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Wyndham County sheriff outlines five-year pilot to centralize town public-safety contracts, says tax basis won’t change
Summary
Sheriff Mark Anderson told the House Government Operations & Military Affairs committee the Windham County pilot would use existing statutes and a town-participation special assessment rather than altering the county tax base; members discussed interim reporting and a likely vote next week.
Sheriff Mark Anderson of Wyndham County told the House Government Operations & Military Affairs committee on Thursday that a proposed five-year pilot to consolidate town public-safety contracts under county governance would not change the legal basis for county taxation. "If the bill changed the basis for county taxation or special assessment, the short answer is no," Anderson said, adding the plan relies on existing statute and an itemized special assessment for participating towns.
The pilot would let the county negotiate a single contract covering towns that opt in, Anderson said, rather than maintain numerous individual contracts. He cited Title 24 provisions as the statutory mechanism for handling equipment, vehicles and vendor relationships and referenced the 1976…
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