Two Windsor Manufacturers Could Shed Nearly $192K From Tax Bills

WINDSOR, CT — Two Windsor manufacturers that missed a deadline to seek tax exemptions on new machinery could still see nearly $192,000 erased from their combined tax bills.

The Town Council is scheduled to consider separate requests Tuesday from Ortiz Tool LLC and New England Expert Technologies Corp., which does business as NE-XT. Both items appear on the council's Sept. 22 meeting agenda. The meeting begins at 7:30 p.m. at Windsor Town Hall.

The companies failed to submit personal property declarations and applications by the Nov. 1 deadline for exemptions covering eligible manufacturing machinery and equipment, according to memos from Town Assessor Josh Gaston included with the meeting materials. The filings involved the October 2025 Grand List.

If the council grants the requests, Ortiz Tool's personal property tax bill for the 2026-27 fiscal year would fall from $49,924.86 to $219.49. The remaining charge would be a late-filing penalty.

NE-XT's bill would drop from $148,578.21 to $6,651.43.

That works out to $49,705.37 in savings for Ortiz Tool and $141,926.78 for NE-XT — a combined reduction of $191,632.15.

Town staff is recommending approval of both requests. Gaston told the council that Windsor has previously granted five similar requests since the current state law took effect in 2020. The council approved all five. Neither company has made such a request before, according to the meeting materials.

Under state law, manufacturers may seek a 45-day extension if they cannot meet the Nov. 1 deadline. Connecticut General Statutes Section 12-94e also gives a municipality's legislative body the option to grant certain exemptions when a company failed to file both the claim and an extension request on time.

The law allows municipalities to consider factors including any hardship that contributed to the missed deadline and whether granting the exemption would provide a net economic-development benefit.

The council's action would not create a new local incentive or expand the equipment covered by the exemption. It would allow the two companies to receive exemptions for eligible equipment despite the missed deadline. If approved, the taxable personal property assessments would be reduced by $1.72 million for Ortiz Tool and $4.91 million for NE-XT.

Two Windsor Manufacturers

Ortiz Tool, located at 775 Bloomfield Ave., describes itself as a privately owned aerospace machining company with more than 40 years of experience. The company operates from a roughly 15,000-square-foot facility and makes precision parts for aerospace and defense contractors.

NE-XT operates at 545 Marshall Phelps Road. The precision manufacturer produces complex machined components and assemblies for the aerospace, defense and other industrial markets.

The council will vote separately on each company's request.

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