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Treasurer reports 75% real-estate tax collection to Gardner City Finance Committee; motor-vehicle receipts lag for 2026
Summary
Treasurer Collector Ben Dauk told the Gardner City Council Finance Committee that the city has collected $25,029,987.95 in FY26 real-estate taxes (75% of billed $33.55 million) and outlined personal-property and motor-vehicle excise receipts; fourth-quarter payments are due May 1.
Treasurer Collector Ben Dauk told the Gardner City Council Finance Committee on March 31 that the city has collected $25,029,987.95 in fiscal 2026 real-estate taxes out of $33,550,028.56 billed, a 75% collection rate, with fourth-quarter payments due May 1.
Dauk, appearing as the first departmental update, said 7,143 real-estate bills were mailed for FY26 and that the office has issued $7,026.82 in refunds…
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