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Wayne select board grants homestead exemption for 2025; denies other years' abatements
Summary
After reviewing a staff memo, the Select Board granted a requested homestead exemption for tax year 2025 and denied abatements for prior years, noting the assessor's guidance that abatements traditionally correct errors rather than retroactively grant exemptions.
The Select Board reviewed an assessor memo on an application from the Alairs seeking tax relief for tax years 2022–2025. Town staff told the board that the assessor’s guidance generally permits an abatement only to correct an error. The board probed whether the applicant supplied evidence showing an administrative error in prior years.
After brief discussion, the board voted to grant a homestead exemption for 2025 and to deny the requested abatements for the other years. The motion passed by voice vote, 4–0. Town staff confirmed the applicant has the right to appeal the board’s decision to the county within the statutory appeal period and said the town will issue written notice of the action and the appeal rights.
The board asked the town clerk/treasurer to notify the applicant in writing and to include appeal instructions and timelines in the notice.
