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Select board recommends not to endorse two citizen petitions seeking tax-exempt status for veterans club and Masonic lodge
Summary
The select board voted to not recommend two citizen petitions seeking full property-tax exemption for the Kingston Veterans Club and for Hall Masonic Lodge No. 84 after assessors determined the properties did not meet statutory exemption criteria.
Kingston — Two citizen petitions requesting full property-tax exemption for the Kingston Veterans Club and for Hall Masonic Lodge No. 84 were before the select board; the board voted to not recommend both petition articles, and members described the pick of assessor findings and statutory limits that constrain local action.
The board explained it had directed the assessor to review tax-exempt properties after a change in assessing contractors. The assessor identified several properties that, in the assessor’s view, did not meet the statutory criteria for tax-exempt status. The…
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