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Assessor reports billing fixes, abatements and estimated $250,000 new growth for Gardiner

5789339 · August 28, 2025
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City Assessor Chris Kumar told the finance committee the assessor's office corrected a Munis billing error affecting 164 small personal-property accounts, processed dozens of abatements and recommended a supplemental revenue estimate for new growth that exceeds the FY26 budget.

Chris Kumar, the city assessor, told the Finance Committee on Aug. 27 that the office closed fiscal-year 2025 and resolved a Munis billing error that incorrectly issued bills to 164 personal-property accounts exempt under the $5,000 threshold; the assessor said those bills were manually abated and the total in question was about $5,500. Kumar said the office mailed 565 personal-property forms (forms of lists) and has received roughly 43% back; 555 income-and-expense forms were mailed to commercial, industrial and multiunit owners with about 38% returned. He…

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