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Revere council adopts veteran property tax work-off ordinance after rejecting NGB-22 amendment
Summary
The City Council voted to adopt an ordinance establishing a veteran property tax work-off abatement consistent with Massachusetts General Laws; an amendment to add NGB-22 as required documentation failed on roll call before the ordinance passed on final reading.
The Revere City Council approved an ordinance establishing rules and regulations for a veteran property tax work-off abatement program on May 19 after extended debate over who qualifies under state law.
Claire (city staff) explained the city's obligation under the Massachusetts statute the administration used to draft the ordinance. “When the city adopts a law by the state…we are bound to the provisions of this general law,” she told the council, reading language from Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 59, § 5N that defines eligible veterans and the required active-service criteria.
Andrew Hynesley, who identified himself as a service-connected disabled veteran and Revere resident, urged the council to expand local relief to match neighboring communities that grant full exemptions to some 100% disabled…
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