Office of the Select

Board Town of Orange, New Hampshire

Minutes of November 1, 2016


Present: Dorothy Heinrichs, Chair; Robert Ells, Lyell ‘Skip’ Smith, and Sandi Pierson (clerical). Others present: Beverly Ells

Meeting opened at 6:00 PM.
Equalization rate: The Board reviewed and signed the DRA Equalization Assessment Data

Certificate as prepared by Avitar.

Other:

  • The October Block Grant of $8,822.38 was deposited into the town account.

  • A Septic Construction approval was received from DES for Azze/Cardigan Mountain Road

  • The annual legal update was received from Bernie Waugh.


    2016 Tax Rate: The Board reviewed the tax rate sent to them by the Department of Revenue Administration. Without the overlay, the tax rate was established at $24.66 per $1000 of valuation. The Board reviewed the itemization and compared it to the previous year.

    It was noted that the town at this time does not have an unreserved fund balance to offset the municipal rate. After discussion, Bob motioned to set the overlay at $3000.00. Motion passed unanimously in favor. This set the municipal tax rate at $3.71 making for a total tax rate of $24.75. The Board voted unanimously in favor of submitting the $24.75 tax rate to the DRA for their final approval.

    The Board will meet on November 8, 2016 at 10 AM (an hour before the beginning of voting) to sign the tax warrant and an abatement for the 2013 and 2014 Fairpoint property tax settlement of $977.00.

Public Comment: n/a
Bills and vouchers were reviewed and signed.
 

Municipal

County

Local Education

State Education

TOTAL

2016

$3.62

$1.73

$17.16

$2.15

$24.66

2015

$4.45

$1.54

$11.70

$2.74

$20.43

Meeting adjourned 6:30 P.M.

Respectfully submitted, Sandi Pierson

Dorothy Behlen Heinrichs

Robert Ells

Lyell Smith