The warrant has been set for the Special Town Meeting to be held on August 25th at 7PM at the Dartmouth High school auditorium. The warrant contains three articles (link here).
The first article is to appropriate $9,500 from the Waterways Management Enterprise to purchase about 1/4 acre ...
... near the Rogers Street property owned by the town.
Articles 2 and 3 are to accept the local option taxes on meals (.75%) and hotel rooms (2%). I have previously written about these taxes here.
The Finance Committee voted 6-0 to recommend the appropriation for the property and the room tax. The Finance Committee voted 5-1 to recommend the meals tax.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Special Town Meeting warrant for August 25th
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Bill,Why are we having a special town meeting in August? This is expensive and many people are on vacation. Why couldn't this wait till the Fall?
The tax will take effect on October 1 and the state will begin collecting their portion. In order for the town to levy their percentage, the local legislature, the Town Meeting in Dartmouth's case, must vote to accept the section of Mass General Law (Chapter 64L section 2a) that allows the tax.
The Special Town Meeting should be a quick one. Before we even get there, every Town Meeting Member should know whether they support the hotel and meals tax -- or oppose it. I don't think debate will change anybody's opinion.
Who was the only FinCom member with the courage to vote no on the meals tax?
If you wanted to see the vote you should have gone to the meeting.
To 11:40 Anonymous - Lantz
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