Politics & Government
Selectmen Vote to Shift Sewer Debt to Residents
The Lowell Sun reported that the tax levy shift will result in an increase of about $47 for the average taxpayer.
The average tax bill for Tewksbury residents is on the rise.
During a March meeting, the Tewksbury Board of Selectmen said they had to decide whether they would pay for a loss in revenue through the sewer rate or if they would ask residents to pay for it through the tax rate.
Earlier this week, the board opted to move $640,000 from the sewer enterprise fund to the property tax levy, according to a report in the Lowell Sun.
If there had been no shift to the property tax, sewer users would have seen an increased bill of $56.06 per average user, according to the Lowell Sun report.
Instead, the newspaper reported that the average tax payer will now see an increase of about $47 on their tax bill after the tax rate increases from $16.11 per $1,000 to $16.26 per $1,000 as a result of the sewer change.
Click here to read the Lowell Sun report on the increase in its entirety.
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