Simon Makes Push for Dollar Tree Revenue to Help Windsor's Elderly, Disabled

While much has been made about proposed tax breaks and decreased building permits for Fortune 500 company Dollar Tree, Deputy Mayor Alan Simon has proposed that some Windsor residents reap financial benefits from the company's planned operations in town as well.

Simon has proposed that Windsor's qualified elderly or disabled homeowners receive greater tax relief once tax revenues from Dollar Tree's proposed one-million-square-foot distribution center begin to roll in, which should be in the middle of 2014, according to town documents.

The Town Council is set to review Simon's proposal on March 19.

Just under 450 Windsor households receive tax relief under programs provided by the state of Connecticut, the Town of Windsor, or both.

59 households are currently receiving tax relief under the town's elderly and disabled tax relief program, which was adopted in 2006, from the Town of Windsor alone.

The program will cost Windsor $58,400 in the current fiscal year.

The town program, town documents say, "allows eligible households with a qualifying income of up to $41,000 to receive a local program credit of up to $200 or $300, depending on marital status."

Town Council members will discuss the possibility of changing the amount of money credited to those who are eligible, or expanding the number of eligible households by increasing income-eligibility levels.

The town council will meet at 7 p.m. in Town Hall Council Chambers on Mon., March 19.

In addition to this agenda item, council members will take action on the proposed tax breaks and reduced building permit fee for Dollar Tree, Inc., establish the town's new voting districts and set a public hearing with regards to the new districts.