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County temporarily cuts Cambridge Central Schools’ $1,500 tax‑file fee to $500
Summary
After hearing from Cambridge Central Schools about a $1.7 million budget deficit and technical reasons the district maintains its own tax platform, the Washington County board voted to reduce the district’s $1,500 county tax‑file fee to $500 for one year while staff and the vendor explore reintegration.
James Duchar, superintendent of Cambridge Central Schools, asked the Washington County board to reduce a $1,500 fee the district pays to receive the county’s tax file, saying the district faces “a huge budget deficit of about $1.7 million” and seeks any savings it can find.
Cambridge moved its tax‑file workflow onto a vendor platform that spans properties in two counties, the superintendent said, and now pays the county for a file extract the district uses to populate its system. County staff explained that the file the county distributes (the “160D1” file) is how outside entities,…
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