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Tax collector seeks two-year extension and $80,000 increase for tax-sale specialist contract
Summary
City tax collector recommended a two‑year extension and an $80,000 increase to the contract with Rhode Island Tax Titles to prepare and conduct tax sales, with charges passed to delinquent taxpayers rather than the city.
The Warwick Finance Committee heard a presentation from Kyler Jones, the city tax collector, who recommended a two-year extension and an increase in spending authority for the city’s tax-sale specialist contract with Rhode Island Tax Titles. Jones said the office requested an $80,000 increase in spending authority to cover the next two years and that the vendor has agreed to a two-year extension.
Jones told the committee that last fiscal year the city charged $193,259.53 to the three account codes that pay for tax-sale services. He said most per-parcel charges associated with the tax-sale process — for example, set-up charges, third‑party notice mailings and advertisement fees — are…
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