Tiverton Citizens for Change

It looks like a long agenda for the town council (PDF), this evening, and I know that at least 40% of the audience is here specifically for the council’s consideration of solicitor Andrew Teitz’s proposed policy for making it as easy as possible to raise property taxes beyond the state cap (currently 4.5%). I’ll [...]

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The January 25 meeting of the Town Council saw a bit of controversy over interpretation of the language in state law that places a cap on local property tax increases. As I explained beforehand, there were two interpretations on the table:

Bad (and spun): That regardless of what any other any other governing body [...]

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Back in January, the Town Council agreed to adopt a policy clarifying its role as the governing body for purposes of supermajority protections against exceeding the property tax cap provided by state law. While the initial proposal was to change state law to remove this protection altogether, the Town Council ultimately settled upon a course [...]

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My following of the Town Council’s doings has slipped, a bit, I’m afraid, so I’ve only picked up hints and news reports of the ongoing battle between council members and Town Treasurer Phil DiMattia:
A grab-bag of issues gave rise to the questioning, which were numerous and remained largely unresolved. It was unclear at meeting’s end [...]

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Tiverton’s “pay as you throw” trash pickup program, whereby residents will pay the town for the bags that they use for garbage disposal, is not yet in effect, but in January, the Town Council voted to have the solicitor put together the necessary legal language. Here’s the video. (For video of an earlier [...]

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