Board of Aldermen Page 18
April 12, 2016
Mr. Bob Sherman, 7C Taggart Drive
| am disappointed, | know it’s been postponed but you may not get the 10 votes as far as the pension plan
goes. | realize, because | too sit on a Budget Committee, that a staple tax rate is indeed something we all
strive for but | also know that taxpayers are on fixed incomes. We have an elderly exemption. As a matter of
fact, to address this over in Pelham we have formulated a committee that is going to put on next years’ ballot
an elderly exemption that is going to be tied to inflation so therefore if you need to raise the tax rate in line with
whatever the cost of inflation is, that elderly exemption will also go up. l’d like for you to think about that
moving forward and hopefully that would better address some of your concerns as far as those people living on
fixed incomes in this community.
REMARKS BY THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN
Alderman Lopez
| would like to repeat what Mayor Donchess announced earlier. On Friday at 6:00 p.m. at the Boys and Girls
Club we having a Town Hall meeting for Ward 4; the Tree Streets area specifically and | encourage all of my
neighbors to attend to discuss city issues. We also have a library trail clean-up on Saturday from 10:00 a.m. —
2:00 p.m.
Alderman Moriarty
Correct me if | am wrong but didn’t we already modernize the elderly exemption? Didn’t we do that last
October as a resolution that Alderman Wilshire submitted?
President McCarthy
We did change it at the end of the last term.
Alderman Moriarty
So we did what Mr. Sherman is talking about?
President McCarthy
| think what Mr. Sherman is talking about is actually tying the ordinance to the cost of living rather than
manually adjusting it every year.
Alderman Moriarty
In any event, two weeks from tonight we have a Board of Aldermen meeting and | will be in Atlanta, GA but |
will be calling in.
Alderman LeBrun
I’d like to further extend the invitation for the Board of Aldermen to tour the AHEPA Manner at 681 W. Hollis
Street next Monday at 9:30 a.m.
Alderwoman Melizzi-Golja
Just again to extend congratulations to Habitat for Humanity for the work they are doing in our community.
Also, New Hampshire Fish & Game this Saturday starting at 10:00 a.m. on Hazen Drive is once again
sponsoring their Discover Wild New Hampshire Day and it’s very much a family friendly sort of event so | would
encourage you all to attend.
