cooljeanius’s avatarcooljeanius’s Twitter Archive—№ 56,076

                    1. The Merrimack County Delegation of the NH House is having a meeting today; we’re still doing things hybrid at the county level, so I’ll be attending by Zoom. I’ll be livetweeting starting here. #NHPolitics
                      Permalink On twitter.com Twitter logo cooljeanius’s avatar ❤️ 1 Favorite Mood 0
                  1. …in reply to @cooljeanius
                    (County Delegation meetings are usually pretty boring compared to state-level House meetings, so there might not be too much to tweet about; we’ll see)
                    Permalink On twitter.com Twitter logo cooljeanius’s avatar Mood -2 🙁
                1. …in reply to @cooljeanius
                  …actually, it looks like the meeting starts an hour later than I thought it did, so I think I might try to attend in-person after all…
                  Permalink On twitter.com Twitter logo cooljeanius’s avatar Mood +2 🙂
              1. …in reply to @cooljeanius
                ok I have arrived in-person... I'd say the non-masked outnumber the masked here today...
                Permalink On twitter.com Twitter logo cooljeanius’s avatar Mood 0
            1. …in reply to @cooljeanius
              (there's a bunch of people attending remotely, though, so I bet if they were here in person, those of us masking would outnumber the unmasked)
              Permalink On twitter.com Twitter logo cooljeanius’s avatar Mood 0
          1. …in reply to @cooljeanius
            ok we’re starting now
            Permalink On twitter.com Twitter logo cooljeanius’s avatar Mood 0
        1. …in reply to @cooljeanius
          I only got this giant packet of materials for today’s meeting yesterday; dunno how we were supposed to be able to review it all in time..
          Permalink On twitter.com Twitter logo cooljeanius’s avatar Mood 0
      1. …in reply to @cooljeanius
        there is a line item in this budget whose description says “dont use”
        Permalink On twitter.com Twitter logo cooljeanius’s avatar Mood 0
    1. …in reply to @cooljeanius
      (it’s $0 anyways so I guess it works out?)
      Permalink On twitter.com Twitter logo cooljeanius’s avatar Mood 0
  1. …in reply to @cooljeanius
    I wish I’d gotten this budget earlier so I’d have time to review it with others… anyways, 0% tax increase projected for next year’s county budget, since rising property valuations means property taxes generate more revenue without raising rates
    On twitter.com Twitter logo cooljeanius’s avatar Mood +2 🙂
    1. …in reply to @cooljeanius
      Concord pays the highest portion of the county’s taxes, making up 25% of the county’s total pie
      Permalink On twitter.com Twitter logo cooljeanius’s avatar Mood 0
      1. …in reply to @cooljeanius
        There are a lot of vacancies for county positions open currently, particularly at the county nursing home, so if you are looking for work, consider applying!
        Permalink On twitter.com Twitter logo cooljeanius’s avatar Mood 0
        1. …in reply to @cooljeanius
          Merrimack County has a vaccine mandate in place for its nursing home; 15 people quit, by my math that’s like just 2.5% of total current budgeted positions, so not much!
          Permalink On twitter.com Twitter logo cooljeanius’s avatar Mood +2 🙂
          1. …in reply to @cooljeanius
            the positions Merrimack County is trying to fill vacancies for are in Boscawen, so they’re considering a transportation program to help people get there
            Permalink On twitter.com Twitter logo cooljeanius’s avatar Mood +2 🙂
            1. …in reply to @cooljeanius
              we’re doing a continuing resolution now; subcommittees will be taking closer looks at parts of the budget later in a few months
              Permalink On twitter.com Twitter logo cooljeanius’s avatar Mood +2 🙂
              1. …in reply to @cooljeanius
                continuing resolution passes (I think that was unanimously?), no further business for the regular county delegation… the executive committee of the delegation has its own meeting immediately following
                Permalink On twitter.com Twitter logo cooljeanius’s avatar Mood +1 🙂
                1. …in reply to @cooljeanius
                  …I don’t think I actually need to continue to be here for this executive committee portion?
                  Permalink On twitter.com Twitter logo cooljeanius’s avatar Mood 0
                  1. …in reply to @cooljeanius
                    ok well that part’s done, too; time to leave…
                    Permalink On twitter.com Twitter logo cooljeanius’s avatar Mood 0