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Assessors warn Ways & Means the new classification will add major grand‑list burdens
Summary
Colchester and municipal assessor representatives told the committee that printing, software and parcel‑listing rules will make the new classification administratively costly; they recommended state collection and a per‑parcel support minimum.
Municipal assessors and listers told the House Ways & Means Committee that implementing a nonhomestead residential classification would create substantial new recordkeeping and administrative burdens for towns.
Robert Vickery, representing Valla and Colchester, said draft language requiring listing of buildings and dwelling counts on the grand list would significantly increase the size of the printed grand‑list books that towns are statutorily required to keep. "As we increase the amount of…
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