ANWSD communities see higher tax rates

VERGENNES — Residential school tax rates in Addison Northwest School District communities increased by between 9 and 29 cents, or roughly 5% and 16%, despite the March approval of a 2020-2021 district budget of $21,842,595 that reduced spending by about $300,000, or 1%, compared to the past school year.  That spending plan avoided programming cuts and closed Addison Central School for use as an elementary school, instead repurposing it for alternative education. Addison’s elementary students will attend Ver … (read more)

BRISTOL — If residents of the Mount Abraham Unified School District (MAUSD) on March 3 approve the MAUSD board’s proposed $31,399,182 spending plan for the 2020-2021 school year, they are expected to face increases in their towns’ school tax rates ranging … (read more)

BRISTOL — Mount Abraham Unified School District (MAUSD) has discovered that the tax estimates it originally released at a Jan. 20 budget forum were incorrect due to an accounting error. The Bristol-area district’s 4-cent tax-rate discount awarded for agre … (read more)

MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury selectboard on Tuesday unanimously endorsed a fiscal year 2020 residential property tax rate of $2.34 per $100 in property value. That’s an astounding 50 cents less than the fiscal year 2019 residential rate of $2.8414, but Mid … (read more)

BRISTOL — After seeing a decrease in their tax bills last year, Bristol residents will see an increase for fiscal year 2020, due in large part to decreasing Act 46 school consolidation incentives. The Bristol selectboard at its Monday, Aug. 5, meeting set … (read more)

NEW HAVEN — The New Haven selectboard has set the 2019 municipal tax rate at $0.4193 per $100 of assessed property value, a 44.5 percent increase over last year. Over a three-year period, however, the increase amounts to only 7.5 percent. In 2016 the muni … (read more)

MONKTON — The Monkton selectboard on July 22 approved a 15 percent increase in the 2019 municipal tax rate, which was set at $0.4119 per $100 of assessed property value. Over a two-year period, however, the increase amounts to only 4.8 percent. Last year … (read more)

BRANDON — The municipal tax rate in Brandon will see an increase of about 3 percent this coming fiscal year, rising from last year’s 93 cents per $100 of assessed property value to 96 cents this year. The breakdowns for the 2019- 2020 tax rates are 80 cen … (read more)