6/27/08
A copy of Claremont's MS-1 Form for 2007 can be found at the bottom of this webpage with MS-1 Forms from 2002 through 2006. __________________
6/16/08
Sullivan County Annual Median Price Chart
Sullivan County First Qtr. Median Price Chart
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6/13/08
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1/11/08
LINK TO VISION'S CLAREMONT PROPERTY ASSESSMENT DATABASE
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THE PROPERTY ASSESSMENT FOR THE CONDO OF
CLAREMONT CITY MANAGER GUY SANTAGATE HAS
BEEN CHANGED! BELOW ARE TWO TAX CARDS
PURCHASED AT THE CLAREMONT ASSESSING
OFFICE. THE FIRST ONE WITH A PRINT DATE
OF SEPTEMBER 18, 2006 (WHICH WAS AFTER ALL
THE NEW ASSESSMENTS WERE SET AND THE NEW
INFORMATION PLACED ON THE NEWLY REVISED
TAX CARDS) SHOWS THE ASSESSED VALUE FOR
THE MANAGER'S CONDO WENT FROM $122,400 UP
TO $128,800, AN INCREASE OF ONLY $6,400.
THE SECOND CARD WITH A PRINT DATE OF
NOVEMBER 30, 2006 SHOWS THAT THE APPRAISED
VALUE HAS CHANGED AGAIN FROM $128,800 UP
TO $130,100, AN INCREASE OF $1,300.
WHAT CHANGED? THE CONSTRUCTION GRADE
WENT FROM A GRADE 5 C TO A GRADE 6 C+. ALL
THE UNIT COSTS LISTED IN THE "BUILDING SUB-
AREA SUMMARY SECTION" ON THE TAX CARD WENT
UP, INCREASING THE UNDEPRECIATED VALUE OF
THE PROPERTY FROM $140,045 UP TO $151,248
(AN INCREASE OF $11,203). THE DEPRECIATION
PERCENTAGE WAS RAISED FROM 8% UP TO 14%,
WHICH DROPPED THE NEW ASSESSED VALUE
DOWN TO $130,100. ACCORDING TO THE TAX
CARDS, ALL THIS WAS DONE WITHOUT A PHYSICAL
INSPECTION OF THE PROPERTY. (THE
VISIT/CHANGE HISTORY SECTION OF THE TAX
CARD HASN'T CHANGED). SINCE PROPERTY
ASSESSMENTS BY LAW ARE SUPPOSED TO REFLECT
VALUES AS OF APRIL 1ST OF THE CURRENT YEAR
AND THE PROPERTY VALUATION FOR THE
CITY MANAGER'S CONDO WAS ALREADY CHANGED
FOR 2006, WHY WAS IT CHANGED FOR A SECOND
TIME? HAVE OTHER CONDO'S BEEN SCRUTINIZED
AND CHANGED AS WELL?
ORIGINAL TAX CARD
REVISED TAX CARD
THE EAGLE TIMES' NOV. 15TH HEADLINE ARTICLE
ENTITLED "TAX RATE DOWN, BUT BIGGER BILLS
AHEAD" REGARDING THE CHARLESTOWN NH TAX
CLAIMS THAT CHARLESTOWN RESIDENTS ARE IN
THE SAME BOAT WITH CLAREMONT RESIDENTS.
THE FACTS HOWEVER PROVE THE EXACT OPPOSITE.
HERE'S A COPY OF A LETTER I SUBMITTED TO THE
EAGLE TIMES ON NOV. 15 TH.
CHART DEPICTING CHARLESTOWN NH PROPERTY
TAX BILL OVER THE PAST 2 YEARS FOR PROPERTY
ASSESSED AT $100,000 & $150,000 BACK IN 2005,
WITH BOTH PROPERTIES ASSESSMENT INCREASED
BY 36% IN 2006.
DISCREPANCY DISCOVERED BETWEEN WHAT THE
CITY ASSESSOR REPORTED AS ACREAGE REMOVED
FROM CURRENT USE TO THE NH DEPARTMENT OF
REVENUE ADMINISTRATION AND WHAT IS
RECORDED AT THE SULLIVAN COUNTY REGISTRY
OF DEEDS. SINCE THE CITY IS SUPPOSED TO BE
COLLECTING 10% OF THE FULL VALUE OF LAND
THAT IS REMOVED FROM CURRENT USE, AND A
LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THAT ACREAGE WAS NEVER
REPORTED ON CLAREMONT'S MS-1 FORMS SENT TO
THE NH D.R.A., IS THAT MONEY BEING
COLLECTED?
ACCORDING TO CLAREMONT'S 2005 MS-1
DOCUMENT THERE WAS 197.5 LESS ACRES IN
CURRENT USE THAN IN 2004, YET CLAREMONT
ASSESSOR DAVID MCMULLEN ONLY REPORTED
THAT 8.4 ACRES HAD ACTUALLY BEEN REMOVED
FROM CURRENT USE. WHY DIDN'T HE REPORT THE
OTHER 189.1 ACRES AS HAVING BEEN REMOVED?
DID HE COLLECT THE CHANGE IN USE TAX WHICH
IS EQUAL TO 10% OF THE FULL UNDISCOUNTED
VALUE OF THE LAND FOR THOSE 189.1 ACRES?
ACCORDING TO CLAREMONT'S 2006 MS-1 FORM
THE AMOUNT OF LAND USE CHANGE TAX THE CITY
OF CLAREMONT COLLECTED FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR
OF 2005 WAS ONLY $8,000. WHAT DO YOU THINK?
TWO KEY NUMBERS REGARDING LAND IN
CURRENT USE HAVE BEEN RADICALLY SHIFTING.
THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ACREAGE RECEIVING THE
20% RECREATION ADJUSTMENT WENT FROM 1,202
ACRES IN 2004 TO 7,698 ACRES IN 2005 AND THEN
DROPPED DOWN TO 2,123 ACRES IN 2006. THE
OTHER KEY NUMBER RADICALLY SHIFTING IS THE
TOTAL NUMBER OF PARCELS IN CURRENT USE,
WHICH WENT FROM 272 PARCELS IN 2004 UP TO
481 PARCELS IN 2005 AND THEN PLUMMETED
DOWN TO 266 PARCELS IN 2006. THAT'S A DROP
OF 215 PARCELS AND YET MR. MCMULLEN
ONLY REPORTED 42.52 ACRES AS BEING REMOVED
FROM CURRENT USE IN 2006. SINCE THERE
WEREN'T ENOUGH LOT LINE CHANGES BROUGHT
BEFORE THE CLAREMONT PLANNING BOARD TO
ACCOUNT FOR ALL OF THESE PARCELS REMOVED
FROM CURRENT USE, THAT'S AN AVERAGE OF ONLY
0.1978 ACRES PER PARCEL REMOVED.
DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT TO YOU?
MR. MCMULLEN CHANGED THE ORIGINAL
ASSESSED VALUE OF THE DOWNTOWN T.I.F.
PROPERTIES FROM $10,255,900 IN 2004 UP TO
$16,148,600 IN 2005 AND NOW MR. MCMULLEN
HAS DROPPED THE ASSESSED VALUE DOWN TO
$10,744,800 IN 2006. WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?
SINCE 2003 (WHICH WAS THE YEAR THE CITY-
WIDE REASSESSMENT WAS DONE WITH THE G.I.S.
SYSTEM, THAT SHOULD HAVE MADE THE
MEASUREMENTS THE MOST ACCURATE EVER)
CLAREMONT HAS SOMEHOW LOST 450 ACRES.
HOW IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE?
IS SOMEONE (OR SEVERAL SOMEONE'S) GETTING A
FREE RIDE THAT EVERYONE ELSE IS PAYING FOR?
NEW 2006 PROPERTY ASSESSMENTS FOR THE
CITY MANAGER & THE CITY COUNCILORS
CLAREMONT CITY ASSESSOR DAVID MCMULLEN
STATED AT THE JULY 12TH COUNCIL MEETING
THAT COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY WAS
CURRENTLY ASSESSED AT 93%, MEANING THAT
THESE ASSESSMENTS DIDN'T NEED TO BE RAISED.
(WHICH IS STRANGE SINCE REAL ESTATE IS
GOING UP EVERYWHERE). HOWEVER ACCORDING
TO CLAREMONT'S 2006 MS-1 (THAT WAS SIGNED &
SUBMITTED BY MR. MCMULLEN) OUR CITY
ASSESSOR INCREASED THE OVERALL CITYWIDE
ASSESSMENTS ON COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL
PROPERTIES BY 15%, WHICH IS OVER $22
MILLION. THE CHART BELOW LISTS 13
COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES
LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE CITY. MANY SAW NO
INCREASE IN THEIR ASSESSMENT, MEANING THAT
THESE PROPERTY OWNERS WILL SEE THEIR
PROPERTY TAX BILL GO DOWN. HOWEVER OTHER
PROPERTIES WENT UP. COMPETITIVE COMPUTERS
ON NORTH STREET WENT UP BY 36%. THE MARKET
BASKET MALL INCREASED BY 7%, THE K-MART
MALL BY 9%, WHEREAS WALMART'S ASSESSMENT
WENT DOWN BY 2% FOR A TOTAL OF $185,000.
SINCE MR. MCMULLEN INCREASED OVERALL
CITYWIDE COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY
ASSESSMENTS BY 15% AND OF THE 13
PROPERTIES LISTED ON THE CHART BELOW ONLY 3
PROPERTIES HAD THEIR ASSESSMENTS INCREASE
BY 15% OR MORE, IT SUGGESTS THAT MANY
PROPERTIES THAT MR. MCMULLEN INCREASED THE
ASSESSMENT ON HAD TO BE HIGHER THAN 15% TO
MAKE UP FOR ALL THE PROPERTIES WHOSE
ASSESSMENTS REMAINED UNCHANGED OR
DROPPED LIKE WALMART'S.
WONDER WHO THEY ARE?
2006 ASSESSMENT OF THE WAY SCHOOL CONDO
PROPERTY INCREASED BY 178%. SINCE THIS IS
SUPPOSED TO REFLECT THE VALUE AS OF
APRIL 1 ST 2006 AND MOST OF THE REHAB TOOK
PLACE AFTER THAT, JUST IMAGINE HOW MUCH
MORE MR. MCMULLEN WILL ASSESS THIS
PROPERTY FOR IN 2007. (ASSUMING HE IS STILL
HERE BY THEN)
ASSESSED VALUATION CHANGES BY PROPERTY
CLASSIFICATIONS 2002 - 2006
CLAREMONT'S 2006 MS-1
NEW 2006 PROPERTY ASSESSMENTS FOR THE
CITY MANAGER & THE CITY COUNCILORS.
TOTAL PROPERTY ASSESSMENT
CITY COUNCILOR'S LAND ASSESSMENT
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT CITY MANAGER & CITY
COUNCILORS PROPERTY ASSESSMENTS INCREASED AND
WHAT CLAREMONT CITY ASSESSOR DAVID MCMULLEN
SAID RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES HAD TO BE INCREASED.
PERCENTAGE CLAREMONT PROPERTY IS UNDERVALUED
ACCORDING TO
CLAREMONT ASSESSOR DAVID MCMULLEN
CLAREMONT CITY ASSESSOR DAVID MCMULLEN'S
2006 REVALUATION PRESENTATION FROM THE
OFFICIAL CLAREMONT CITY COUNCIL JULY 12 TH
2006 MEETING MINUTES.
THE TAX CARD FOR MY HOUSE WITH THE
NEW 2006 PROPERTY ASSESSMENT
43% OVERALL INCREASE
LAND ASSESSMENT 99% INCREASE
HOW MUCH DID CITY OFFICIALS RAISE YOURS?
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LAND ASSESSED VALUE FOR
MY HOUSE AND THOSE OF MY SURROUNDING
NEIGHBORS RANGING FROM $1.05 PER SQUARE FOOT TO
$4.36 PER SQUARE FOOT.
BAR GRAPH DEPICTING RANDOMNESS OF ASSESSMENTS.
PERCENTAGE INCREASE OF LAND ASSESSMENTS FOR
MY NEIGHBORHOOD RANGING FROM 37% TO 100%.
BAR GRAPH DEPICTING INCREASE OF LAND
ASSESSMENTS FOR MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
MEMORIAL DRIVE 2006 ASSESSMENTS ON THE
BUILDINGS ONLY. (LAND NOT INCLUDED)
MEMORIAL DRIVE 2006 PROPERTY ASSESSMENTS
BUILDINGS & LAND COMBINED
2006 ASSESSED VALUE - FIRST FLOOR UNIT COST
PER SQUARE FOOT FOR MEMORIAL DRIVE - 60
FOREST ST. (WHICH ABUTS MY HOUSE IN THE
BACK) & 1 CHARLESTOWN ROAD WHICH IS ONE OF
THE FINEST PROPERTIES IN CLAREMONT.
EACH AND EVERY YEAR SINCE 2002 THE TAX BURDEN IN
CLAREMONT HAS BEEN SHIFTED AWAY FROM
COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY TO
RESIDENTIAL HOMEOWNERS.
A TOTAL OF 9% IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS!
2002
2006
TAX CREDITS GRANTED 2003 - 2006
EXEMPTIONS GRANTED 2003-2006
CLAREMONT PROPERTY ASSESSED VALUES
2002 - 2005 
CURRENT USE ASSESSED VALUES 2003 - 2005
EXEMPTIONS GRANTED 2003 - 2005
TAX CREDITS GRANTED 2003 - 2005
ACREAGE TOTALS
Claremont MS-1 Assessing Documents
2002 MS-1 FORM
MS-1 FORMS SUBMITTED BY
CLAREMONT ASSESSOR DAVID MCMULLEN.
2003 MS-1 FORM
2004 MS-1 FORM
2005 MS-1 FORM
2006 MS-1 FORM
2007 MS-1 FORM
