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Gilford Town Report 2007
Senator Kathleen G. Sgambati
District 4
As your State Senator, I am honored with the opportunity to serve you and wanted to report from the New Hampshire Senate on important state issues affecting you, as residents of Gilford.
Last session, I concentrated on several key issues important to the citizens of New Hampshire: helping New Hampshire’s working families by increasing the minimum wage; increasing access to health care by supporting expanded eligibility to health insurance, working to ensure every child had an adequate education, and reducing the high school dropout rate by ensuring attendance to age 18. Environmental needs were answered with increased opportunities for alternative energy production, a ban on construction debris burning, funding of LCHIP and the development of shoreline protections. We funded long over due services to those citizens with developmental disabilities while producing a balanced budget.
I also continued to work on long time policy priorities such as improving access to affordable prescription drugs and ensuring that families in need are able to get the assistance that they need.
As a member of the Senate Finance Committee I worked to pass a fiscally responsible state budget for the FY 2008-2009 biennium that meets the needs of our citizens and communities, including the following assistance to the residents of Gilford:
FY 2007 State Aid to Gilford
Type of Aid |
Gilford |
Special Education |
390,670 |
School Building Aid |
357,848 |
School Breakfast |
919 |
School Lunch |
3,671 |
Driver Education |
7,050 |
Tuition & Transportation |
2,376 |
Local Education Improvement |
- |
Adequate Education Grants |
4,222,035 |
Retirement Contribution – Teachers |
158,697 |
Public Water Systems Grants |
- |
Water Pollution Control |
78,752 |
Landfill Closure |
- |
Meals & Rooms Distribution |
282,030 |
Revenue Sharing |
86,370 |
Retirement Contribution – Police & Fire |
113,238 |
Highway Block Grant |
185,021 |
TOTAL |
$ 5,888,677 |
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This session, I will be concentrating on several key issues important to the citizens of New Hampshire: costing an adequate education, increasing opportunities for small businesses to purchase affordable health care insurance, improving substance abuse services, implementing kindergarten in the communities that don’t yet offer it and continued work on environmental protections of our lakes and lands.
As a long time advocate of improving opportunities for affordable housing, I continue to support legislative efforts aimed at increasing workforce housing stock. I look forward to working with State Representatives from the Gilford area on this and other important opportunities to support the continued development of a healthy business climate in our state.
If you wish to contact me about these or any other matters I might help you with, please call my office at (603) 271-3074, or email me at Kathleen.Sgambati@leg.state.nh.us.
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