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Village places several tax settlements on hold, withhold settlement payments until delinquent taxes paid
Summary
Board members said they will accept settlements conditionally, withholding funds until outstanding taxes are paid; a Rockaway Avenue property and another account owing roughly $54,000 were identified for further review and removal from the agenda.
Speaker 3 briefed the board on multiple tax-settlement items distributed to trustees and highlighted two problematic cases. For a property on Rockaway Avenue Speaker 3 said the owners still owed two years of taxes and that "we're not going anywhere"; after consulting John Ryan, the village will accept the settlement but will not release settlement monies until outstanding taxes (Speaker 3 referenced "$24,100" as the total outstanding) are paid. Speaker 3 said a second, larger account owing about $54,000 for 2019–2020 will be taken off the agenda and letters will be sent to the propertyowner and their attorney.
Speaker 3 also raised a procedural concern: courts handling settlements are supposed to include affidavits of tax payment, and the transcript records Speaker 3 saying either affidavits were missing or inaccurate (the phrase recorded was "somebody lied" in the transcript). The board agreed to place the contested item on hold pending receipt of documentation and potential legal follow-up. The transcript does not record any binding judicial action or final settlement payment in these matters.
