The town's Board of Finance met on June 7 to set the new mill rate at 30.81 per $1,000 of assessed value, the Courier said.
As a result, the tax rate will rise 1.34 percent from 2015-16, reported the Easton Courier.
Factors determining the increase included a cut in state education funding and a $500,000 transfer from the town's reserve fund, the Courier noted.
Read the Easton Courier article here.
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