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Tax Classification Hearing

At a glance

  • What: The annual hearing at which the Select Board sets the tax classification (how the property tax levy is shared between residential and commercial property). The Town Manager's items on the October 26 Select Board agenda include setting the hearing for Monday, November 9, 2026. The Economic Development Committee agenda for October 28 also lists tax classification data.

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Log

  • 2026-11-06 - November 9 agenda (revised) lists the public hearing on tax classification, covering the residential factor and exemptions. Outcome not yet recorded.

  • 2026-10-26 - Select Board and Housing Authority Joint Meeting - Agenda item 11b sets the hearing for Monday, November 9, 2026 (2026-11-09 - Select Board Meeting); also a small commercial property tax exemption item. Outcome not yet recorded.

  • 2026-10-23 - Page created from the posted Select Board and Economic Development Committee agendas for October 26 and 28 (Select Board and Housing Authority Joint Meeting - October 26, 2026, Economic Development Committee Meeting - October 28, 2026); no meeting transcript processed yet. See also Town Finance Oversight.

  • 2026-09-14 - 2026-09-14 - Select Board: The Board discussed the Economic Development Committee's tax classification presentation and requested additional data on unemployment, state and federal aid, Chapter 90 funding, school transportation and special education costs, new growth, and related factors. Town Manager Dori Vecchio said staff could gather additional information based on Board direction, and members agreed a working group could be established at a future meeting. Daniel Carpenter asked that all metrics and multi-year budget data be ready for the November hearing, and Steve Chambers suggested a one-page chart of likely tax impacts of warrant articles.

  • 2026-09-28 - 2026-09-28 - Select Board: Steve Chambers moved and Sara Rufli seconded a motion recommending Todd Kirrane and Daniel Carpenter to the tax classification working group. The motion passed 4-0.

  • 2026-09-21 - 2026-09-21 - Economic Development Committee: Dell'Aquila told the committee the Select Board is forming a subcommittee on data criteria and staff will gather the information, so the committee need not; the hearing is expected in November.

  • 2026-08-20 - Economic Development Committee - Assessor said many of the committee's suggested indicators are not assessor data; staff proposed a pre-briefing before the November presentation, and members declined to present data themselves (from auto-captions).