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Town officials to revisit current-use acreage calculations after members spot numerical discrepancies
Summary
Selectpersons raised mismatched acreage and tax-change figures for recent current-use decisions and tabled approval of affected minutes until staff can verify calculations and, if needed, bring corrected motions to the next meeting.
Town officials tabled final approval of several minutes and agreed to rework motions after members identified inconsistencies between acreage removed from current-use and the associated tax figures.
A selectperson (unnamed) said, "What I see is 10.97 acres coming out of current use does not compute to 3,800," and pressed staff to check whether the percentages used were of fair-market value or current-use value. The selectperson noted multiple items where numbers did not "compute" and recommended revisiting the paperwork and possibly making new motions.
The issue arose while board members…
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