Recycling Center has come open.
The Warrant Article Petition Signing Event is still on for Tuesday, December 10, at the Nottingham Community Church, from 5:00 pm to 7:30 pm. This is a by-donation event.
In addition to the three warrant articles already proposed - to increase the disabled and elderly tax exemptions and to fund swim lessons at town beach, three additional warrant articles are being proposed, and there may be a fourth - for road reconstruction on Stevens Hill Road - the same as proposed by the Board of Selectmen, but not attached to other projects that are perceived to be less popular.
The proposed warrant articles are:
To see if the town will vote to approve a temporary 2-year 6% tax cap to be effective during fiscal years 2026 and 2027. This temporary 6% tax cap will be in place of the current 4% tax cap, that was approved by town meeting in 2021. In accordance with the provisions of RSA32:5, the temporary 6% tax cap is based on the actual amount of taxes raised by the prior fiscal year's operating budget, including any taxes approved by Warrant Article. The temporary 6% tax cap is needed to address serious budget shortfalls resulting from recent high economic inflation. - submitted by Sandra Jones (a member of the Budget Committee)
Shall we, under the provisions of RSA 32:5-b.I-b, account for inflation and changes in the town’s population by adopting the formula provided in the RSA for calculating the tax base to which the tax cap is to be applied: this year's base = (last year's base) x (1 + change in the Municipal Cost Index) x (this year's population / last year's population). - submitted by Doug Bates
There was alot of back and forth discussion when the original tax cap was proposed and I may have missed an important distinction. I have heard that the cap was meant to apply to the Town budget, but NOT the School budget. So I'm wondering if Committee Member Jones intends to make a distinction between the two and hope she may comment publicly on the matter. Thank you!