Taxes in Derby could increase about $300 for the average single-family tax bill under a budget approved by the city’s tax board last month.
If you pay taxes in Derby, now’s your only chance to be heard.
A public hearing on the budget is scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday (May 24) in the Aldermanic Chambers of Derby City Hall, 1 Elizabeth St.
Earlier this month the tax board approved an approximate $40.9 million budget that has the potential to increase taxes by 4 mills.
Under the budget, Derby Public Schools would receive a 3.5 percent increase, or $606,000. That is the full amount requested by the Derby Board of Education.
Members of the tax board said the Derby tax increase is being driven by three factors:
- A decrease in state aid
- A falling grand list
- An increase in costs connected to employee benefits
Below is an interview with tax board chair Judy Szewczyk, who explains what’s happening in Derby.
It’s a revaluation year in Derby, meaning residents have to make sure they’re looking at the most current assessment of their property in order to get accurate info regarding their tax bills next year.
The tax board has been using draft documents to try to gauge what a 4 mill tax increase will do to people.
The information below shows a range of what the budget will do to tax bills if it is approved as is.
The list below is not exhaustive, but provides a range for many parts of Derby. It is taken from a spreadsheet dated May 10.
Academy Hill Road:
52 Academy Hill: – $277 (largest tax decrease on the road)
5 Academy Hill: +1,121 (largest tax increase on the road)
Anson Street
15 Anson: – $27
31 Anson: + $7,066
Ashwood Terrace:
11 Ashwood: +564
5 Ashwood: + $146
(No decreases on the street)
Atwater Avenue:
110 Atwater: – $433
117 Atwater: +$1,159
Baldwin Road:
852 Baldwin: – $392
860 Baldwin: + $818
Bank Street
29 Bank: – $1,213
16 Bank: + $3,133
Beau Vue Condos
107 Beau Vue: – $203
204 Beau Vue: -$158
(No increases there)
Beau Vue Heights – $150 for the vast majority of properties here
Belleview Drive
Unlisted property number: + $109
39 Bellview: + $1,014
(No tax decreases on this road)
Benanto Drive:
14 Benanto: + $304
7 Benanto: + $991
(No tax decreases on this road)
Birmingham Condos:
Tax decreases here range from $508 to $579
No tax increases here
Bradley Terrace:
138 Bradley: – $323
126 Bradley: + $746
Brookside Commons:
Tax decreases range from $3 to $513
No tax increases here
Buckingham Road:
Unlisted address: + $230
1 Buckingham: + $849
No tax decreases here
Burtville Road:
22 Burtville: – $454
49 Burtville: + $2,383
Caldwell Drive:
34 Caldwell: + $245
2 Caldwell: + $485
Camptown Avenue:
24 Camptown: – $287
9 Camptown: + $349
Caroline Street:
20 Caroline: – $1,074
25 Caroline: + $6,681
Cedric Avenue:
25 Cedric: + $6
11 Cedric: + $1,165
Chapel Street:
53 Chapel: – $126
72 Chapel: + $4,486
Chatfield Street:
Unlisted address: – $723
210 Chatfield: + $13,446 (nursing home)
Cherry Street:
20 Cherry: – $40
16 Cherry: + $458
Chestnut Drive:
68 Chestnut: + $22
4 Chestnut: + $1,270
(no tax decreases on this street)
Coe Lane:
17 Coe: – $115
15 Coe: + $878
Commodore Hull Drive
6 Commodore Hull: + $213
13 Commodore Hull: + $932
Coppola Terrace:
49 Coppola: – $244
42 Coppola: + $699
Cullens Hill Road:
34 Cullens Hill: + $177
38 Cullens Hill: +$412
No tax decreases here.
David Humphreys Road:
1 David Humphreys: – $161
380 David Humphreys: + $606
Derby Avenue:
204 Derby Ave: – $8,180
50 Derby Ave: + $5,459
Derby Neck Road:
41 Derby Neck: + $180
22 Derby Neck: + 3,043
No tax decreases here
E Street:
60 E: + $71
63 E: + $833
Eighth Street:
77 Eighth: – $159
62 Eighth: + $1,393
Elizabeth Street:
148 Elizabeth: – $1,084
65 Elizabeth: + $8,244
General Wooster Road:
28 General Wooster: + $68
22 General Wooster: + $1,162
Grove Avenue:
20 Grove: – $190
21 Grove: + $829
Hawthorne Avenue
368 Hawthorne: – $493
172 Hawthorne: + $1,002
246 Hawthorne: + $448 (Valley Indy editor’s dang house)
Hawkins Street:
49 Hawkins: – $830
60 Hawkins: + $6,476
High Street:
101 High: – $187
112 High: + $1,009
Joyce Avenue:
5 Joyce: + $5
13 Joyce: + $552
Lakeview Terrace:
62 Lakeview: – $445
54 Lakeview: + $397
Laurel Avenue:
6 Laurel: – $308
12 Laurel: + $738
Minerva Street:
67 Minerva: – $8,894
187 Minerva: + $18,075
New Haven Avenue:
435 New Haven: – $7,553
656 New Haven: + $62,476 (plaza home to Walmart)
North Avenue:
Unlisted property: + $58
23 North Ave: + $1,149
Olivia Street:
158 Olivia: – $511
50 Olivia: + $23,880
O’Sullivan Road:
4 O’Sullivan: + $273
29 O’Sullivan: + $697
Paugassett Road:
27 Paugassett: – $208
30 Paugassett: + $577
Park Avenue:
25 Park: – $252
71 Park: + $893
Roosevelt Drive:
200 Roosevelt: – $4,582
33 Roosevelt: + $10,317
Sentinel Hill Road:
131 Sentinel Hill: – $2,223
225 Sentinel Hill: + $1,926
Summit Street:
24 Summit: – $1,709
79 Summit: + $1,116
Sodom Lane:
Unlisted address: – $42
77 Sodom: + $1,497
Silver Hill Road
Unlisted address: – $88
4 Silver Hill: + $1,550
