Select Board Discusses Mill-rate Increase That Would Add About $265 per $100,000

Board members discussed proposed property-tax scenarios that would raise the tentative mill rate to about 0.01875, up from last year’s 0.01610. One committee member calculated the immediate homeowner effect under the working assumptions: “And that calculates to $265 for a 100,000,” said the committee member, describing the difference between the two rates. The room compared several scenarios and emphasized that precise homestead-exemption counts will alter state reimbursement and the final town tally.