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Brentwood budget committee, select board discuss tax-cap timing, warrants and department requests
Summary
At its Aug. 18 meeting the Brentwood Municipal Budget Committee spent the bulk of its time discussing how the new state law and the town's tax-cap process will affect the budget cycle, timing for department requests, and how warrant articles and bonds interact with the cap.
The Brentwood Municipal Budget Committee met Aug. 18 to plan for the coming budget season after the state's recent changes to tax-cap rules and to push for earlier department requests from the Select Board and town departments.
The committee discussed how recent state guidance and changes to law will affect the town's ability to place warrant articles and bond appropriations before voters. "If you add those three together . . . you're at the cap," a budget committee member said while explaining how appropriations and warrant articles are counted. The committee reviewed RSA citations and a recently passed bill they said changes how some multi-year expenditures are counted in the cap.
Committee members said they want department heads to submit initial budget requests earlier than in prior years so the committee and the Select Board can prioritize before the late-winter rush. A member who represents the Select Board told the committee they will ask the Select Board about…
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