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Selectboard approves exemptions, abatement and payments; sets election logistics
Summary
Brookfield selectboard approved a pair of property tax actions, accepted the manifest of payments and set election and town-meeting logistics; several approvals were contingent on documentation and public-notice edits.
Brookfield Town selectboard on Feb. 18 approved an elderly property-tax exemption, granted an abatement for an assessed camper value and accepted the town manifest of payments and payroll taxes, and set logistics for the March election and town meeting.
The board approved an elderly exemption after the assessing department recommended it. Separately, the board approved an abatement request for a parcel on New Smythe Road (Map 30, Lot 4) after the assessor concluded a dilapidated camper had been assessed at an incorrect value; the assessor’s review produced an assessed-value reduction cited in supporting paperwork. The selectboard also accepted the accounts-payable manifest (total reported in the meeting: $117,117.48) and a payroll-tax payment submitted electronically (reported $2,168.36).
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