Alna’s tax rate rises
Mon, 07/22/2024 - 7:15pm
File photo
File photo
Alna selectmen Monday night set this year’s tax rate at $23.35 per $1,000 of assessed valuation — the second year in a row the rate has hiked.
The board tapped 90% of excise taxes to help keep this year’s hike from being higher. Officials attributed the hike to several factors, including higher municipal spending and higher county and school tabs.
Last year’s rate was $21.45 per thousand dollars of assessed valuation; since 2020, the rate had been $18.95, according to Wiscasset Newspaper files.
Officials noted a revaluation — eyed for 2026 but which Treasurer Amy Stockford said might be able to be done a year sooner — will help get properties’ values where they should be and also satisfy the state.
Event Date
Standard Post
