[0:02] Good morning everyone. Welcome to the
September 11th, 2026 Rockingham County
[0:07] special meeting. Um I call the meeting
to order and uh ask everyone to rise for
[0:13] the pledge of allegiance.
>> I pledge allegiance to the flag of the
[0:18] United States of America and to the
republic for which it stands, one nation
[0:24] under God, indivisible, with liberty and
justice for all. And I just want to
[0:29] start the meeting with a brief moment of
silence in honor of uh the dean.
[0:42] Thank you everyone. Um in attendance we
have all three commissioners and we're
[0:47] here for a special meeting regarding
authorization for a tan. And so with
[0:51] that, I'll move to um the uh
commissioner umbrella to make a motion
[0:56] relative to authorization for the
treasur to seek financing pursuant to
[1:00] RSA 28 29 and 8. I'll make a motion to
authorize the county treasur to RSA
[1:10] 29 but oh my go 29 point colon 8 with
the approval of the executive committee
[1:17] of the convention county convention to
proceed with the tan anticipation note
[1:21] also known as tan for financing for $15
million to meet current county
[1:27] obligations due to insufficient cash
flow in the county treasury. Sorry
[1:33] » discussion.
>> I think it's worth just um the use to
[1:38] highlight a few things. One that the use
of hands in county government is a
[1:43] common practice though uh historic
somewhat uncommon in the last decade in
[1:48] Rockingham. And it really is tied to the
amount of fund balance the county has.
[1:54] Right? Because statutoily we can only
get um collect on taxes once a year. So,
[2:02] um, until we collect those taxes, we're
in a position where we have to use fund
[2:07] balance for our operating expenses. And
here, as I think anybody who's, uh, sort
[2:12] of been tuned in has realized, we're
trying to sort of, um, in an effort even
[2:17] in addition with this this uh, budget
year to raise uh, taxes. It's all in an
[2:25] effort to build up the fund balance, the
reserve. So our goal here is to get in a
[2:32] position where um after a few years we
won't be relying on tans. However, in
[2:38] this because our fund balance is has
been depleted, we need to use the TANS
[2:45] for the next, you know, certainly this
year and I would I would gander in the
[2:49] next couple years to get us over the
hump until and until and until we can
[2:55] get our uh fund balance to a sufficient
level where we don't need to rely on um
[3:02] TANS to get us to our collection of
taxes.
[3:07] I agree. It was that was a good summary.
I I I agree. Uh this is all about cash
[3:13] flow. This is not about uh any extra
taxation and we will look to avoid that
[3:17] and uh uh moving forward increase the
the unreserve funds so that we will have
[3:23] the cash flow and that will put us again
in a unique position across the state
[3:28] where we will not need the tan. Um most
counties have the rely on it
[3:34] » rely on it every year. So, uh, we think
that we can improve that moving forward,
[3:42] » right? Or we need our legislature to,
uh, to, uh, uh, change the statute to
[3:48] allow collection of county taxes twice a
year.
[3:52] » Oh, that Yeah, that would help. That's
right. That would help.
[3:55] » That's above my pay grade. Anyway, um,
any further discussion? Hearing none on
[4:01] the motion. Commissioner Tumbrella,
Commissioner Gad, and I vote yes. Is
[4:05] there any other new business or old
business?
[4:09] Hearing none. Um
we have to make a motion on something
[4:13] that was
>> this is
[4:16] just something
>> uh so no new business or old business.
[4:21] Any public comment? I don't see anyone
from the public. So with that, um I'll
[4:26] take a motion to adjurnn.
>> I'll make a motion to adjurnn.
[4:29] » Second.
>> All those in favor?
[4:30] » I
>> I thank you so much and thank you Chuck.
[4:35] I don't know if that was a