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Budget committee presses for clearer wording on municipal revaluation warrant after DRA contact
Summary
Committee members urged clearer language on a revaluation warrant article and debated the consequences if voters reject it; staff said the Department of Revenue Administration (DRA) can require a revaluation even if the warrant fails and suggested more explanatory language for voters.
Members of the Wolfeboro Budget Committee spent substantial time on Jan. 9 discussing a proposed warrant article to authorize the town’s 2025 revaluation and how to explain consequences to voters.
Town staff said the Department of Revenue Administration (DRA) has requested a meeting and that DRA model language on revaluations is complicated; legal counsel had advised against certain phrasing. The RSA language that governs municipal revaluations was discussed repeatedly during the meeting.
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