Rationale: This is a big year for the library, with a new building and the establishment of new programs (some with potential for new revenue to the town).

Why this number: Brings total to around half of initial requested increase.

Rationale: Given the many reductions in this budget, it’s reasonable to leave some money in a special account to give the Town Council the flexibility to fund specific priorities, with debate and accountable votes.

Why this number: More than double the original $20,000 to a large, even sum.

Town Council Contingency Fund: +$30,000.

This building can be maintained relatively inexpensively and taken off the repair list.

Rationale: Tiverton has been letting its assets fall apart.

Why this number: Sufficient for windows and other projects, per contractors.

Senior Center Capital Maintenance: +$32,500.

With the simultaneous capital expense purchase of a hotbox to make materials go farther, this should bring a major improvement to Tiverton’s infrastructure.

Rationale: The roads are abysmal and need repair.

Why this number: The Budget Committee wanted to reduce the budget from last year by $20,000, but it should have gone the other way.

In the following, dollar amounts are changes to the Budget Committee’s recommended budget. The following table compares important details. This year’s elector petition will hold the line at a 0.9% increase. Last year’s elector petition - which won by a margin of nearly two to one - held the town’s tax levy at 0.0%.

Tiverton’s budget process provides taxpayers a wonderful opportunity to approve the town government’s budget for the next year or to offer elector petition alternatives for a private-ballot vote. The Tiverton Taxpayers Association will be working to provide information and assistance, including transportation to voting places. Regular private-ballot voting will be on Saturday, May 16, 7:00 a.m. 0.9% Elector Petition Budget Explanation of DetailsĪbsentee/early voting will be at Town Hall on May 14 & 15, 7:00 a.m. The following is an explanation of the changes in the elector petition.Ĭlick here for a printable PDF of this document.

For the elector petition’s statement of purpose and alternative docket, click here. Thus far, there is no explanation of the Budget Committee’s proposal other than the full complement of meetings and the docket itself. This year, the difference is between a 2.9% increase in total taxes and 0.9%. Unless there are any surprises, the ballot at the financial town referendum (FTR) will again include two budgets: the one proposed by the town’s Budget Committee, and an elector petition proposing lower taxes, submitted by me.

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