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Date: 11/22/2021
WILLIAMSBURG – During a Nov. 18 meeting, the Williamsburg Board of Selectmen decided to maintain a single tax rate for all classes of property including personal property, industrial, commercial and residential.
According to Robin Everett, the Assessor’s Clerk for Williamsburg, the town plans on setting the single tax rate officially within the next week or two. With nothing set in stone yet, Everett declined to comment on what she anticipates until the tax rate is officially set. This was as of press time.
The town also featured a single tax rate in fiscal year 2021 (FY21) of $20.97 per thousand for residential and commercial tax. Prior to that, in FY20, the tax was $20.62 per thousand.
Denise Banister, a member of the Board of Selectmen and Board of Assessors, recommended the single tax rate to the rest of the Board of Selectmen.
According to Banister, and based on the past tax rate, it was not a good idea for Williamsburg to shift the residential rate by 150 percent, which is the maximum allowable tax shift in Massachusetts.
In this scenario, the residential rate would decrease $6 per thousand, but commercial, industrial, and personal property would increase by $10.49 per thousand.