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Select Board continues work on pilot payment‑in‑lieu‑of‑tax program, will circulate draft policy
Summary
Staff reported meetings with tax‑exempt properties (including Tufts) about a voluntary PILOT pilot modeled on Boston’s approach (target ~25% of estimated tax liability); the board asked staff to circulate a written draft policy and return for a future vote.
Town staff briefed the Select Board on outreach to tax‑exempt organizations about a voluntary payment‑in‑lieu‑of‑tax (PILOT) pilot program. The proposal discussed in meetings — modeled in part on other communities including Boston — would request organizations to report an estimated tax value and consider a voluntary contribution roughly equivalent to 25% of that pilot value, either as cash payments or in‑kind services.
Staff said Tufts University had been a constructive early partner and that some potential participants’ pilot values would be very small; the board asked staff to prepare and circulate a written policy draft, include addresses on the supporting spreadsheet and return the item for formal consideration at a future meeting. No vote to adopt a policy was taken at this session.
