Word: mcdevitt
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Because of Proposition 2-1/2, only 35 percent of $109.5 million in taxes to be levied this year will come from personal property, while commerce and industry will bear 65 percent of the tax burden, said Kevin T. McDevitt, one of the city's two principal assessors. He added that residential property will make up the lowest percentage of the tax base in recent history...
...residential taxes will go up by almost 10 percent for the average single-family homeowner from $2663 last year to $2920 this fiscal year, McDevitt said...
Healy has already instituted a plan to "reduce unnecessary spending, such as travel outside the city by city officials, a freeze on hiring personnel and other budgetary items, while increasing revenue with additional service fees and promotion of growth," according to McDevitt...
Property taxes for Harvard, the city's largest landowner, will also go up this year, McDevitt said...
...Kevin McDevitt of the city assessor's office said that the city prefers to maintain its "flexibility" when negotiating with Harvard, rather than pressing for a stricter agreement...