A revenue service official explained the details to the board at Tuesday’s meeting.
SUMNER – Selectmen met Tuesday night with Michael Rogers of the Maine Revenue Service to talk about the municipal valuation being higher than the state valuation.
Rogers explained that the difference between the municipal and state valuation “is not damaging the town in any negative way.” Because the state valuation is calculated after all towns have filed municipal valuations, the state valuations are not based on current information.
The $3 million difference between the town’s state and municipal valuations has “no implication” to taxpayers.
Selectman Marc Silber asked “What happens to our portion of the school district budget?”
Rogers said the state valuation determines a town’s portion of the school budget subsidy. The revaluation of the town does not affect the state valuation.
“It’s not negatively impacting your school subsidy,” he said. “What is impacting taxes is spending.”
Theodore Dawicki asked to see a list of which properties were in each of the four tax tables used by the town.
Selectmen answered that although that information exists, they do not know how to access it easily.
Rogers pointed out that towns are not required to provide that information. “There’s not even a requirement for the towns to send out tax bills,” he said.
At their next meeting, Jan. 27, selectmen will meet with Michael O’Donnell of John O’Donnell Associates to find answers to many of the questions residents have regarding the revaluation.
Selectmen announced there will be a rabies clinic from 10 a.m. to noon Jan. 31 at the fire station.
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