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Originally Posted by longislander
"Mystified" folks probably weren't even at the meeting. Of the roughly 4500+ registerd voters in the town of 5,000+, 538 showed up, and at least half left, half way thru the meeting. Just there for the Crucon vote ... no surprise.
Tax bills are not up because of the tax rates, but because of all land owners becoming "richer" because of their land values.
MoBo's tax rate, in the last four tax rates: yr./rate ... 2025/5.33 ... 2024/5.65... 2023/5.70 ... 2022/4.78 are the lowest in 37 years, that I've got on paper. Market land values are creating the higher tax "bills".
Some folks don't understand how tax bills are created.
The money that would have been "appropriated" for Crucon would not have raised taxes. Its already sittting in "general funds". Another question that should be asked is why so much money is sitting in the general fund. The likely answer will be the select board policy #32 which is 12.5% of gross annual appropriation. The NH DRA suggests anywhere from 5 to 17 %. Crucon if it had been approved would have dropped the general fund to a little over 8%.
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the money might be in the fund now but if the town buys this for the next 50 years it will have to be staffed, heated, the lights kept on, the roof replaced and all the other costs associated with a commercial building. There might be a case to be made for it but the up front cost is usually the smallest part.