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Chelsea council adopts prior‑year payments and borrowing orders, certifies FY25 tax rates
Summary
The council adopted several financial orders (authorizing payment of unpaid prior‑year balances and adjustments to previously authorized borrowing) and recorded certified FY25 tax rates: residential $11.51 per $1,000 and commercial $24.30 per $1,000.
The Chelsea City Council adopted multiple financial orders at second reading and certified the city’s FY25 tax rates during its regular meeting.
The city manager reported that the Bureau of Accounts, Department of Revenue, certified FY25 tax rates for Chelsea at a residential rate of $11.51 per $1,000 and a commercial/industrial rate of $24.30 per $1,000. The assessing department provided estimated average tax bill changes by property class compared with FY24: single‑family down about 2.34 percent, condos down 0.20 percent, two‑family down 1.64 percent and three‑family down 4.95 percent.
Councilors also considered and adopted several financial orders invoking Massachusetts General Laws, chapter 44, including authorizations addressing unpaid vendor balances from prior years and adjustments to unissued borrowing. One item described an outstanding unpaid balance total of $1,522.62 from FY22 and FY24 (including $489.20 for canine boarding fees) and another referenced unissued borrowing originally authorized in 2020 and later adjusted (an authorization figure cited in the discussion was $3,380,000). Each order taken at second reading was adopted by roll call with 10 in favor, 0 opposed and 1 absent.
The council moved some items to the Ways & Means subcommittee for further procedural handling when requested by sponsors.
Next steps: administrative implementation of adopted orders and publication of the certified tax rates in accordance with state requirements.
