Westville Town authorizes clerk to distribute lump‑sum property tax draw as in May

Westville Town meeting attendees authorized the clerk to distribute a recent lump‑sum property tax draw among the town’s four funds using the same allocations applied in May. The motion to allow the clerk to make the distribution was made by Albert and seconded by Missus Peforsky and was approved by voice vote, recorded as 4‑0.

Speaker 4 explained that the state sent the tax draw as a lump sum and did not include the usual distribution breakdown across the town’s funds. "They’ve taken it basically out of the local auditors' hands to just distribute it into the lump sum to the local units," Speaker 4 said, describing the procedural difficulty caused by the notice.

Because the state notice lacked a line‑by‑line distribution in the meeting record, officials directed the clerk to split the funds as done for the May draw. Speaker 4 said the dollar amounts in the notice differed slightly from May’s draw and that the exact numeric distribution would mirror the prior allocation; the meeting transcript does not record the precise total dollar amount received or the precise dollar allocations to each fund.

The motion passed by voice vote with no opposition. No further discussion or contested motions were recorded regarding the allocation method at the meeting.