Notes from the Board of Assessors, September 15, 2025, Hybrid meeting

1. CL1 forms due before December 1, 2025

2. In preparation to set the tax rate, statistics will be evaluated e.g. “new growth, all sales, all classes of property, evaluation after sales. For example, the new growth this year was $10,920,482 with new taxes of $77,426. That was almost exactly the same as new growth last year

3. Scheduling the Classification Hearing to consider any exemptions is ahead of schedule. The Assessor anticipates the tax bills could be sent out as early as November 1, 2025.

Editor’s note: Chapter land refers to a tax classification — lands reserved as forest land, agricultural land, or open space/recreational land under Mass General Law (MGL) 61. Once approved, the classification continues for a full 10 year period, and applicant must submit Form CL-1 annually.

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