Some suburbs face votes on tax hikes as others demur

Boston Globe 10/22/09: Some suburbs face votes on tax hikes as others demur . Voters in a number of area communities will consider property tax increases to raise millions of dollars for capital projects in the coming weeks, while a few other towns are shying away from large requests amid the down economy.In Wayland, if a majority of voters at the town’s Nov. 17 special election approve the high school building project, Town Meeting would be asked the next night to support a Proposition 2 1/2 override to pay for the town’s share of the total cost. The debt-exclusion request would raise property taxes long enough to repay the construction loan.

The Massachusetts School Building Authority agreed last month to pay up to $25 million toward the project, Turkington said. If taxpayers agree to cover the balance, he said, the revamped high school would be scheduled to open in 2012 or 2013.

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