Ayotte suggests leasing surplus state land for housing
Gov. Kelly Ayotte suggests leasing surplus state land for residential development to help curb New Hampshire's housing shortage and attract more workers to the state.
Town tax rate set
Merrimack – The tax rate is just a bit lower than what the town had estimated.
The state Department of Revenue Administration has set the town’s 2004 property tax rate at $22.36 per $1,000 of assessed valuation. That’s an increase of 10.5 percent over the 2003 rate of $20.24.
With the tax rate, property taxes on the average single-family home with an assessed value of $218,000 will increase by $462 from $4,412 in 2003 to $4,874 in 2004, town officials said.
The tax rate breaks down this way:
– Schools – $12.80, an increase of $3.03.
– Town – $5.26, an increase of 22 cents.
– State school tax – $3.12, a decrease of $1.10.
– County – $1.18, a decrease of three cents.
