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Barrington Senior Services Advisory Board

Monday, May 13, 2013

Serve on Housing, Senior Services Boards

The Barrington Town Council is seeking two volunteers to serve as trustees on the Housing Board and one volunteer for the Senior Services Advisory Board.

The Barrington Town Council is looking three volunteers to serve on two town boards. The Housing Board of Trustees has two vacancies; the Senior Services Advisory Board has one opening. The housing trustees serve as advisors to the Town Council on housing in Barrington, particularly all affordable housing developments. The board meets monthly, usually on the third Tuesday. Trustees serve 3-year terms. Click here for more information on the housing board. Senior services board members also serves as advisors to the Town Council. Board members serve 3-year terms; the board usually meets on the second Tuesday of each month. Click here for more information on the senior services board. Résumé forms can be obtained through the website at www.…

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Tax Deferment for Seniors Proposed

The Barrington Town Council sends the proposal to the town manager for more detail and to determine its impact.

A proposed tax-deferment plan for Barrington seniors, especially those on fixed incomes, was presented to the Town Council Monday night, Dec. 17. The proposal was sent to Town Manager Peter DeAngelis Jr. and other town officials to come back with a more detailed plan and a determination of its impact.  “Barrington’s comprehensive plan is replete with references to wanting to keep seniors in their homes,” said Margaret Kane, chair of the Senior Services Advisory Board, who presented the proposal. “It’s a small step, a beginning.” The program as drafted would defer the tax increase after a person turns 65, not the entire tax.  It would defer the property tax, Kane said, to “either the death of a resident or the sale of the property.” The tax…

Lorraine F

10:44 am on Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Wait one darn minute here. Mr. DeAngelis said: "he would report back to the Town Council in March with a report that includes the impact on the town of a tax deferment." What about the impact to the town on the affordable housing tax breaks? Why has that been left off the radar since the time when the town decided to start handing out property tax breaks to Sweetbriar? Am I wrong about this but …   more ›

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