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| know that other States do when they have done revaluations and they have seen somebody’s property taxes
go up a lot, they will phase it in over 2 or 3 years. | don’t know if New Hampshire has ever done anything like
that. But | am not a proponent of seeing property values increase 50 or 100% because of an adjustment. It
sort of happened to us and it is a pretty unpleasant situation and | wouldn’t wish it on anyone else. So that
concerns me.
Doing it sooner would help take the edge of the market run that we are seeing happening. And | also think that
the Management Audit Report didn’t do much at all to tell us about the need for a list and measure. What tells
you the need for a list and measure would have been a technical audit report. It is the technical data that kind
of speaks to that.
Alderman Dowd
Ms. Ortolano, could you address just the bond in front of us if you are in favor, stating that you are in favor and
not what might come out of it or anything else, because we have no control over that at the public hearing.
Ms. Ortolano OK | was only speaking to what was spoken to here, and | didn’t know | couldn’t speak to what
was spoken to here. So | would like to see the bond carried sooner than 4 years. | would like to see the work
done in 3 years. For myself it makes a big difference because | moved into a neighborhood where we have no
equity and waiting 9 years to find it is just a long time to have to wait to get properties in line. You know it just
doesn’t seem reasonable for the properties that are completely out of line. So handling the list and measure
quicker, | would be a big proponent of it.
Testimony in Opposition
Testimony in Favor
Testimony in Opposition
ADJOURNMENT
MOTION BY ALDERMAN O’BRIEN TO ADJOURN
MOTION CARRIED
The meeting was declared adjourned at 7:20 p.m.
Attest: Patricia Piecuch, City Clerk
