{"id":41670,"date":"2022-12-15T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelandmark.com\/?p=41670"},"modified":"2022-12-15T06:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T11:00:00","slug":"tax-rate-decreases-home-values-increase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devcherryroad.com\/news2\/2022\/12\/15\/tax-rate-decreases-home-values-increase\/","title":{"rendered":"Tax rate decreases, home values increase"},"content":{"rendered":"
By Patricia Roy <\/b>
\n Landmark Correspondent<\/i><\/div>\n

RUTLAND \u2014 The Select Board voted to assign a single tax rate to property in town at its Nov. 28 meeting.<\/p>\n

Amy Evanowski, associate assessor, said the tax to be raised by the fiscal use property tax levy in fiscal 2023 is $19,188,165, a 4.6 percent increase over last year. The recommended tax rate is $13.72 per thousand.<\/p>\n

The average home value this year is $419,830, bringing the average tax bill to $5,760, or a $240 increase over<\/p>\n

last year. Last year\u2019s tax rate was $15.79 per thousand on an average home value of $349,540.<\/p>\n

The excess levy capacity \u2014 the difference between the amount being levied and the actual limit \u2014 is just over $8,000, Evanowski said.<\/p>\n

New growth revenues (such as new properties, additions and renovations) have been tabulated at $491,734, she said.<\/p>\n

Residential properties represent about 95 percent of the taxable property in town, with commercial, industrial and personal property at about 5 percent.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe just don\u2019t have enough<\/p>\n

commercial (properties) in town to split the tax rate,\u201d Evanowski said. \u201cSo the Board of Assessors recommends that we adopt a single tax rate to be applied to all properties.\u201d<\/p>\n

Select Board members concurred. Also at the meeting, the board voted to grant a temporary right of way to a resident on Christmas Tree Lane to access town-owned land in order to construct a retaining wall on his property.<\/p>\n

Interim town manager Gary Kellaher said there were to be no alterations or damages to the town property and the property has to be returned to \u201cas close as present<\/p>\n

conditions as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Department of Public Works will oversee the conditions, he said.<\/p>\n

The lot in question used to be a gigantic beaver pond, Kellaher said, but the town should hold onto it in case it is ever needed as walking trails or something similar.<\/p>\n

The board also scheduled Dec. 1 interviews with search firms Community Paradigm Associates LLC and Municipal Resources Inc. to assist in the search for a town administrator.<\/p>\n

After the interviews, the board voted to contract with Community Paradigm Associates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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