WOONSOCKET – A Senate bill would restore Mount St. Charles Academy’s tax-exempt status, but city officials are pushing back.
Councilman Garrett Mancieri is asking fellow council members to pass a formal resolution to block the measure, The Call of Woonsocket reported. Councilman Christopher Beauchamp, has introduced a separate resolution calling on the school and several other organizations to pay more taxes, not less.
Mount St. Charles – and many other previously tax-exempt organizations – were stripped of their status beginning about three years ago, after a review by the Budget Commission concluded there was no legal justification for it. The school later entered a two-year agreement with the city to pay taxes on 35 percent of the appraised worth of a portion of its real estate – land, but no buildings – which translates to about $76,000 a year, according to city records. That agreement expires in July. •
