Read the New Advocate Online at: www.advocatenews.net Vol. 31, No.48 -FREEwww.advocatenews.net Free Every Friday City Council sets 2023 tax rates By Barbara Taromina R evere homeowners felt some love this week when the City Council set a new tax rate for 2023. The value of single and multifamily homes and condos is up, but tax bills will increase by relatively small amounts or even decrease. In contrast, the value of commercial/industrial property has increased by 22 percent, and owners will see a 14.33 percent increase in tax bills. Next year’s tax rate for residential real estate is $951 per $1,000 of value while commercial property owners will pay $18.98. Every fall, assessors from cities and towns head out with PowerPoint presentations to meetings of city councilors and selectmen to explain property valuations and the residential tax factor. They typically remind audiences that cities and towns can only raise the total amount of property tax, aka the total tax levy, by 2 1/2 percent over last year. Elect781-286-8500 Friday, December 2, 2022 Football Patriots fall to Vikings on Thanksgiving ed offi cials then set a tax factor that determines how much of a community’s tax burden will be shouldered by businesses and what percent will be picked up by homeowners. Dana Brangiforte, chairman of the board of assessors, told councillors the board recommended a tax factor of.876646. “That allows us to shift the tax rate 175 percent onto the commercial,” said Brangiforte, who added that it also allowed the city to adopt the lowest residential tax rate possible. Brangiforte went through plenty of numbers, including the roughly $48,000 increase in value of the average single-family home in the city. Despite that jump in value, those property owners can expect to see just a $33 increase on tax bills. The value for an average commercial/industrial property saw a $376,719 bump up or a 22 percent gain, which means a $4,655 TAX RATES | SEE Page 5 Council updated on Wonderland site for new high school By Barbara Taromina E arlier this month, the City Council approved a plan to borrow $29.5 million to acquire Wonderland Race Track property, which is the preferred site for the city’s new high school. This week, Brian Dakin from Left Field, the general manager for the construction project, was at the council meeting with an update. “We’ve been talking about this project for years and we’re only at the conclusion of the schematic design phase,” said Dakin adding that design development would continue for another year, year and a half. But Dakin stressed that site ac$4.20 GALLON We accept: MasterCard * Visa * & Discover Price Subject to Change without notice 100 Gal. Min. 24 Hr. Service 781-286-2602 cess had been secured and consultants were working with city engineers on surveys, geotechnical assessments and environmental assessments which Dakin said would set up the future of the project development. Dakin acknowledged there are challenges and restrictions with the Wonderland site that could ultimately drive design decisions. The two most significant challenges are the EastBORROW | SEE Page 7 City councillors John Powers and Ira Novoselsky supported residents to save the Jack Satter House bus stop at the corner of Oak Island Street and Revere Beach Boulevard on Tuesday morning. Powers is shown being interviewed by WBZ-TV Reporter Cheryl Fiandaca. See story on page 5. (Courtesy photos, Pat Melchionno) Revere’s Abbas Attoul carries the ball with some Viking defenders in tow on Thanksgiving Day. (Advocate photos by Emily Harney) By Greg Phipps T he Revere Patriots closed out the 2022 season with their third straight defeat by losing to the Winthrop Vikings, 25-6, in their annual Thanksgiving Day contest last Thursday at Miller Field in Winthrop. It was a similar storyline to many of Revere's losses this season - falling behind by double digits in the fi rst half and not being able to recover. Having won the previous five Thanksgiving games in the 94-year-old series, Revere came into last Thursday's contest hoping to make it six in a row. But the host Vikings, who finished 7-4 on the season, were determined to put a halt to that recent trend. The Patriots turned the ball over three times in the first half and that materialized into 18 points for Winthrop, which owned an 18-0 advantage at halftime. Faced with a threepossession deficit, Revere edged closer midway through the third quarter when quarterback Carlos Rizo completed a pass to Sami Elasri on a ball that was almost picked off for the Patriots' only score. Revere failed on a two-point converFOOTBALL | SEE Page 12 Councillors support Jack Satter House residents’ bus stop
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