Mayoral Ad-hoc Committees

Exemptions & Veteran Tax Credits

The mission of this group is to analyze credit and exemption data and provide recommendations to the Finance Committee by December 13th, 2022.

The group’s mission statement includes the following:

Review the New Hampshire Attorney’s Letter dated June 7, 2022
Review NH laws and NH RSA’s 126-A:83-86 for the use of these funds
Review NH RSA 126-A:84, IV for mandatory reporting requirements.
Begin a “self-directed” review and information collection phase-
1. Host an open public meeting to solicit input from other stakeholders and the greater community, additional meetings as deemed beneficial (employ the use of a trained facilitator for these, such as Rochester Listens)
2. Conduct any other activities and analyses deemed beneficial by the Committee
3. Develop a draft list of Action Items and Next Steps, with projected implementation dates which the Committee will then present to the City Council and City Manager
4. Complete any financial analysis needed regarding funding or revenue that any action item may need/generate
5. Specifically, address the “best practices” use of these funds for abatement purposes.
Although a specific time frame for the Committee’s work is not defined, it is directed that (1) a status update be provided to the City Council and City Manager at least every three months until the group completes its work and (2) summary meeting minutes are provided to the City Clerk’s Office of every meeting of the group.

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