Greene County treasurer reports drop in delinquent taxes, sales tax receipts rise slightly; transit ridership data due next meeting

Greene County's treasury and finance staff reported early-2026 collections and delinquencies and signaled plans to provide more detailed transit ridership analysis at a future meeting.

Treasury numbers: The finance presenter reported that delinquent taxes owed to Greene County as of January 2026 totaled $7,122,879.10, compared with $7,826,649.30 in January 2025, a decrease of $703,770.20. The presenter said year-to-date payments on 2026 collections were $334,502.45 (figures for 2025 were cited in the discussion but not read in full). "In summary, the amount due to Greene County for delinquent taxes as of January '26 totaled $7,122,879.10," the presenter said.

Sales tax: The county's sales-tax receipts to date for 2026 were reported at $4,321,761.03, an increase of $105,736.06 (2.51%) from the 2025 figure of $4,216,024.97.

Transit ridership: Board members asked about ridership statistics for fixed routes and midday averages. Speaker 6 said the ridership summary is a consolidation of operator reports and that a year-over-year analysis back to 2023 could be provided "by your next community meeting." Speaker 6 described the dataset as intended to help the legislature better understand usage and routes by geographic description and marketing color.

Next steps: Staff committed to returning with a more detailed ridership analysis and clarified that the finance figures presented reflected month-over-month and year-over-year comparisons. No fiscal policy decisions were taken at this point; the presentation was informational and will inform future budget and service discussions.