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Assessing

Contacts

Cherie Yattaw, Assessing Clerk

Scope of Services

The Assessors are responsible for ascertaining and listing all taxable property within the Town as of April 1st of each year, valuing taxable property according to its “just value,” and assessing each taxpayer his or her fair proportion of school, county, and municipal taxes.

The only way in which this tax burden can be fairly distributed is for the Assessors to attempt to discover all taxable property within their municipality and to value all property fairly.

The elected Select Board also serves as the Board of Assessors. An Assessors’ Agent, certified by the State of Maine, assists the Board of Assessors in performing the duties and responsibilities provided for assessors under general law.

Town maps, some local deed information, property descriptions, property sales data and other real property data are available at the Town Office.

Service Specific

2010 Real Estate Tax Commitment

The Select Board reviewed three documents at their July 19th meeting in setting the mil rate for 2010. These documents were the Audit of Billing Amounts, 2010 Municipal Tax Rate Calculation Form and a current Budget Summary. The Board voted to set the mil rate at $7.30/thousand.

2010 Revaluation Project

The Revaluation Project ended on July 8th at the conclusion of hearings. From July 9th to July 16th work has been done to finalize the numbers and prepare for the commitment of 2010 Real Estate Taxes on July 19th. Following is a list of information pertaining to the Revaluation Project:

Summary Sheet
Original RFP (Request for Proposals) for project
Contract with Parker Appraisal (contains methodology)
Value of land & buildings for 2010
Link to Harris web site containing the value of land & buildings for 2009
2010 Land Schedules
2010 Neighborhoods
2010 Zones
Jan - May 2010 Sales Study with Sales Ratio Analysis & Quality Rating

Data and Statistics - 2010 and 2011

	2010	2011
Taxable real estate	$896,499,700	$892,897,400
Taxable personal property	$ 0	$0
Property Tax Rate	$7.30/k	$10.30/k
Homestead Exemptions	787	871
Value of Homestead Exemptions	$7,850,000	$8,660,000
Parcels classified under Forest Land	26	26
Acres classified under Forest Land	1396	1401
Value of classified Forest Land	$395,738	$406,939
Parcels classified under Farm & Open Space	20	22
Acres classified under Farm & Open Space	594.2	666.81
Value of land classified under Farm & Open Space	$1,261,920	$4,956,945
Parcels classified under Working Waterfront	9	13
Acres classified under Working Waterfront	6.23	12.48
Value of land classified under Working Waterfront	$1,777,885	$3,254,198
Value of exempt property	$27,039,700	$27,035,300
Certified assessment ratio	100%	100%
State Valuation	$840,400,000	$822,050,000
Taxable Land area	14,822 acres	14,832 acres
Number of land parcels	2712	2716