Weston's Grand List Up $19 Million

’s grand list grew by 0.73 percent over last year’s list, according to figures released by Town Assessor Ken Whitman last month.

The increase — a $19,216,037 bump from $2,636,705,549 to $2,655,921,586 — is a larger percentage then the 0.42 percent increase last year.

The grand list incorporates all of the taxable property in the town: real estate, motor vehicles and business personal property. Real estate accounts for over 94 percent of the grand list, according to Whitman, and that category saw a .51 percent bump to $2.52 billion. Motor vehicles saw the largest percentage change, up 5.57 percent to $117.7 million, while business personal property improved $210,000 to $19.24 million, an increase of 1.1 percent.

According to the assessor, the following are Weston's top ten real estate taxpayers and their assessed property values:

• Apetuck Valley Country Club, Inc. — $9,235,500
• Aquarion Water Company — $6,641,200
• Daniel and Ellen Crown — $4,780,000
• Michael and Anna Vranos — $4,651,000
• Weston Shopping Center Association, LLC — $4,310,700
• Benneson Family LLC — $4,208,200
• James Hornung — $4,143,700
• Victor and Susan Niederhoffer — $4,069,500
• John and Dawn Egan — $3,692,600
• Jo-Ann Price Trust — $3,685,200

According to the assessor, the following are Redding's top ten business property taxpayers and their assessed property values:

• Connecticut Light and Power — $12,585,300
• Southern Connecticut Gas Company — $1,636,450
• Aspetuck Valley Country Club — $1,038,290
• Fairfield County Bank — $454,320
• Aquarion Water Company — $400,780
• Peter's Weston Market — $294,780
• Cellco Partnership — $242,020
• AT&T Mobility LLC — $145,170
• Connecticut Business Systems — $138,440
• T-Mobile Northeast LLC — $130,030

According to the assessor, the following are Redding's top ten taxpayers in terms of motor vehicle assessments:

• Financial Ser. Vehicle Trust — $4,448,663
• Daimler Trust — $4,253,256
• VW Credit Leasing Ltd. — $3,610,810
• Honda Lease Trust — $3,593,013
• Toyota Motor Credit Corporation — $3,526,005
• Nissan Infiniti Lt. — $2,203,480
• USB Leasing Lt. — $2,053,730
• Chase Auto Finance Group — $1,294,888
• Porsche Leasing Ltd. — $901,500
• Firstgroup Leasing — $807,380

According to the assessor, property values reflected in the current grand list reflect market values as of October 1, 2008.