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uh oh,,,,,,choo choo's with square wheels being dealt with
Local Democrats discuss
economic initiatives
McLeod said the commission would
invest $30 million, annually, throughout
the northern part of New Hampshire,
Maine, Vermont and New York.
She added that the commission would
invest in infrastructure like roads,rail
and broadband Internet.
“We desperately need this investment,”
said McLeod.
The $30 million funding for the Northern
Border Regional Commission will
need to be found in future legislation.
this tells me that more is going on than what we know. events are falling into place.
uh oh,,,, no money for ATV fantasy land
Mayor David Bertrand said the
state is falling down on its commitment
to develop the ATV trail system
at Jericho. If the state really wants
to help the North Country, Bertrand
said it can speed up development of
the park.
“They only added ten miles of trail
this summer,” he complained. “This
summer was a token effort on their
part at best,” he said.
ok so transmission line issue dealt with and plenty of trees. now all we have to deal with is frozen wood chips, choo choo's w square wheels marina on a swift river, and the asteroid impact area and eminent domain.
New study looks at
wood availability
BY BARBARA TETREAULT
BERLIN -- A soon-to-be released
study of wood supply for Coos County
estimates 640,000 tons of low grade
wood is available for a biomass facility
in Berlin.The study, which was prepared by
LandVest Inc., for North Country
Council, was outlined Monday at a
meeting of the North Country Transmission
Study Committee.The study looked at a wood basket
covering 6.3 million acres of timberland
in Coos, Grafton, Carroll and
Belknap Counties in New Hampshire,
parts of eight counties in Vermont,
and Oxford County in Maine.
The study estimates a range of
280,000 tons to 1 million tons of available
low grade wood annually. The
annual requirement is 1.7 tons of biomass
per megawatt.A study in May by Innovative Natural
Resource Solutions for Clean
Power Development Inc., estimated
300,000 tons of low grade wood would
be available annually within a 30 mile
radius of Berlin at a cost of about $32
per ton.Clean Power has proposed to construct
a 25-megawatt biomass plant
in Berlin. The company downsized
from its original proposal for a 45
megawatt plant because of the study
results.Laidlaw Environmental has a proposal to convert
the former pulp mill boiler into a 60 megawatt biomass
plant. Company offi cials said the facility would
use 700,000 to 750,000 tons of low grade wood annually.
Mel Liston of Clean Power said in looking at wood
supply his study took into consideration diesel costs
for trucking and felt a 30-mile radius was prudent.
But Louis Bravakis of Laidlaw said the NCC study,
which the state helped fund, proves the wood supply
is there to support his company’s proposal. On the
high end, the study indicates there is as much as
1 million tons available. He said Laidlaw is looking
into transporting some wood by rail which will help
with fuel costs.“We feel confident the wood is out there,” he said.
note the highlight
KEZZEK live LOL
Support on both sides of the isle!
Gee so either candidate could solve the transmission line problem the 2nd day in office, wow! the 1st day they'll be busy arse kissing
transmission line problem solved. now all we have to deal with is frozen wood chips, no trees, choo choo's w square wheels, a marina on a swift moving river, no roads, and the asteroid impact area.
oh yea and eminent domain LOL
From yesterdays BDS
State Senate contestants to debate
McLeod offers ‘new
direction’ for North
Country region
"She said some things that would lead to economic
development include providing broadband Internet
access, upgrading transmission line and expanding
work force development. She added that another
thing to focus on is developing biomass projects and
other alternative energy industries in the region"
Gallus seeks to restore
the region to former
economic glory
"Gallus said that to help repair the infrastructure
he plans a bill to upgrade the transmission lines.
If the North Country sits and waits for the government
agencies to start improving the lines it will
take a long time, said Gallus, but the state has the
ability to bond the money needed to upgrade the
lines and with state support, the project could start
tomorrow."
didn't someone say on this board the state has the ability to bond the project??
thanks i'm buying more also!!!!!!!
WOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOO
Dispute these facts about Berlin
381 properties for sale on realtor.com (up from 371 when i started posting)of 5062 housing units
Berlin $29.96 in taxes for each 1k property valuation
county taxes up 20.5% ($4 on 1000.00)
sewer rates going up 5.7%
Water department now shutting of water to properties overdue w a 75.00 reconnect fee
highest electricity rates in the state
Gorham next town over 80 mill workers out of work
School department getting a huge cut.
w a population of 9600 1/4 of working adults report losing a job in the past year
People burning down houses because they cant afford them anymore
the avg homeowner's house is valued at 70k.
family of 4 income 38,750
2,550 in taxes
1,000+/- water bill
2400 annual electric bill
4500 to heat the house
4000 to drive to work(those that still have a job)
5200 on food
Nimby's care about their neighbors. :^)
382 properties for sale on realtor.com (up from 371 when i started posting)of 5062 housing units
Berlin $29.96 in taxes for each 1k property valuation
county taxes up 20.5% ($4 on 1000.00)
sewer rates going up 5.7%
Water department now shutting of water to properties overdue w a 75.00 reconnect fee
highest electricity rates in the state
Gorham next town over 80 mill workers out of work
School department getting a huge cut.
w a population of 9600 1/4 of working adults report losing a job in the past year
People burning down houses because they cant afford them anymore
the avg homeowner's house is valued at 70k.
family of 4 income 38,750
2,550 in taxes
1,000+/- water bill
2400 annual electric bill
4500 to heat the house
4000 to drive to work(those that still have a job)
5200 on food
Revenue shortfall jumps $50 million
Real estate, business taxes continue dive
By LAUREN R. DORGAN
Monitor staff
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
October 17, 2008 - 12:00 am
A rough month in the global economy has taken a big bite out of the state budget. New estimates predict revenue for fiscal year 2009 will fall $250 million short of original expectations - a projection $50 million worse than a month ago.
equals lint in the pockets and mayonaise sandwiches for dinner
no trees, choo choo's with square wheels, frozen wood chips, and now eminent domain tooooooo funny
How about projected asteroid impact area
does that mean Berlin goes into recievership?
381 properties for sale on realtor.com (up from 371 when i started posting)of 5062 housing units
Berlin $29.96 in taxes for each 1k property valuation
county taxes up 20.5% ($4 on 1000.00)
sewer rates going up 5.7%
Water department now shutting of water to properties overdue w a 75.00 reconnect fee
highest electricity rates in the state
Gorham next town over 80 mill workers out of work
School department getting a huge cut.
w a population of 9600 1/4 of working adults report losing a job in the past year
People burning down houses because they cant afford them anymore
the avg homeowner's house is valued at 70k.
family of 4 income 38,750
2,550 in taxes
1,000+/- water bill
2400 annual electric bill
4500 to heat the house
4000 to drive to work(those that still have a job)
5200 on food
equals lint in the pockets and mayonaise sandwiches for dinner
IMO pet rocks are gonna be a hit this christmas
I got a house in the lakes and i couldn't get my direct tv to work cause its surrounded by billions and billions of trees
now all we have to deal with is frozen wood chips, no trees, and choo choo's with square wheels LOL
wait we got trees
gorgeous
leaf-peeping season winds
down, consider how many individual
leaves make up the red, orange
and yellow backdrop that attracts
hordes of tourists to New Hampshire
each fall.
Coming up with an estimate isn’t
easy, as the Telegraph of Nashua
recently discovered.
“I’ve been in the tree business
for 30, 35 years, and I’ve never
been asked that question,” Kevin
Fredette of Gate City Tree Service
said when queried about how many
leaves a tree has.
In it’s New Hampshire Forest
Resources Report, the U.S. Forest
service said there were 4 billion live
trees in New Hampshire in 2006
that were at least 1 inch in diameter.
One-sixth of the state’s forest
land consists of sugar maple, yellow
birch and beech trees, which adds
up to 666 million colorful trees.
Unfortunately the Forest Service
was born of logging, so it doesn’t
much care about leaves. The report
estimates the “dry biomass” of live
trees (300 million tons), but that’s
wood, not leaves. To get an estimate
of “foliar biomass,” the newspaper
turned to the Forest Service offi ce in
Durham, where workers asked not
to be identifi ed “probably because
they should have been doing something
useful instead,” the newspaper
reported.
The result: 1,460 pounds of leaves
per acre of sugar maple, birch and
beech trees. Multiply that by 2.5
million acres of trees and you get 1.9
million tons of leaves.
At a tenth of an ounce per leaf,
that’s 608 billion leaves in New
Hampshire.
So much for the wind farm......
COOS COUNTY — While Noble Environmental
Power has stopped work at two wind farms it
is developing in New York, it is moving ahead with
permitting for a 99-megawatt wind farm in the Phillips
Brook watershed.“The application is still moving forward for Granite Reliable Power,” said project manager Pip Decker.
Contacted Friday, Decker noted GRP’s consulting
firm, Horizon Engineering, was out that day collecting
data in the field. Granite Reliable Power, which is owned by Noble, has an application before the state Site Evaluation
Committee to construct and operate 33 wind turbines
in town of Dummer and the unincorporated
places of Dixville, Erving’s Location, Millsfi eld, and
Odell. New York newspapers last week reported Noble
had stopped work and laid off workers at two wind
farm projects in that state. In a written statement,
Noble CEO Walter Howard attributed the company’s
action to conditions in the financial markets. Noble
had fi led with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission to do a stock offering to raise $375 million.
But one of the underwriters for the offering was
Lehman Brothers which has filed for bankruptcy.
i guess there will be room on the grid
dont forget the towns paying a police chief 100k and there's only 9600 people
Have you ever seen Uranus? i haven't but i know its there
Revenue shortfall jumps $50 million
Real estate, business taxes continue dive
By LAUREN R. DORGAN
Monitor staff
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
October 17, 2008 - 12:00 am
A rough month in the global economy has taken a big bite out of the state budget. New estimates predict revenue for fiscal year 2009 will fall $250 million short of original expectations - a projection $50 million worse than a month ago.
"We've had some dramatic things happen in that month," said Linda Hodgdon, commissioner of the Department of Administrative Services, whose new projections have state revenue falling 10 percent short. The chief drivers of the decline are sinking real estate taxes and business taxes.
Gov. John Lynch has already trimmed $90 million from the 2009 budget. If revenue projections hold, $160 million more must be cut before the fiscal year ends in June. So far, Lynch has asked agency heads to submit before the end of the month 8 percent cuts to their budgets, with the goal of an overall deficit reduction of $55 million, Hodgdon said.
Among other measures, Lynch, a Democrat, has instituted freezes on hiring, travel and equipment purchases.
A stagnant real estate market and declining home values explain some of the growing hole. The state's real estate transfer taxes have been "the engine" of the state budget for years, said Sen. Lou D'Allesandro, who led a Senate hearing on state revenue yesterday.
"You've got a huge inventory today, and the value of that inventory is dropping on a daily basis," said D'Allesandro, a Manchester Democrat.
The evidence is visible to the naked eye, D'Allesandro said. "I look at my neighborhood now, and the 'for sale' signs are popping up all over the place," he said.
Hodgdon expects the state's real estate transfer tax to bring in 32 percent less than expected, or a total of $98 million, over the fiscal year. In fiscal year 2008, the state took in $116 million from real estate taxes, according to preliminary numbers.
Hodgdon said it's hard to see when the decline in the real estate market will end. "At some point, we hope we hit bottom and it starts to go back up again," she said. "But I don't think that's going to be soon."
Sinking business taxes are also a significant piece of the decline. Hodgdon said business profit and enterprise taxes will fall 20 percent short of original budget projections, bringing in $534 million. That's also a smaller haul than the previous fiscal year, when the state drew $611 million in business taxes, according to unaudited figures.
Legislative Budget Assistant Mike Buckley presented his own projections. He predicted a slightly smaller total shortfall, $236 million.
But Buckley warned senators to look out for the "other shoe that needs to drop" - department budget requests. As the deficit has grown, so too have the needs of New Hampshire's residents, Buckley said.
"In a period of downturn in the economy, that's when state services are looked for," he said.
board plus commission??????? no way. i seen it a few months ago when this took off
Posted by: timdoh2002 Date: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 3:41:28 PM
In reply to: None Post # of 38032
the bot is hitting the ask every 30 seconds
wouldnt fill me broke up my order
last time this happened we went to .0046 this is the start of the roller coaster
500 people signed a petition wanting it to go forward most of whom probably lost a job w/i the past year.
Master plan group turns to economic development
BY BARBARA TETREAULT
BERLIN — The topic before the master
plan subcommittee Wednesday night was
economic development and it generated a
lively discussion on setting goals, taking
risks, and the future of the mill site.
Richard Gsottschneider of RKG Associates
has been hired as a consultant for
the economic development chapter of the
master plan update. The company he
founded specializes in redevelopment of
industrial sites and military bases such as
Pease Air Force base.
Wednesday night he sought input from
the subcommittee on the draft chapter he
put together with Jeffrey Taylor Associates,
the main consultant on the update.
Gsottschneider suggested the top economic
priority for Berlin should be upgrading
its downtown, which he called the face
of the city.
City Manager Patrick MacQueen said
fi ve years ago the city made improving
its housing stock and removing blighted
buildings its top focus. Housing Coordinator
André Caron said the city has had
some success in the effort. He said in two
years the federal prison will open and the
city hopes to attract federal workers to buy
property in Berlin.
Gsottschneider praised the inspection
sweep the city and state collaborated on
back in the spring of 2007. About 100 housing
units were inspected for health and
life safety code violations. Gsottschneider
urged the city to continue such sweeps. He
said the city can still move aggressively on
housing while focusing on the downtown.
Three key areas in the downtown were
targeted by the group for redevelopment
- the Cote Building on upper Main Street,
the block of vacant buildings owned by Rite
Aid, and the empty lot on Pleasant Street.
Jeffrey Taylor warned the Rita Aid
site could be a disaster if the buildings
are torn down and replaced with
something that does not fi t the downtown.
He pointed out the property is
on an important and visible corner in
the downtown.
Gsottschneider said the city must
be willing to take risks and use money
sitting in various authorities to move
forward. He admitted to some frustration
when working on projects for
the Androscoggin Economic Recovery
Corporation back in 2001 because he
felt local offi cials were not willing to
risk money.
The draft report called the former
Fraser mill site a key component of
the city’s future economic development
strategy. It urged the the city to
try and purchase all or a portion of it
to control its use. Gsottschneider said
he understood the mayor and council
are opposed to a biomass facility on
the property and indicated he agreed
with that position.
Berlin Economic Development
Director Norm Charest said he
believes North American Dismantling
expects to sell the boiler and land to
Laidlaw Energy for more money than
it could otherwise get for the property.
As long as Laidlaw is pursuing
the biomass project, Charest said he
thinks NAD will not be interested in
selling the property.
Gsottschneider proposed the city
come up with conditions that it will
push if Laidlaw fi les an application
for the plant with the N.H. Site Evaluation
Committee. He also proposed
developing options for the mill site to
propose to NAD.
If the 60-megawatt biomass plant
goes forward, Gsottschneider’s draft
suggested the city work with Laidlaw
to create an energy park that would
offer tenants electricity as well as
stream or hot water at competitive
rates.
City Planner Pamela Lafl amme
said another economic priority for
the city is the Jericho Mountain
State Park and the ATV trail system
under development there. She said
the ATV trail system is the trigger
for two housing developments that
have already been proposed for the
Route 110 area. Because of the rainy
weather this summer, trail work at
the park is behind schedule. The city
is also pushing for a trail to connect
the Jericho park with the ATV trail
system in Success.
The fi nal priority mentioned by the
group is a need for additional industrial
park land. Berlin Industrial
Development and Park Authority
chair Dick Huot said the city’s industrial
park is out of room. MacQueen
said the city has been negotiating
with Georgia Pacifi c to purchase a
215-acre parcel near the existing
park. He said the property is perfect
for an industrial park but Georgia
Pacifi c is in no hurry to complete the
sale.
Gsottschneider said he will take
the feedback from the meeting and
revise his draft. The group decided
to postpone its plan to hold a public
session on the economic piece in
November. Instead, the subcommittee
will meet on Nov. 12 to review the
updated draft.
and 1/3rd of berlin on welfare will do wonders for property values also.
HURRUMPH!!!!!!
Berlin itself screams receivership
385 properties for sale on realtor.com (up from 371 when i started posting)of 5062 housing units
Berlin $29.96 in taxes for each 1k property valuation
county taxes up 20.5% ($4 on 1000.00)
sewer rates going up 5.7%
Water department now shutting of water to properties overdue w a 75.00 reconnect fee
highest electricity rates in the state
Gorham next town over 80 mill workers out of work
School department getting a huge cut.
w a population of 9600 1/4 of working adults report losing a job in the past year
the avg homeowner's house is valued at 70k.
family of 4 income 38,750
2,550 in taxes
1,000+/- water bill
2400 annual electric bill
4500 to heat the house
4000 to drive to work(those that still have a job)
5200 on food
equals lint in the pockets and mayonaise sandwiches for dinner
IMO pet rocks are gonna be a hit this christmas
oh yea the trasmission lines.
currently being worked out by all 6 new england states.
How are the wind farms making out?
that should put the 100's lumberjacks and truckers back to work
Spencer since your are john edwards as MB pointed out in his blog...
https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=382815378205116668&postID=43557330401486305
and an elected official
http://www.berlinnh.gov/Pages/BerlinNH_BComm/assessors
What do you think of LLEG dragging your towns a$$ into court re taxes and your pumping of clean power?
What liability might you be brining to berlin posting on boards trying to thwart LLEG from going forward?
I know frozen wood chips, tiny roads, choo choo's with square wheels, and no trees.
not if you have it with your corn flakes
unsure if this has been posted...
http://www.henniker.org/minutes/zoningbd/zbapdfs/10-15-08%20Agenda.pdf
Hey Brungy what do you think of LLEG dragging your town a$$ into court
http://www.laconiadailysun.com/BerlinPDF/2008/10/9B.pdf
More money wasted by the council that they dont have. The board was willing to give clean power a blank check
what are the questions you are talking about?
dont forget we got frozen wood chips, choo choo's with square wheels and no roads
Boston...when?
Geeeeeeee So is Berlin gonna cut the same break for LLEG as it did for clean power?
They better. They were willing to bend over backwards for a smaller outfit who wouldn't be able to pay the taxes. Does Berlin have the $ for the Attnys?
Tax assessments for mill
site and hydros challenged
BY BARBARA TETREAULT
THE BERLIN DAILY SUN
BERLIN — Both North American
Dismantling Corp. and Great Lakes
Hydro are challenging the city’s 2007
tax assessments for their properties
but the two are following different
routes of appeal.
North American Dismantling,
which owns the former pulp mill
property, has filed suit in Coos Superior
Court. Great Lakes Hydro, which
owns three hydro power plants, has
appealed to the N.H. Board of Tax
and Land Appeals.
An abatement petition to the Superior
Court system is a legal proceeding
and follows formal rules of
evidence. In contrast, the Board of
Tax and Land Appeals process is less
formal and it is easier for taxpayers
to represent themselves. It is less
expensive to file a petition with the
BTLA - $65 compared to a $125 filing
fee for Superior Court.
Which one is quicker is up for
debate. A spokeswoman with the
BLTA said the appeal would likely be
scheduled for sometime next year. A
hearing on North American Dismantling’s
petition in Coos Superior Court
is set for Dec. 3.
In both case, if the parties are not
satisfied with the decision of the court
or board, the next level of appeal is the
state Supreme Court.
Property assessments are based on
the value of the property on April 1 of
the tax year.
For the approximately 130-acre mill
site, the city placed its 2007 taxable
assessment at $7.9 million. In April
2007, NAD was still dismantling the
old pulp mill and many of the buildings
and smoke stacks were still standing.
In its petition to the court, the Michigan-
based company said the $7.9 million
appraisal “was in excess of a just
and proportionate valuation” of its
taxable property.
The city reduced the valuation of
the mill site for the 2008 tax year to
$5.4 million, reflecting the demolition
that has been done. The $5.4 million
valuation includes the chemical recovery
boiler that NAD has agreed to sell
to Laidlaw Energy for conversion to a
biomass plant.Great Lakes Hydro owns the 3.1-
megawatt Cross Hydro, the 3.2-
megawatt Sawmill Hydro, and the
7-megawatt Riverside Hydro.
The city set an assessment of $6.7
million for Cross Hydro. Great Lakes
said the figure should have been $6
million. The city appraised Sawmill Hydro
at $6.1 million. Great Lakes placed its
valuation at $5.5 million.
Riverside Hydro, the largest of the
three, was appraised by the city at
$18.5 million. Great Lakes said the
fi gure should have been $16.7 million.
For the current tax year, the city
increased the total vaulation of the
three hydros by $4.3 million.
Both the hydro facilities and the
mill property was appraised for the
city by consultant George Sansoucy
of Lancaster. Sansoucy specializes in
appraising utility properties such as
electric power plants, water and sewer
systems, and transmission and distribution
systems and has worked for
many communities through the state and county