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Orange Select Board sets overlay, raises tax-collector deposit ahead of final tax warrant
Summary
The Orange Select Board voted unanimously to set a $39,316 overlay that the board said would set a roughly $17.36 per $1,000 tax rate and to raise the tax collector's daily deposit requirement to $35,000; the board will sign the final tax warrant after DRA approval.
The Orange Select Board voted 3-0 on Nov. 11 to set a $39,316 overlay and to raise the Tax Collector's required daily deposit to $35,000, and scheduled a follow-up meeting to sign the final tax warrant once the DRA approves the preliminary tax rate.
Aaron Allen, chair of the Select Board, moved to set the overlay at $39,316, saying that action "would set the final tax rate at $17.36 per $1,000 of valuation." Samara Pitre seconded the motion; Allen, Pitre and Lucy LaChance voted yes, the record shows. The board recorded the motion as passed, 3-0-0.
A separate line in the meeting's rate breakdown lists the component rates as Town $4.56, Mascoma School District $11.20, State Education $0.79 and County $0.81, with a total shown as $17.35. The board and staff noted the table total and the motion's cited rate; the minutes do not reconcile the one-cent difference between $17.36 (as described by the motion) and the $17.35 total printed in the rate breakdown.
In a later motion, Allen moved to increase the Tax Collector's daily deposit requirement to $35,000; Lucy LaChance seconded and the motion passed 3-0-0. The change raises the threshold for daily cash or check deposits handled by the town's Tax Collector to reduce on-hand funds before bank deposit.
During the session, attendee Donna Makarewicz-Gregoire asked whether county taxes on the bill include costs for the new courthouse. Catherine Souza, listed in the minutes as clerical, replied, "No, the costs will be included beginning in 2026." The board noted that it would reconvene to sign the final tax warrant with the Tax Collector after the DRA approves the preliminary tax rate.
Votes at a glance: Allen's motion to set the overlay at $39,316 and the rate (motion recorded as setting a $17.36 per $1,000 rate) — Passed 3-0-0. Allen's motion to raise the Tax Collector's daily deposit requirement to $35,000 — Passed 3-0-0.
The meeting opened at 6:00 p.m. and adjourned at 6:17 p.m.
