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Petition for tax cap draws concerns from Bedford School Board; board recommends no
Summary
A petitioned warrant article proposing a local tax‑cap under RSA 325‑B was filed the day of the hearing. Board members raised concerns about late timing, ambiguity in the article’s language and potential constraints on legally mandated services; the board voted to recommend a 'no' on the petition with at least one abstention.
A petitioned warrant article seeking to adopt provisions of RSA 325‑B to impose a local tax cap was presented to the Bedford School Board during the Jan. 14 public hearing. District staff said the petition arrived that day, that the supervising checklist official had preliminarily confirmed at least 25 signers and that the town clerk’s formal verification was pending.
District staff read the petition language into the record: the petition would limit increases in the amount to be raised by local taxes by applying an inflation adjustment tied to the CPI‑U (Boston area) and adjustments for…
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