[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Meeting of the Town of Groveland as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Adopted 4-30-2001 ATM (Ch. 2, Art. III, § 2-41, of the General Bylaws)]
Participating taxpayers must be Groveland residents, 60 years of age or older and living in the residence to which the property tax abatement will be applied. Only one tax work-off abatement per household shall be allowed.
[Amended 4-30-2018 ATM]
The hourly rate shall be based on the State of Massachusetts minimum hourly wage rate, to a maximum $1,000 annual tax abatement.
The program will start July 1, 2001.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The paragraph setting forth income limitations which immediately followed this section, amended 4-25-2005, was repealed 5-23-2022 ATM by Art. 11.
All candidates are interviewed by the Council on Aging and then placed appropriately throughout the municipal department where they will perform their assigned services.
Participants must be physically and mentally capable of doing the job.
A. 
The Council on Aging will canvas departments and request departments to fill out an application stating their needs for assistance for jobs within their department.
B. 
The Council on Aging will recruit candidates to participate in programs through newsletter and local media and press.
C. 
A client will fill out an employment application and be interviewed by the Director, Coordinator of the program, or social worker.
D. 
The application will be screened and assigned a position that most benefits the department as well as client abilities.
E. 
The client must pass the Criminal Offender Record Information Check (CORI).
F. 
The Council on Aging will send seniors to the requested department for an interview.
G. 
Upon agreement of the department as well as the client, the position will be filled.
H. 
A client may request from the Council on Aging change in job assignment if incapability arises.
I. 
Department heads will report hours to the Assessors' office, with a copy to the COA and to the senior. This will be done on a monthly basis.
J. 
Both the Assessors' office and the COA will keep records of hours.
K. 
The Assessors' office will make the reduction on the client's tax bill in the third and fourth quarters. A copy of the certification will be given to the taxpayer and Assessors' office by the job provider before December 1.
[Adopted as Ch. 2, Art. III, § 2-41a, of the General Bylaws]
[Amended 5-23-2022 ATM by Art. 12]
Honorably discharged veterans, of any age, will be eligible to participate in the Veterans Work-Off Program.
Five positions will be made available ($1,000 per household abatement in exchange for work-off hours at the state's minimum wage).