Grand list 

grows 1.88%

By Linda Lemmon

Town Crier Editor

PUTNAM --- Thanks in part to the expansion of the Putnam Walmart, the town's new grand list shows a new net taxable list of $640,264,705, a 1.88 percent increase over last year.

Tax Assessor Rande Chmura presented the grand list details this week. The total increase over last year is $11,807,120. 

She said the swing this year was Walmart's 50,000 square foot addition and a lot of new equipment in that store.

Real estate increased by $4,459,410 for a total of $536,963,744. Motor vehicles increased by $515,450 for a total of $53,368,070. Personal property increased by $6,832,260 for a total of $49,932,891.

The largest growth was seen in East Putnam, she said, with an increase of $8,082,561 or 3.2 percent.

Chmura said the top 10 taxpayers are: Putnam Acquisition LP (Walmart) - $13,062,730; Putnam Downtown LLC (shopping center) - $11,092,100; Connecticut Light & Power - $8,849,930; Staples - $8,569,270; Putnam LLC (Stop & Shop) - $7,031,360; Kmart Corporation - $5,667,360; Yankee Gas - $4,444,090; Putnam Parkade Inc. (shopping center) - $4,103,330; International Paper Co. - $3,758,610; Valley Village Assoc. (apartments) - $3,652,150. 

Chmura said the increase last year was .29 percent. 

She added that Putnam's increase is somewhere in the middle of grand lists reported in Windham County. She said Hampton decreased by .43 percent and Brooklyn saw a 3.3 percent increase (due to the brand new Walmart being constructed).