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Millis finance director, assessor outline why property bills keep rising
Summary
At the March 17 Millis Select Board meeting the town's finance director and principal assessor explained how state limits, rapid valuation growth and a heavy residential tax base combine to push local property tax bills higher.
At a March 17 Select Board meeting, Finance Director Jody Kersey and Principal Assessor Terry Gonzales gave a detailed presentation explaining why Millis homeowners have seen year-to-year increases in property tax bills.
Kersey told the board the town's FY25 average single-family tax bill is $9,925 and that Millis relies heavily on residential property taxes: roughly 76% of the town's revenue comes from the tax levy and about 9023 of the levy is residential. She and Gonzales said recent sharp jumps in the town's assessed valuation are a major driver of tax-bill changes.
The presentation laid out how the levy, property valuations and state rules interact. Kersey described the…
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