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Assessors present FY2025 tax classification; Select Board votes to maintain single rate

Board of Selectmen, Town of Blackstone · November 26, 2024
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Summary

After a presentation of the FY2025 levy and assessed values, the Board of Assessors recommended a single tax rate to avoid shifting burden onto commercial and farming properties; the Select Board voted to set the residential factor at 1 and maintain a single rate pending Department of Revenue finalization.

The Board of Assessors presented their fiscal year 2025 tax classification report to the Blackstone Select Board on Nov. 26, outlining proposed levy amounts, assessed valuation changes and options for a single or split tax rate.

Assessors reported a proposed FY2025 property tax levy of $23,442,354.88 and noted year‑over‑year valuation growth and…

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