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The Barrington Town Administrator, Connor MacIver, had some clarifications regarding the recent article entitled, “Private Road Taxpayers Being Unfairly Assessed?” The article was published mainly because Dover residents have a very different process that they go through in their property assessments, and there were Barrington residents that had attended a meeting in Dover about Private Road Taxes, in addition to the Foster’s not covering the story.
Town Administrator MacIver stated in an email:
“State law, the NH Department of Revenue Administration, and the Board of Tax and Land Appeals only require that assessors achieve fair market value with assessments. The assessing methods used vary significantly from community to community. It is important that the method used is consistent within a community in order to facilitate equitable taxation. Between communities the methods can be different, and the state equalizes the values (for reporting purposes) accordingly (using sale data). The fact that assessing methods vary between Barrington and Dover is not at all surprising and does not make one method better or worse; they are just different. The goal of the methods is still the same, to arrive at a fair market value assessment. It is unproductive to pit one community’s assessing methods against another.”
He went on to state:
“The information I provided regarding Barrington’s assessing methods is factual. The article presents the description of these methods as a debatable opinion (using terms like ‘claims’). If you had concerns that the information I was sharing was inaccurate, you simply had to ask for examples. I will provide the following examples (see corresponding land assessment data images, attached):”
Class V – Paved – Brooks Road
Base $82,994; Assessment $83,000: 0%
Class VI – Gravel – Brooks Road
Base $79,420; Assessment $67,900: -15%
Class V – Gravel – Ross Road
Base $80,050; Assessment $76,000: -5%
Private – Gravel – Carr Drive
Base $85,000; Assessment $76,700: -10%
Private – Paved – Breezy Way
Base $102,367; Assessment $92,100: -10%
And followed with:
“The base rate for land values varies based on neighborhood and geographic location. That base rate is further adjusted based on the information I previously provided. The examples show how living on Class VI, private, and gravel roads affect the base rate of land assessments. This is a factual representation of Barrington’s assessing methods.”
“I understand that members of multiple communities have concerns regarding property assessments and services. My interest is in providing Barrington residents with factual information regarding our assessing methods. Our assessing methods take into consideration the class of the road and the road surface; that is important for residents to know. If another community does not do the same, that does not make them wrong and Barrington right; just different.”
While we hope to provide the most accurate information, we have not heard back from the New Hampshire Private Road Taxpayers Alliance regarding these communications that we shared with Mr. Allie. We hope to in the future determine what Mr. Allie was referring to when we used the word “claims” to describe information that we shared with him from the Town of Barrington.
For now, we have the following document available from the Town of Barrington entitled “2019 Revaluation - Frequently Asked Questions” for you to download and look over. When we hear back from Mr. Allie of the New Hampshire Private Road Taxpayers Alliance, we will publish his response to this information as well.
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Careno Construction has been selected as the building firm for the new Town Hall project. Careno was one of four firms to respond to the Request for Qualifications. According to their presentation, Careno Construction “has a wealth of experience delivering contracting projects through each phase of construction. We are fully licensed, bonded, insured and provide construction services for new construction and renovations from small to large projects with a proven track record of getting projects on time and under budget.”
Careno Construction will manage all aspects of the Barrington Town Hall project from Design through Construction to ensure a successfully delivered project. The new building will be designed to be oriented for and carry the weight of new solar panels. According to the plan, the project will be completed by September 2020, in which the construction phase will take 7 months. There will be 9,900 ft2 of space in the building.
The company will use Port One Architects to design the building, Civil Consultants for structural engineering, and Robert Cummings & Associates for fire protection. Subcontractors will include A.E. Lemire Co for HVAC & Plumbing, Yankee Electric for electrical, A-1 Foundations for concrete foundations, White Diamond for painting, and Carter Sprinkler for fire protection.
Benjamin Careno will be the project executive for the Town of Barrington’s Town Hall Project, and his role will be coordinating the Careno Construction management team overseeing estimating, scheduling, accounting and documentation. Ben has successfully project managed multiple Municipal - Design-Build Projects in the area.
Todd Harrington is a Project Manager with Careno Construction, that will be responsible for all phases of project management including managing daily activities, changes, financials, logistics, and estimating. With a background in Architecture as well as Construction; Todd can foresee many potential issues early in the planning stages, ask the right questions, and in most cases propose a solution.
Don Boisvert will be the Site Superintendent. He has extensive experience as a Project Superintendent on numerous Municipal Private and Academic Projects including UNH Whittemore Center Dehumidification, UNH Field House Heat Exchanger, UNH Goss Southwest Wing, among many others. He has a very strong mechanical project background, having completed major chiller, AHU and process piping projects.
For more information about the building project, please visit: https://www.barrington.nh.gov/home/bulletins/town-hall-builder-selected
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