Editor’s note: An article on a Greene selectmen’s meeting published in Thursday’s newspaper was a year old, mistakenly retrieved from the writer’s computer. We apologize for the confusion. Here is this week’s Board of Selectmen report:
GREENE – With less than a week before Greene sets its tax rate, town officials are optimistic that taxes will drop even though the rate may climb.
“I am 99.9 percent sure that we will only see a 20-cent increase,” Town Manager Charlie Noonan said, keeping true to his tax rate prediction going into the March 5 town meeting. “We are meeting June 20 to set the rate, and right now it is hard to say for sure what it will be seeing not all of the evaluations are finished.”
The current rate is $18.30 per thousand dollars of assessed property value, and Noonan said it would increase to $18.50, mainly due to the Homestead Exemption Act.
The Board of Selectmen will then meet at 6:30 p.m. June 29 to set the tax commitment and mail out notices the following day.
During a special town meeting Monday night, voters agreed to reverse the vote at the March 5 town meeting discontinuing the 5 percent discount on real estate and personal property tax. Residents who pay their taxes in full within 31 days of the commitment date, no later than 8 p.m., will receive the discount.
The Center Bridge, which connects Greene and Turner, will close for repairs at 9 a.m. June 24 and will reopen June 27. Selectmen said signs will be placed in various locations informing drivers of other routes.
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