Posts in category Property Taxes

Agenda item 10.33b $470,494 to DCU for maintenance and Debt service Remember these Tax Levy numbers when the FY18 budget is presented: FY ‘18: coming …

The two motions filed by Councilor Gaffney, that we were watching, were referred to the City Manager on a voice vote, no roll call vote. …

It is not going to happen this Sunday, there is just more information to through then I thought.   Here is the beginning:     If …

We met with a person the other day who told me that  we need to get the snowball to start rolling and that he felt …

Here are some the orders that he has filed!! Maybe the Council will hit the ground running and actually set the tax rate now when …

The good news is that the Local Receipts estimate was in fact increased by $2,460,000.   Our thoughts initially was that this would then lower …

We wrote often about the Local Receipt estimate and now it has been officially changed!!! Kudos to Councilor Gaffney on Local Receipts!!   Kudos to Councilor …

We want to focus on this one paragraph from his column Ignoring entirely the debate over the impact of the city’s dual tax rate, Mr. …

    City Manager cautions against increasing receipt revenue estimate https://t.co/QqpW9qA9Gi pic.twitter.com/DoYN8Swd4L — Worcester Magazine (@worcestermag) December 15, 2016     First thing you need …

In light of the fact we need to start working on the FY18 tax rate now and not waituntil the annual rite of winter, when …

I have heard Councilor Gaffney say many times that we need to talk about taxes when the budget is rolled out in April/May and not …

Link to Council meeting tonight to set the FY17 tax rate.   If you ever watched any other City Council meeting in prior years when the …

Just read a column posted by Nick K this morning in the Telegram.   Earlier today I had a column in the Worcester Sun and …

Many media outlets always try to take credit for various news stories.   We have never done that but we will take some credit today …

  Many comments about this column this morning. Not so much a column, but an observation about how many businesses have left the section of …

Click here to read    VERNON HILL DEVELOPMENT          v.    BOARD OF ASSESSORS OF REALTY, LLC                              THE CITY OF WORCESTER   LOCATIONS, INC.                v.     …

Must listen to radio ad   Click on the one names “Congratulations Worcester” Vote for tax cut: Lukes Gaffney Bergman Rosen Carlson Russsell King   …

Remember the Philly Plan, which was going to have a task force formed, but never happened because “it did not make sense for Worcester”?   …

Let’s look at the City Auditor analysis again tonight, click here. Current Taxable Assessed Value (FY16) equals    11,236,881,245 Assume it increases 1.8% next year …

150 Goddard and 152 Goodard use to pay $45,000 per year in taxes, but now paying nothing after the Seven Hills purchase. Rolling total of …