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The town of Derry in 2000 had two fire districts. In the fall of 2000, the town council voted to change the boundaries of the fire districts based on a joint fire response study conducted by the fire chiefs of both fire districts. This vote resulted in one district taking on a fairly significant portion of the other district (EDFP). Soon after the Town Council vote, a lawsuit was filed taking the town of Derry to court saying the Council did not have the right to change boundaries. This dispute went on for over four years and cost taxpayers over $200,000. When this dispute finally started to affect my fire service and taxes, I began to attend the EDFP commissioner hearings.
During these hearings, this was discussion on the possibility of not using the dispatch and ambulance service provided by the other fire department. I did not know what other towns in the state did for dispatch and ambulance services nor did I know what type of fire departments other towns provided. So, I went out on the Internet to get this information and found out that it did not exist in one place but in hundreds of places. Therefore, I spent some time gathering this information and decided to put it into a document. This is what is found on the public safety pages.
I then started attending town council hearings. Yes, I am sorry to say that I was one of those apathetic people who did not get involved in town government. There were many complaints about town spending and town bonding with people saying both were out of control. So, I spent time gathering budgetary information about the towns in New Hampshire and putting that information into various documents. This is what is found on the town pages.
What I found was that town spending was subject to a tax cap and while increasing, was not unreasonable. It was school spending that was increasing at a fairly significant rate. So, I spent time gather information about the schools in New Hampshire and put that information into various documents. This is what is found on the school page.
I hope you find the information interesting and possibly useful.