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Commission discusses warrant article to route Land Use Change Tax to conservation reserve
Summary
Commissioners reviewed Warrant Article 12, which would direct 100% of Land Use Change Tax receipts to the Town's Conservation Land Capital Reserve Fund for land purchases or conservation work as allowed by state law.
The Greenland Conservation Commission discussed Warrant Article 12 during its Feb. 11 meeting, which would allocate 100% of funds from the Land Use Change Tax to the town's Conservation Land Capital Reserve Fund.
Vice-chair Kathleen Babin-Johnson briefed the commission that the change would annually direct all proceeds from the specific Land Use Change Tax category into the conservation reserve. The minutes state those funds may be used for land purchases or other conservation purposes as allowed by state law.
The minutes do not specify whether the commission took a formal vote or made a recommendation to the selectboard or voters on the warrant article; no recorded vote on the article appears in the minutes. The article is scheduled as a warrant article and would be decided by the town's warrant process if it appears on a future ballot.
