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State controller presses municipal leaders on broad property tax reform
Summary
State Controller Sean Scanlon outlined an initiative to rethink Connecticut's municipal revenue system at a Naugatuck Valley Council of Governments meeting, seeking local feedback on options including sales-tax sharing, changes to PILOTs, motor-vehicle tax repeal and regionalization of services.
State Controller Sean Scanlon told the Naugatuck Valley Council of Governments that he has launched a project to examine and propose changes to Connecticut's property tax and municipal finance system and asked municipal leaders for on-the-ground feedback.
Scanlon, introduced his office's team as Anthony Naples, director of policy, and Scott Barnes, director of external affairs, and said he wants the work to go beyond a report that "collects dust." "I don't want to just write another report that collects dust. I want to actually try to solve this problem," Scanlon said, asking local elected officials for specific examples of problems and possible fixes.
The presentation opened a lengthy discussion among mayors, first selectmen and other municipal officials about the burdens on homeowners and small towns, the effects of revaluations, special-education costs, payments in…
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