Rocklands OverRide Impact

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Rocklands Over-Ride Impact

• Town of Rockland
• May 30th

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Public Schools

• Question 1
• 1.8 million
• School override Fails
• Jefferson School Closes
• 45 staff including 24 teachers laid-off
• Eighth grade moves to HS
• The Rogers Middle School project will be put in
  jeopardy
• LOWER Property Values

• Cost to Taxpayers
• Based on an average 296,500 assessed home tax
  bill.
• Cost is 0.94 per 1000.
• Or
• 278 per household
• Which equals to
• 70 per tax quarter

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Town Departments

• Question 2
• 352,423
• BOS 7,874.00
• Assessors 28,929.00
• Tax Collector 2,500.00
• Police Dept 140,000.00
• Fire Dept 78,000.00
• Highway 42,000.00
• Bd of Health 12,036.00
• Veterans 10,000.00

• Town Depts. allows us to maintain current levels
  police and fire manning levels which are already
  depleted.
• Highway covers increased materials cost
• BOS, Assessors, BoH, Tax Collector and Veterans
  Services maintaining levels

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Police and Fire Departments

• Question 2
• Staffing levels have been reduced due to
  retirements,
• This effects critical Public Safety coverage
• Community Policing
• Ambulance and Fire response times

• No raises in the last 3 years.
• Departed positions are not being filled.
• We have initiated cost containment procedures
  and are seeking savings where possible.

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Town Hall

• Tax Collector-postage
• Board of Selectmen, postal, paper, electricity
• Town Clerk
• 1 position, passport service would end
• Board of Assessors
• 1 position, effecting excise taxes, etc

• Board of Health
• 1 PT position,
• occasional closings
• Veterans Services
• 10K underfunded
• Highway Department
• Increase material costs
• Road repairs ect.

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Recap Question 2

• 352,423.00
• Approximately 18 cents on the tax rate
• Average home 53.37
• Quarterly 13.34

• This question allows Rockland to maintain
  something near current Town Services.
• Not to fund raises or benefits.
• While some towns accept 1 year freezes we are in
  our 3rd 0 increase.

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Public Library

• Question 3
• 348,000.00
• 6 FT/6 PT employees
• FOUNDATION BUDGET
• Maintains a level funding to keep the library
  open
• Attempts to end the annual debate over funding.

• Approx 8000 card holders
• May cost over 200K to close the building
• Loss of State Funds
• Internet access
• Over 15,000 items borrowed inter-library
• Not allowed to borrow at other are Libraries

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Public Library

• Discounted Museum passes
• Tax Assistance
• Job and resume assistance
• Summer reading programs

• Whitman Avon
• Canton Hull
• Stoughton Sandwich
• Abington Sharon
• Kingston
• Scituate
• Hanover

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Foundation Budget 4

• Question 4
• Youth Commission will attempt to continue but
  currently we only fund directors position .
• Runs summer program
• Hartsuffs Pond
• McKinleys school programs
• All youth programs, sewing, cooking babysitting,
  Gym

• Council on Aging
• Meals on Wheels
• Fuel assistance
• Senior Van
• Blood pressure screening
• Legal referrals
• Senior programs
• EACH program
• Approx 2 cents on your tax rate

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Parks Department

• Establishes a Foundation Budget
• This would end annual debate of funding the
  Parks Department.
• Parks supports community outings
• Opening days
• Semi-pro and legion in addition to School
  programs
• 1900 sport participants

• 45 barrels of rubbish
• Fields throughout Town
• Youth programs could be in jeopardy
• Veterans Memorial Stadium upkeep
• Currently at ½ staffing
• Schools and youth leagues will have to be
  self-sufficient
• Approx 9 cents on tax rate avg. home lt26
  p/q

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Rocklands Override Impact

• Question 1 School 1,800,000 .94
• Question 2 Town Dept 352,423 .18
• Question 3 Library 348,000 .18
• Question 4 Parks, COA 268,969 .14
• Youth, VNA
• 2,769,392
• Represents 1.44 per thousand

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Impact

• Assess Value Annual Impact Quarterly
• 200,000 288.00 72.
• 296,500 426.96 106.74
• 300,000 432.00 108.00
• Rockland currently has the 3rd lowest average
  single family tax bill in Plymouth County

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Average Single Family Tax

• NORWELL 7,150.00
• DUXBURY 7,135.00
• HINGHAM 6,518.00
• HANOVER 5,267.00
• SCITUATE 5,182.00
• MARION 5,077.00
• PLYMPTON 4,871.00
• MATTAPOISETT 4,813.00
• KINGSTON 4,699.00
• HALIFAX 4,370.00
• HULL 4,319.00
• PEMBROKE 4,238.00
• ABINGTON 4,185.00
• MARSHFIELD 4,066.00

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Average Single Family Tax

• BRIDGEWATER 4,015.00
• EAST BRIDGEWATER 3,947.00
• WEST BRIDGEWATER 3,919.00
• PLYMOUTH 3,798.00
• HANSON 3,725.00
• CARVER 3,686.00
• ROCHESTER 3,573.00
• WHITMAN 3,418.00
• MIDDLEBOROUGH 3,382.00
• LAKEVILLE 3,245.00
• ROCKLAND 3,172.00
• BROCKTON 2,658.00
• WAREHAM 2,231.00