Brookline Selectboard approves 2026'27 property tax rates, sets homestead and non-homestead totals

The Brookline Selectboard on July 23 approved the town's municipal and veterans'credit tax rate for fiscal year 2026'27, setting the municipal and veteran's component at 0.3933 per $100 of assessed value.

Town officers presented the line-by-line rates used to compute the totals. The presentation listed municipal components that sum to a Total Municipal Tax Rate of 0.3922 and a separate veterans'credit rate of 0.0011; combined, those two figures produce the municipal & veterans rate of 0.3933. Education rates were listed as Homestead education 1.1258 and Non-homestead education 1.0757, producing a Total Homestead rate of 1.5191 and a Total Non-Homestead rate of 1.4690 for 2026'27.

Chair Mike DeSocio moved to approve the municipal and veterans tax rate of 0.3933 for the 2026'27 fiscal year; Selectboard member Emily Beer seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. There were no scheduled or unscheduled members of the public at the special meeting.

The board opened the meeting at 8:05 AM, conducted the rate review and vote, and adjourned at 8:30 AM. No other actions or amendments were recorded in the transcript of the special meeting.