TOWNSEND — The tax rate has been set at $18.26 per $1,000 for fiscal year 2013, said FinCom member Andrea Wood.
The bill for the average home valued at $225,025 will be $4,018. In fiscal year 2012, the tax rate was $16.91 and the tax bill for the average home valued at $234,090 was $3,970, Sheehan wrote in the email.