Board of Assessors

WAYLAND — June 15, 2026 — Wayland Board of Assessors approved nearly $47.8 million in preliminary fiscal year 2027 tax warrants at its June 15 remote meeting. Chair Zachariah L. Ventress presided as the board voted unanimously to accept warrants covering $46,581,994.15 in real estate tax, $579,762.

WAYLAND — June 1, 2026 — Wayland Board of Assessors clears four tax commitments and sets June 15 joint session to fill a vacant seat. Meeting remotely on June 1, the three-member quorum — Steven Klitgord, Douglass McNeilly, and Zachariah L. Ventress — unanimously approved a third motor vehicle and trailer excise commitment

WAYLAND — May 11, 2026 — Wayland assessors confirm three-year contracts with Bishop and RREC, plan homegrown abatement form. The Board of Assessors, meeting remotely May 11 with Chair Zachariah L. Ventress presiding and member Steven Klitgord present, said Bishop & Associates will continue handling real estate services and Real Estate

WAYLAND — April 13, 2026 — Wayland Assessors approve $334,517 excise commitment as senior tax credit article is withdrawn. The Board of Assessors voted unanimously on April 13 to approve a second fiscal 2026 motor vehicle and trailer excise commitment of $334,517.95, on a motion from member Zach Ventress.

WAYLAND — March 16, 2026 — Wayland Assessors clear FY26 abatements and track a senior tax credit headed to town meeting. Meeting with three of five members present, Vice-Chair Philip David Parks, Steven Klitgord and Douglass McNeilly unanimously accepted March 2 minutes and moved into executive session to vote on fiscal

WAYLAND — March 2, 2026 — Wayland assessors debate whether to advance a $500 senior tax credit doomed at the state level. Member Steven Klitgord, the board's representative on the Senior Tax Relief Committee, told the March 2 meeting the proposed fourth-quarter credit for households with a resident 65

WAYLAND — February 2, 2026 — Wayland assessors green-light $2.5 million excise commitment as ATB dismisses resident appeal. The Board of Assessors on Feb. 2 unanimously approved the fiscal 2026 first motor vehicle and trailer excise commitment of 11,680 bills totaling $2,491,164.45, plus a seventh prior-

WAYLAND — January 12, 2026 — Wayland assessors release decades-old chapter land lien on French Avenue parcel. The Board of Assessors voted 5-0 Monday to discharge a classified forest, agricultural or horticultural-recreational land tax lien on Parcel 51D-016 at 9 French Avenue, a remnant of a chapter land