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Finance Committee recommends raising tax work-off cap to $1,500
Summary
The Town of Bedford Finance Committee voted 7-0 to recommend Article 3, which raises the maximum tax work-off reimbursement from $1,000 to $1,500 per year. The motion was moved by Mark Bailey and seconded by Philip Prince.
The Town of Bedford Finance Committee voted unanimously to recommend Article 3, which increases the maximum tax work-off reimbursement from $1,000 to $1,500 per year.
Mark Bailey moved the recommendation and Philip Prince seconded; the motion passed 7-0-0. Committee members present and recorded as voting in favor were Ben Thomas, Philip Prince, Mark Bailey, Allen Jimerson, Tom Rowan, Karen Dunn and Vincent Xu. The motion appears in the meeting record under the ATM warrant discussion for Article 3.
The change was added to Article 3 as 'Item C' after the committee’s prior vote; the committee reviewed the reworded article before taking the recommendation vote. The meeting materials listed the warrant draft as 'ATM 2026 – Warrant Draft 2026.03.05.'
The committee did not identify a specific implementation timeline in the meeting discussion. The committee’s action was a recommendation to the Annual Town Meeting; any final adoption would occur at Town Meeting as posted on the warrant.
