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Hamilton resident urges help for seniors facing tax and assessment problems; council offers resources
Summary
During public comment, Pastor Gene Michaud described difficulties with property tax relief programs, deed changes and benefit checks following his wife's death and asked the council for assistance. Councilmembers and staff outlined county and state resources and offered to help navigate applications.
Pastor Gene Michaud, of Holy Trinity Baptist Church, told Hamilton Township Council during public comment that he and other seniors have struggled to navigate property tax relief and assessment processes.
Michaud described an experience in which state assistance checks were issued in his late wife's name after her death and said changing deeds and getting replacement checks had been time-consuming.
"They sent you a check to help you pay the fourth quarter of the taxes, and when I went to the bank the bank refused to cash it," Michaud said, describing a delay of months before he…
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