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Newbury Assessor’s Office Newbury assessments held steady throughout 2009. Most properties sold for more than assessed value, keeping Newbury’s assessment ratio under 100% market value. Property assessments are based on sales: what the market is willing to pay. If properties are selling for more then assessed value, there is little ground to lower assessments. As with any town, property owners are concerned about their taxes, and understand they are based on assessment. We regularly monitor the relationship between assessment and sales price so that assessments are fair throughout the town. Though current values are still below selling prices, if a time presents itself that values need to be adjusted downward, we will do so. Again, we will monitor the market and make appropriate adjustments to obtain fairness among all classes and types of property. Newbury is scheduled to update values in 2011. The last time values were updated was in 2006. Each year we review 20 percent of improved properties in town so in five years, the town has been completely reviewed. This past fall and over the winter we have been verifying data in the southeast corner of town. The goal is to make sure our data is as accurate as possible. We do this by continually adjusting assessments when there are errors on the property card and by keeping a balance between sale price and assessment. Also, the State of New Hampshire Department of Revenue Administration (DRA) monitors our work and the collection of data. They have informed us that the sampling over this past year has looked good. There were no substantial errors in our data. Once the southeast corner of town is completed, we will continue on to the southwest corner and review approximately 20% more properties. This summer we will be using our on-line mapping vendor to host our assessing data. The move was prompted by our ability to display both the on-line GIS maps and the assessing
data in one place, creating a cost-effective manner in which to locate and retrieve property information. We encourage everyone to visit the town’s website at www.newburynh.org and proceed to the assessing department. There you will find a host of useful information along with the online mapping and assessing links. This site is very useful for property searches. Also on the town website is a mission statement that I created for the tri-town assessing office. Please take a moment to read it as I feel it is very important to communicate with the residents of Newbury. Normand Bernaiche, Town Assessor Judy Healey, Joy Nowell, Diane Jones, Stephanie Lavallie and Diana Morris at the annual Newbury Beautification Committee’s plant sale. Photo courtesy Bruce Healey
Page 1 and 2: Annual Report Town of 2009 Newbury,
Page 3: of the Selectmen, Treasurer, and ot
Page 6 and 7: Minutes - Town Meeting, March 11, 2
Page 8 and 9: Library Trustees* Pat Sherman, term
Page 10 and 11: Inspectors of Election** Doris Newe
Page 12 and 13: Remembering Yesteryear, Looking Ahe
Page 14 and 15: disaster. The recent circumstances
Page 16 and 17: Hazard Mitigation Grants In 2009, t
Page 18 and 19: eceived town meeting approval, whic
Page 20 and 21: Treasurer General Fund 2009 Receipt
Page 22 and 23: Trust Funds of the Town of Newbury
Page 24 and 25: Excavation Tax 392.24 Utility Charg
Page 28 and 29: Summary Inventory of Valuation 2009
Page 30 and 31: Inventory of Town Property Location
Page 32 and 33: Budget Committee The town budget co
Page 34 and 35: Programs, 2009 Reading Discussions
Page 36 and 37: The Newbury Public Library was buil
Page 38 and 39: Teen Zone Young Adult Librarian Jan
Page 40 and 41: Volunteers Volunteers helped with a
Page 42 and 43: Produced by the Historical Society,
Page 44 and 45: Center Meeting House The big news i
Page 46 and 47: Transfer Station smoother. A few sm
Page 48 and 49: Parks and Recreation 2009 was anoth
Page 50 and 51: Kearsarge Area Preschool The Kearsa
Page 52 and 53: In June, we graduated seven student
Page 54 and 55: coaches, fundraising and field main
Page 56 and 57: In closing, we would like to thank
Page 58 and 59: honored as our 2009 volunteers of t
Page 60 and 61: in 2009, using The Fells as a home
Page 62 and 63: number reported did not produce a m
Page 64 and 65: In early October, we focused on the
Page 66 and 67: The Bradford Elementary School ski
Page 68 and 69: New bushes were planted in the Boot
Page 70 and 71: interest, an agreement was reached
Page 72 and 73: Zoning Board of Adjustment The Newb
Page 74 and 75: UNH Cooperative Extension-Merrimack
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Police Department Greetings from th
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Computer Crimes 0 M/V Unlock 14 M/V
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Fire Department The year 2009 was a
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You should also always check the ex
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Newbury Fire Department Call Totals
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help to us and we try to provide th
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during the 2009 season threatened s
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Code Enforcement 2009 was a bit slo
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Emergency Management As 2009 starte
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Health and Human Services and the D
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Governor’s Advisory Commission on
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Cemeteries 25,610 24,066 25,140 Ins
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Capital Outlay Land 0 0 0 Improveme
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Meals & Room Tax Distribution 96,00
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Highway Department 2009 was another
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Blodgett Wastewater Treatment Facil
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Newbury’s primary method of commu
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LSRVNA would not be able to provide
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groundbreaking in August 2007, maki
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throughout the hospital from the ma
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Women, Infants and Children (W.I.C.
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Family Services 2009 has been a ver
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Kearsarge Area Council on Aging COA
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Conservation Commission The Newbury
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gave a Power Point presentation fro
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egarding how to make our towns more
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Lake Sunapee Protective Association
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Sunapee Area Watershed Coalition In
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Newbury town land, and then follows
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Upper Valley Lake Sunapee Regional
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Town of Newbury, NH Annual Town Mee
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ARTICLE 3 - To see if the Town will
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Mr. Budd stated that the Highway Eq
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spend $20,000 on the study. Maybe w
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Motion to adopt Article 8 was made
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ARTICLE 11: To see if the Town will
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Mr. Powell explained that there are
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Art Burritt, on behalf of the owner
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Sally Harris said the harbor area l
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Town of Newbury Special Town Meetin
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Your Tax Dollars 2009 County $2.63
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Marriages/Unions Registered in the
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Newbury Service Directory ALL EMERG
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Remembering Yesteryear... A group o
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