2023 Deliberative Smackdown Session
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Don't let the tail wag the dog. Study the budgets and then vote knowledgeably on March 14.ballot box

Tag Team Budget Wrestling, Anyone?

Dateline: Jan. 31, 2023

smackdown session

The next step in this election season is the Deliberative "Smackdown" Session where you, the voters, get to review budgets and warrant articles and try to politely amend them – if you can garner enough votes. (Of course, no rowdy or raucous behavior will be tolerated.)

This session is to be held on Saturday, February 4th, at 9:00 a.m. at the Dupont School Gym on School St.

According to the NH Dept. of Revenue Administration, RSA 40:13, Senate Bill 2, also known as SB2, (Official Ballot Referenda) is a form of town meeting that has two sessions. The first session, the deliberative session, is for explanation, discussion, debate, and amendments to the proposed operating budget and warrant articles. The second session, the voting session on March 14th, allows voters to cast an official ballot to pass or fail the proposed budgets and warrant articles.

For more town budget information than you can shake a stick at, go to the 2023 Town Meeting/Budget page on the town web site.

For documents about the 2023 School Board Presentation and the 2023 Proposed Budget, go to the Quick Links panel on the Allenstown School Board web site.

Before you attend the session, review these important details.

The Budgets for Allenstown

Proposed 2023-24 School Budget = $12,688,082.
Proposed increase over 2022-23 budget = $444,133 (+3.6%)
Default 2023-24 School Budget = $12,576,318.
Default increase over 2022-23 budget = +$332,369. (+2.7%)
Current 2022-23 budget = $12,243,949.
Default school budget is $111,764 less than proposed budget.

Proposed Town Budget = $4,718,670.
Proposed increase over 2022 budget = $217,040. (+4.8%)
Default Town Budget = $4,533,410.
Default increase over 2022 budget = $31,780. (+0.7%)
Current 2022 town budget = $4,501,630.

Proposed Sewer Dept. Budget = $2,675,340.
Proposed increase over 2022 budget = $237,340 (9.7%)
Default Sewer Dept. Budget = $2,441,685.
Default increase over 2022 budget = $3,685.
Current 2022 Sewer Dept. budget = $2,438,000

New Tax Rates per $1,000 (after 2022 revaluation)

Town:     $6.21
School: $10.65
State:     $0.88
County:   $1.76
Total:    $19.50
Old rate prior to revaluation: $31.50

In addition to the budgets, you will be able to review and discuss the town and school warrant articles.

Related Sites

Town Budget Overview

Dept. of Revenue Tax Rates by Town since 2009
Click on "Tax Rates" for any year

Allenstown Tax Rate History since 1994. Ever increasing since 2004.



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