BRATTLEBORO — The Selectboard has authorized Town Manager Barbara Sondag and Town Attorney Robert Fisher to enter into a host agreement with the Windham Solid Waste Management District (WSWMD).
The agreement would credit the Brattleboro 8 percent of the town's assessment it owes to the district.
Sondag said the credit would be considered a “payment in lieu of taxes.”
Fisher, of Fisher & Fisher, explained that the 8 percent equals $11,624, or about the amount the town would have received from WSWMD in taxes.
The WSWMD is tax exempt, said Fisher.
Yet, said Fisher, the town has expenses resulting from hosting the district such as roads and fire protection. The law provides for host agreements so the town can meet some of its liabilities, he said.
Selectboard Clerk Dora Bouboulis recused herself from the discussion because she also serves on the WSWMD board of directors.