Assessors approve $71,550 excise commitment
Whitman assessors approved a $71,550.09 excise commitment and several exemption packets. The Board of Assessors accepted motor vehicle excise commitment number five for $71,550.09 and exemptions under several clauses, including 41 at $1,000 each totaling $41,000 and 53 at $400 each totaling $21,200.
Other Committee · Meeting of October 13, 2026
Whitman assessors approved a $71,550.09 excise commitment and several exemption packets. The Board of Assessors accepted motor vehicle excise commitment number five for $71,550.09 and exemptions under several clauses, including 41 at $1,000 each totaling $41,000 and 53 at $400 each totaling $21,200. It also approved 15 exemptions at $1,250 apiece, $18,750 in all, and seven blind exemptions totaling $3,500.
The board agreed to pay $100 to the MAAO for a staff member's redesignation and tabled the FY27 commitment vote for a few weeks. It then went into executive session to discuss an Appellate Tax Board case and the FY26 tax bill.
In the full story:
- The Full Story
- The board then voted on exemption packets by type, each moved and seconded
- Why It Matters
- Key Motions & Votes
- Source
- Whitman's community access TV: Board of Assessors meeting, October 13, 2026
- The complete report: 475 words
Source: the Other Committee meeting of October 13, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript. It was corrected where it differed.
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