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Maple Run superintendent: Act‑46 incentives helped merger, funded $4 million in school renovations
Summary
Maple Run Superintendent Bill Kimell told the Ways & Means committee that tiered tax incentives tied to Act 46 helped stabilize his district’s tax rate after merger and enabled roughly $4 million in renovations to a small school without issuing bonds.
Bill Kimell, superintendent of schools for Maple Run, told the Ways & Means committee on April 1 that tax incentives tied to school‑district mergers helped the district stabilize local tax rates and fund major facility work without bonding. "The year before we merged in fiscal year 2017, we had a tax rate of $1.45," Kimell said. "For the first eight years ... our taxes never rose above that $1.45."
Kimell, who said he has been superintendent in Maple Run for five years and worked in education for three decades, described Maple Run as an early Vermont merger under Act 46. He said the district served St. Albans city, St. Albans town and Fairfield and that, adjusted for inflation, the community has seen what he characterized as roughly a 20‑cent effective tax decrease since the merger. He added that local valuation (CLA)…
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