Sharon lowers mill rate

SHARON — Following the annual town meeting held on Friday, May 13, the Board of Finance met to set the town’s mill rate for 2022-23, deciding on a slightly lower rate.

The new mill rate was set at 14.4, a reduction of 0.1 from the current rate of 14.5.

The meeting lasted seven minutes.

The town meeting only took eight minutes, with about 25 residents in attendance. Barbara Prindle was elected to serve as moderator.

Proposed budgets submitted by the Board of Education and the Board of Selectmen were adopted by unanimous vote without discussion.

Finance board members gave consideration in setting the mill rate to economic stresses brought on by the current inflationary economy. In their view, inflation will continue.