I. Council Action Requested.
Title
To set the dates on which 2019-2020 taxes will be due as October 1, 2019 and April 1, 2020.
Body
II. Basis for Council Action.
Council approval of this item is required because;
a. Title 36 M.R.S.A. §505(2) states that "a municipality may, with respect to the tax, by vote determine... [t]he date or dates when property taxes shall become due and payable," and
b. Pursuant to Article II, Section 3(I) of the Charter the Town Council has the authority to “[e]xercise all the legislative, financial, borrowing and other powers now or hereafter given by statute to inhabitants of towns acting in Town Meeting.”
III. Issue Summary.