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City treasurer reports tax-billing and payments progress, technology and staffing issues
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City Treasurer and Collector Jennifer Dimock updated the Finance Committee on July tax billings, collection rates, motor-vehicle excise commitments, parking meter revenue, check-printing and scanner problems, Munis upgrades and grant-account reconciliation; committee asked follow-ups on tax-title costs and online water-billing improvements.
Jennifer Dimock, city treasurer and collector, told the Garden City Council Finance Committee Wednesday that the department mailed thousands of tax bills in July and is about halfway to full collection for those accounts. "In July, we mailed 7,143 preliminary real estate tax bills for a total of $17,402,827.30," Dimock said. "As of September 9, we've collected $8,963,849.91. This is about 52% of the overall billing." She added that second-quarter installments are due Nov. 3 and some taxpayers pay multiple installments at once, affecting the snapshot of collections.
The treasurer said the office mailed 313 personal-property bills totaling $783,134.54 and had collected $431,565.33 as of Sept. 9 (about 55%). On motor-vehicle excise, Dimock said the Registry of Motor Vehicles issued four commitments for 2025 totaling $2,545,070.27; collections to date were $2,261,802.96. She said the office issued…
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