GilfordGrok

Well, still ironing out a few bugs.  I had hoped to have been able to "live stream" the entire proceedings (perhaps next week!) but given that it was not possible, we have this.

Complete audio of the meeting can be listened to here (2 hrs, 35 min).

We also had an interesting discussion near the end of the meeting concerning Wesley Woods, the new non-profit retirement community behind the United Methodist Church.

The discussion centered around the impact to Gilford taxpayers who are obligated to pay the Laconia Water fees for supplying water to this development at a cost of $47,544 (an increase of $13,544 or 39.84% over last year).

Nub of discussion - while there may be a payment in lieu of taxes, there is no indication that it will equal the equivalent amount if it were a private development.  Taken to an extreme case, the taxpayers may well be subsidizing via higher marginal taxes on them for people who can afford the cost of the that development (not cheap by the way).

The video of the discussion is here (9 min, 9 secs)

It is a discussion that needs to happen - if this continues, it will have ramifications not only in Gilford but across the state.