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Committee debates assessment method and treatment of non-mandated busing; switch could raise town costs
Summary
Mr. Walls presented assessment calculations showing operating assessments up about 4–5% and a larger non-mandated busing increase; committee members disputed whether the district’s presentation fully follows the statutory (aggregate) method and raised transparency concerns—switching busing from mileage to ridership was estimated to raise local assessments by about $53,000 (Hanson) and $182,000 (Whitman).
Mr. Walls told the committee he had run the statutory-assessment calculations and reported the operating-assessment change as roughly 4.92% for Hanson and about 4.85% for Whitman; he said the non-mandated busing line shows an increase of about 13.46%.
After applying the stated adjustments (including backing out transportation and debt on separate sheets), Mr. Walls said the combined assessment change would be about 3.27% for Hanson and about 4.77% for Whitman. ‘‘The debt is assessed the same… it’s just on a separate sheet because most districts and towns want to see the debt…
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