RAYMOND - Residents may see an increase in their taxes next year. The Budget Committee is reviewing selectmen’s recommended warrant articles, which would total a 49-cent increase per $1,000 valuation.

Town Manager Rick Bates presented selectmen’s proposed warrant articles to the committee at a meeting Tuesday night. At this point, 28 town warrant articles will be on the ballot in March. Twelve articles are for the election of town officers and zoning amendments, and 16 are town warrant articles asking voters for money.

The town had 42 warrant articles last year.

"Everyone is getting increasingly frustrated with the number of warrant articles on the ballot, but there is not much we can do," Bates said.

Town warrant articles, including the proposed $8.2 million operating budget, total 49 cents per $1,000 of home valuation. If voters fail to approve the budget, the default budget of $8 million would go into effect, which along with warrant articles has a projected increase of $1.35 per $1,000 valuation.

With the budget and warrant articles, town officials hope to keep the tax rate for next year somewhere between $8.11 and $8.47 for the town’s portion. Currently, the town’s portion of the tax rate is $7.62. With the proposed warrant articles and budget the total town tax rate would come out to $8.11.

The following is an explanation of the proposed town warrant articles and the additional tax impact:

1) A bond for $1 million for the design and construction of a water storage structure and test wells. There is no additional tax impact with this item because the town plans to pay for the bond payments each year using money collected from the water district.

2) $430,900 for the replacement of a fire engine, air ventilation system for the highway vehicle garage, a 4-by-4 vehicle for the Police Department and 10 air tanks for the Fire Department. This has no additional tax impact because the money will come from a capital reserve fund.

3) $300,000 for the purchase of the state Department of Transportation highway garage on Route 27 for storing sand and salt. Selectmen still haven’t approved this warrant article but it’s projected to have an additional tax impact of 9 cents.

4) $49,320.53 in 2005 for wages and benefit increases in a contract for the Teamsters Local 633 of New Hampshire. Selectmen still have to approve this contract but it’s projected to have an additional tax impact of 10 cents.

5) $8,234,154 for an operating budget including a pay-as-you-throw trash and recycling program. If this doesn’t pass, a default budget of $8,071,139 with trash pickup, would go into effect. The operating budget’s additional tax impact is 14 cents and the default budget is $1.

6) $39,033 for new 2005 capital reserve funds. This includes $33 for sidewalks, $25,000 for a master plan update, $11,000 for new town facilities such as a town hall or police station, $2,000 for facilities maintenance and $1,000 town office technology. This would have an additional tax impact of 8 cents.

7) $337,960 to be deposited into the previously established capital reserve funds such as police vehicle replacement and Cable TV. This would have an additional tax impact of 5 cents.

8) $65,000 into a capital reserve fund for a treatment plant, cleaning the wells, painting the tank towers and pickup truck replacement. This would have no additional tax impact because the money would be paid through water district revenues.

9) $5,000 to put into a new town well capital reserve fund.

10) $82,647 for social service agencies used by town residents such as the American Red Cross and A Safe Place. There is no additional tax impact because this is the same amount the town paid last year.

11) $2,000 for Raymond selectmen scholarship fund for high school graduating seniors. This is the same amount the town spent last year so there is no additional tax impact.

12) $200,000 for paving town roads. This would have no additional tax impact because the money was set aside in the capital improvement plan.

13) $145,000 for road reconstruction. This also is paid for through an existing capital reserve account.

14) $3,000 for the annual Fourth of July parade. This is the same amount the town spent last year so there is no additional tax impact.

15) Establish a special account to deposit fire inspection fees and later use the money to purchase a Fire Department utility truck, which is the vehicle used to make inspections. This would have an additional tax impact of 3 cents because the revenue from inspections no longer goes to the general fund to offset taxes.

16) To use $15,000 from the $145,000 of road reconstruction to instal* road-calming measures" such as speed bumps on Onway Lake Road. This would have no additional tax impact because it’s coming from the capital reserve fund.

The Budget Committee still has to approve the town budget and warrant articles. The committee’s next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Raymond High School to discuss school warrant articles. The committee plans to host a public hearing on the town budget and warrant articles on Jan. 4.