Plainfield Adopts New Tax Rate, Holds Cannabis Agreement Over Unpaid Taxes

PLAINFIELD -- December 10, 2024, Plainfield Select Board adopts $18.18 tax rate and holds cannabis agreement over unpaid taxes. The board voted unanimously Tuesday to set a single property tax rate of $18.18 per thousand dollars of assessed value following a town-wide revaluation that pushed the total assessed value to approximately $130 million, as reported by Board of Assessors representative Ted Wesley. The board also unanimously accepted a revised Host Community Agreement for cannabis operator High Plains Farm at 27 Broom Street, drafted with attorney David Moyer, but voted to withhold it from operator Chris Roos until he clears a remaining tax balance he has committed to paying by December 31. Finance Committee member Bob Baker, joined remotely by Dalila Madison-Umquist, presented data showing the town spends roughly $3.22 million annually on non-MLP operations while generating only about $304,476 in outside revenue, less than 10 percent of expenses, and called for a centralized grant database and an all-boards coordination meeting tentatively targeted for early February. The board also signed renewal documents for a local liquor licensee, setting the town's estimated summer population at 730 for state reporting purposes.