The Mansfield Board of Selectmen 4-1 to continue last year's split tax rate of 1.21 percent for residential and commercial properties, meaning tax rates for will go up for residential and commercial properties, 88 cents and $1.12 respectively.
The tax rate for residential properties is now $15.77 per $1,000 assessed valuation and for businesses the rate is now $20.45.
"If this board decides to keep the rate as is, some folks will be going up 5.91 percent," said Chairman Jess Aptowitz, the lone no vote on the board. "I think that’s a lot of money."
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Selectman Kevin Moran said increasing the split rate would create a hostile business environment. "Yes people will have to take hits, but that’s life," he said. "It’s a necessary evil of doing business with companies."
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