For voting on March 11th 2025.
Created by Michael Almeida
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Disclaimer: This application only provides estimates as tax rates can change due to many factors.
Please note the town section calculations are being updated and may not be accurate.
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Shall the Souhegan Cooperative School District raise and appropriate as an operating budget, not including appropriations by special warrant articles and other appropriations voted separately, the amounts set forth on the budget posted with the warrant or as amended by vote of the first session, for the purposes set forth therein, totaling twenty one million six hundred twenty two thousand seven hundred four dollars ($21,622,704)? Should this article be defeated, the default budget shall be twenty one million four hundred forty two thousand eight hundred eighty three dollars ($21,442,883), which is the same as last year, with certain adjustments required by previous action of the Souhegan Cooperative School District or by law; or the governing body may hold one special meeting, in accordance with RSA 40:13, X and XVI, to take up the issue of a revised operating budget only? (Majority vote required)
Impact if passed: $0.24/$1000
Impact if not passed: $0.18/$1000
Tax Impact (Current Year): $0.00
Shall the Souhegan Cooperative School District raise and appropriate the sum of up to three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) to be added to the Souhegan School Maintenance Expendable Trust Fund previously established in March 2005? This sum to come from the June 30, 2025 unassigned fund balance (surplus) available for transfer on July 1, 2025. No amount to be raised from new taxation. (Majority vote required)
Impact if passed: $0/$1000
Impact if not passed: $-0.10/$1000
Tax Impact (Current Year): $0.00
Shall the Souhegan Cooperative School District raise and appropriate the sum of up to ninety thousand dollars ($90,000) to be added to the Souhegan Recreation Revolving Fund previously established in March 2016? This sum to come from the June 30, 2025 unassigned fund balance (surplus) available for transfer on July 1, 2025. No amount to be raised from new taxation. (Majority vote required)
Impact if passed: $0/$1000
Impact if not passed: $-0.03/$1000
Tax Impact (Current Year): $0.00
Shall the Souhegan Cooperative School District raise and appropriate the sum of up to fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) to be added to the Technology Capital Reserve Fund previously established in March 2023? This sum to come from the June 30, 2025 unassigned fund balance (surplus) available for transfer on July 1, 2025. No amount to be raised from new taxation. (Majority vote required)
Impact if passed: $0/$1000
Impact if not passed: $-0.02/$1000
Tax Impact (Current Year): $0.00
Shall the Souhegan Cooperative School District raise and appropriate the sum of up to twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) to be added to the Vehicle Expendable Trust Fund previously established in March 2024? This sum to come from the June 30, 2025 unassigned fund balance (surplus) available for transfer on July 1, 2025. No amount to be raised from new taxation. (Majority vote required)
Impact if passed: $0/$1000
Impact if not passed: $-0.01/$1000
Tax Impact (Current Year): $0.00
Total Souhegan Cooperative School District Warrant Articles Impact: $0.00
To see if the District will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of fifty two million nine hundred twenty one thousand eight hundred twenty eight dollars ($52,921,828) (gross budget) to finance the major addition, reconstruction and renovation project for the Wilkins Elementary School building, located at 80 Boston Post Road, Amherst, NH and to authorize the issuance of not more than fifty two million nine hundred twenty one thousand eight hundred twenty eight dollars ($52,921,828) of bonds or notes under and in compliance with the Municipal Finance Act, RSA 33:1 et seq., as amended; to authorize the School Board to apply for, obtain and accept federal, state or other aid, if any, which may be available for said project and to comply with all laws applicable to said project; to authorize the School Board to issue, negotiate, sell and deliver said bonds and notes and to determine the rate of interest thereon and the maturity and other terms thereof, and to authorize the School Board to take any action or to pass any other vote relative thereto, and further to raise and appropriate an additional sum of one million three hundred twenty three thousand forty five dollars ($1,323,045) for the first year's interest payment on the bond. (3/5 ballot vote required)
Impact if passed: $0.55/$1000
Impact if not passed: $0.00/$1000
Year 1 (0.55/$1000): $0.00
Year 2 (1.57/$1000): $0.00
Year 3 (1.57/$1000): $0.00
Year 4 (1.57/$1000): $0.00
Year 5 (1.57/$1000): $0.00
Year 6 (1.57/$1000): $0.00
Year 7 (1.57/$1000): $0.00
Year 8 (1.57/$1000): $0.00
Year 9 (1.57/$1000): $0.00
Year 10 (1.57/$1000): $0.00
Year 11 (1.57/$1000): $0.00
Year 12 (1.57/$1000): $0.00
Year 13 (1.57/$1000): $0.00
Year 14 (1.57/$1000): $0.00
Year 15 (1.57/$1000): $0.00
Year 16 (1.57/$1000): $0.00
Year 17 (1.57/$1000): $0.00
Year 18 (1.57/$1000): $0.00
Year 19 (1.57/$1000): $0.00
Year 20 (1.57/$1000): $0.00
Total impact over 20 years: $0.00
Year 2 Tax Impact: 0.00
Tax Impact (Current Year): $0.00
Shall the Amherst School District raise and appropriate as an operating budget, not including appropriations by special warrant articles and other appropriations voted separately, the amounts set forth on the budget posted with the warrant or as amended by vote of the first session, for the purposes set forth therein, totaling thirty five million one hundred forty one thousand eight hundred and eight dollars ($35,141,808)? Should this article be defeated, the default budget shall be thirty five million five hundred and one dollars ($35,000,501) which is the same as last year, with certain adjustments required by previous action of the Amherst School District or by law; or the governing body may hold one special meeting, in accordance with RSA 40:13, X and XVI, to take up the issue of a revised operating budget only? (Majority vote required)
Impact if passed: $0.59/$1000
Impact if not passed: $0.53/$1000
Tax Impact (Current Year): $0.00
Shall the Amherst School District raise and appropriate the sum of four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) to be added to the Amherst School District Capital Facilities Repair, Maintenance and Improvement Expendable Trust Fund, previously established in March 2003? This sum to come from new taxation. (Majority vote required)
Impact if passed: $0.17/$1000
Impact if not passed: $0.00/$1000
Tax Impact (Current Year): $0.00
Shall the Amherst School District raise and appropriate the sum of up to six hundred seventy five thousand dollars ($675,000) to be added to the Amherst School District Capital Facilities Repair, Maintenance and Improvement Expendable Trust Fund, previously established in March 2003? This sum to come from the June 30, 2025 unassigned fund balance (surplus) available for transfer on July 1, 2025. No amount to be raised from new taxation. (Majority vote required)
Impact if passed: $0/$1000
Impact if not passed: $-0.28/$1000
Tax Impact (Current Year): $0.00
Shall the Amherst School District raise and appropriate the sum of up to seventy five thousand dollars ($75,000) to be added to the Technology Expendable Trust Fund previously established in March 2024? This sum to come from the June 30, 2025 unassigned fund balance (surplus) available for transfer on July 1, 2025. No amount to be raised from new taxation. (Majority vote required)
Impact if passed: $0/$1000
Impact if not passed: $-0.03/$1000
Tax Impact (Current Year): $0.00
Shall the Amherst School District raise and appropriate the sum of up to thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) to be added to the Vehicle Expendable Trust Fund previously established in March 2024? This sum to come from the June 30, 2025 unassigned fund balance (surplus) available for transfer on July 1, 2025. No amount to be raised from new taxation. (Majority vote required)
Impact if passed: $0/$1000
Impact if not passed: $-0.01/$1000
Tax Impact (Current Year): $0.00
Total Amherst School District Warrant Articles Impact: $0.00
Please note the estimated tax will change in future years. The tax impact in year one is zero due to the town using funds from the unassigned fund balance. No estimates were given by the town on outyear tax impacts. The estimated future year tax impacts are an estimate only based on the data provided by the town. The actual tax impacts will be different based on interest rate and loan terms
Shall the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,900,000 for the purpose of purchasing an Aerial Truck for the Fire Department, and to authorize the issuance of not more than $1,900,000 of bonds or notes in accordance with the provisions of the Municipal Finance Act (RSA 33) and to authorize the Board of Selectmen to issue and negotiate such bonds or notes and to determine the date, maturities, interest rate, and other details of such bonds or notes; to authorize the Select Board to apply for, accept and expend any federal, state, or private funds that may become available in respect of the Project, to reduce the amount that must be bonded, or to pay debt service on such bonds or notes. Such authority to issue bonds or notes expiring on June 30, 2035. And additionally, to raise and appropriate the sum of $250,000 for the first-year debt service payment. Said sum shall come from the unassigned fund balance. (3/5 ballot vote required)
Impact if passed: $0/$1000
Impact if not passed: $0.00/$1000
Year 1 (0/$1000): $0.00
Year 2 (0.1/$1000): $0.00
Year 3 (0.1/$1000): $0.00
Year 4 (0.1/$1000): $0.00
Year 5 (0.1/$1000): $0.00
Year 6 (0.1/$1000): $0.00
Year 7 (0.1/$1000): $0.00
Year 8 (0.1/$1000): $0.00
Year 9 (0.1/$1000): $0.00
Year 10 (0.1/$1000): $0.00
Total impact over 10 years: $0.00
Year 2 Tax Impact: 0.00
Tax Impact (Current Year): $0.00
Please note the town warrant articles as presented during the deliberative session and on the ballot are based on the total tax impact and not based on the increase from the previous year. This application uses the difference in last years municipal tax rate and the estimated tax rates to calculate the increase or decrease in the previous years rate.
Shall the Town vote to raise and appropriate as an operating budget, not including appropriations by special warrant articles and other appropriations voted separately, the amounts set forth on the budget posted with the warrant or as amended by vote of the first session, for the purposes set forth herein, totaling $18,298,510. Should this article be defeated the default budget shall be $17,523,180 which is the same as last year with certain adjustments required by previous action of the Town or by law; or the governing body may hold one special meeting in accordance with RSA 40:13 X and XVI to take up the issue of a revised operating budget only. This operating budget warrant article does not include appropriations contained in any other warrant article. (Majority vote required)
Impact if passed: $0.47/$1000
Impact if not passed: $0.27/$1000
Tax Impact (Current Year): $0.00
Shall the Town vote to establish a contingency fund for the current year, in accordance with NH RSA Section 31:98-a, for unanticipated expenses that may arise and further to raise and appropriate the sum of $150,000 to go into the fund? Said sum shall come from the unassigned fund balance and no amount to be raised from taxation. Any appropriation left in the fund at the end of the year will lapse to the general fund. (Majority vote required)
Impact if passed: $0/$1000
Impact if not passed: $0.00/$1000
Tax Impact (Current Year): $0.00
Shall the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $104,100, for operating and maintaining the Baboosic Lake Septic System for the ensuing year, said sum is to be offset by user fees. Should this article be defeated the default budget shall be $103,600 which is the same as last year with certain adjustments required by previous action of the Town or by law. (Majority vote required)
Impact if passed: $0/$1000
Impact if not passed: $0.00/$1000
Tax Impact (Current Year): $0.00
Shall the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $40,000 to be added to the Communications Center Capital Reserve Fund, previously established? (Majority vote required)
Impact if passed: $0.02/$1000
Impact if not passed: $0.00/$1000
Tax Impact (Current Year): $0.00
Shall the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $15,000 to be added to the Computer Capital Reserve Fund, previously established? (Majority vote required.)
Impact if passed: $0.01/$1000
Impact if not passed: $0.00/$1000
Tax Impact (Current Year): $0.00
Shall the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $25,000 to be added to the Assessing Revaluation Capital Reserve Fund, previously established? (Majority vote required)
Impact if passed: $0.01/$1000
Impact if not passed: $0.00/$1000
Tax Impact (Current Year): $0.00
Shall the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $300,000 to be added to the Bridge Repair and Replacement Capital Reserve Fund, previously established? (Majority vote required)
Impact if passed: $0.12/$1000
Impact if not passed: $0.00/$1000
Tax Impact (Current Year): $0.00
Shall the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $267,000 to be added to the Fire Rescue Vehicle and Equipment Purchase and Repair Capital Reserve Fund, previously established? (Majority vote required)
Impact if passed: $0.11/$1000
Impact if not passed: $0.00/$1000
Tax Impact (Current Year): $0.00
Shall the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $130,000 to be added to the DPW Vehicles and Equipment Acquisition and Replacement Capital Reserve Fund, previously established? (Majority vote required.)
Impact if passed: $0.05/$1000
Impact if not passed: $0.00/$1000
Tax Impact (Current Year): $0.00
Shall the Town vote to raise and appropriate a sum not to exceed the amount of $230,000 for the purchase of a Trackless Tractor? Said sum shall come from the unassigned fund balance and no new amount to be raised from taxation. (Majority vote required)
Impact if passed: $0/$1000
Impact if not passed: $0.00/$1000
Tax Impact (Current Year): $0.00
Shall the Town vote to raise and appropriate a sum not to exceed the amount of $500,000, for the replacement of the Town's Fuel Pumps, used by all Town departments? Said sum shall come from the unassigned fund balance and no new amount to be raised from taxation. (Majority vote required)
Impact if passed: $0/$1000
Impact if not passed: $0.00/$1000
Tax Impact (Current Year): $0.00
Shall the Town vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $12,500 for the purpose of a fireworks display for the Fourth of July in 2026? (Majority vote required)
Impact if passed: $0.01/$1000
Impact if not passed: $0.00/$1000
Tax Impact (Current Year): $0.00
To see if the town will vote to approve the Baboosic Greenway Rail Trail Project at a cost not to exceed $3,448,072 offset by 80% grant funds of $2,639,818 and payable over a term of five years with a total appropriation of $808,254, and further to raise and appropriate the amount of $183,150 for the first year's payment, per RSA 32:7-a. The amounts to be raised and appropriated over the next five years are as follows: Fiscal Year Estimated Cost FY 2026 $ 183,150 FY 2027 $ 183,150 FY 2028 $ 183,150 FY 2029 $ 183,150 FY 2030 $ 75,650 The sums listed above represent the Town's required 20% matching funds for the two Grants, plus administrative costs, with the balance of 80% being paid for by the Grants. These grants are for the Rail Trail Project known as the Baboosic Greenway Trail, funding a portion of the Trail along the north side of Amherst St. (NH 122) and then from Baboosic Lake Road to Walnut Hill Road. (Tax Impact: Year 1 $0.07; Yr 2 $0.07; Yr 3 $0.07; Yr 4 $0.07; Yr 5 $0.03) (3/5 vote required)
Impact if passed: $0.07/$1000
Impact if not passed: $0.00/$1000
Year 1 (0.07/$1000): $0.00
Year 2 (0.07/$1000): $0.00
Year 3 (0.07/$1000): $0.00
Year 4 (0.07/$1000): $0.00
Year 5 (0.03/$1000): $0.00
Total impact over 5 years: $0.00
Year 2 Tax Impact: 0.00
Tax Impact (Current Year): $0.00
Shall the Town vote, in accordance with RSA 72:39-a, to modify the previously established Elderly Exemption maximum annual income amount required to qualify for the elderly exemption from property tax, to be as follows: a net income of not more than $57,600 (formerly $54,300) for a single person, or if married, a combined net income of not more than $77,700 (formerly $73,325). (Majority vote required)
Impact if passed: $0/$1000
Impact if not passed: $0.00/$1000
Tax Impact (Current Year): $0.00
Shall the Town vote, in accordance with RSA 72:37-b, to modify the previously established Disabled Exemption maximum annual income amount required to qualify for the disabled exemption from property tax, to be as follows: a net income of not more than $57,600 (formerly $54,300) for a single person, or if married, a combined net income of not more than $77,700 (formerly $73,325). (Majority vote required)
Impact if passed: $0/$1000
Impact if not passed: $0.00/$1000
Tax Impact (Current Year): $0.00
Shall the Town vote to reclassify a portion of the Class VI roadway known as Pig Farm Road, from a Class VI Road to a Class B Trail in accordance with RSA 231-A:2, said portion commencing at its intersection with Merrimack Road thence running northerly approximately 1,900 feet to the southeasterly corner of the parcel of land identified as Map 3 Lot 54 on Town Tax Maps? (Majority vote required)
Impact if passed: $0/$1000
Impact if not passed: $0.00/$1000
Tax Impact (Current Year): $0.00
Shall the Town vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to sell properties acquired by tax deed 'as justice may require' as described by RSA 80:80, III & VI? This power would be in addition to sale by sealed bid or public auction. In selling properties acquired by tax deed, the Board shall also follow the process for sales of property set forth in RSA 41:14-a. This authority is granted indefinitely, until rescinded by Town Meeting. (Majority vote required)
Impact if passed: $0/$1000
Impact if not passed: $0.00/$1000
Tax Impact (Current Year): $0.00
Total Town Warrant Articles Impact: $0.00
Total Tax Impact: $0.00
Previous Years Tax Originally 22.93 Discounted $0.32 ($22.61 tax rate ): $0.00
Estimated Tax Burden: $0.00
Disclaimer: This application only provides estimates as tax rates can change due to many factors.
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