Australian Ballot Results from April 6, 2021 Election

by | Apr 6, 2021 | Town Meeting

On April 6, 2021, the voters in the Town of Vershire re-elected the following folks: David Hooke as Town Moderator, Gene Craft as Clerk-Treasurer, Debra Kingsbury as Lister, Naomi LaBarr as Collector of Delinquent Taxes, Eugene Sobeck to the Planning Commission and Rita French to the Cemetery Trustees.  The voters also elected Kenneth Bushey to the open 3-year Selectboard seat and Tonya Gunn to the 2-year, and Jamie Blondin will take on the 2-year Lister position.   All other voted Articles passed.  For the full breakdown of the election day voting results, click here to download the pdf.

Abatement – What is it?

by | Feb 1, 2021 | Board of Abatement

What is tax abatement? Abatement is a statutory process for relieving taxpayers from the burden of property taxes, penalty (collection fees) and interest when the law authorizes abatement and when the board, in its discretion, agrees that the request is reasonable and proper. It exists to permit the board to prevent an injustice or to help a taxpayer who faces extraordinary circumstances that make it difficult for the taxpayer to meet his or her tax obligations. Abatements are cautiously granted insofar as they reduce the income to the town and require the town to either spend less or increase the taxes on the rest of the taxpayers to make up the difference. A board may abate “in whole or part” property taxes, interest or collection fees. 24 V.S.A. § 1535(a).