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Brentwood Town approves $17.13 tax rate, opts not to use fund balance
Summary
Town leaders voted to set the town tax rate at $17.13 and preserve the fund balance; officials said the difference for a $600,000 home is under $100 annually and chose reserves rebuilding over a small rate adjustment.
Speaker 2 moved to set the town tax rate at $17.13 and the council approved the measure, with members saying the change produced only a modest per-household difference and should not come at the expense of the town’s fund balance.
The vote followed a short budget discussion in which Speaker 1 contrasted current rates with last year’s evaluations, saying a comparable rate would have been $26.67 — about $1.50 higher than the current rate. Speaker 2…
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