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Select Board agrees to consider HERO Act veteran tax-exemption at town meeting after veterans office outlines costs and beneficiaries
Summary
After public comments and a briefing from the Barnstable District director of veteran services, Yarmouth Select Board agreed to place a placeholder HERO Act item on the March 4 agenda to consider options for implementing newly expanded veteran property-tax exemptions locally.
The Yarmouth Select Board on Feb. 25 agreed to add a placeholder town-meeting article and return March 4 to discuss implementing portions of the state's HERO Act that expand veteran property-tax exemptions.
Greg Quilty, district director for the Massachusetts Department of Veterans' Services (Barnstable District), told the board the HERO Act expands eligibility and benefits for veterans and widows but that the statutory changes are unfunded at the municipal level. Quilty said Yarmouth veterans collected about $9.69 million in VA disability compensation last year and the town distributed about $110,686 in chapter 115 (local) benefits in 2024;…
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