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Brookfield tax collector reports $128,000 in back taxes and plans outreach before deeding

Brookfield Town Selectboard · March 18, 2026
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Summary

Tax collector Rose told the selectboard she placed liens on 23 properties (about $72,265.40 total) and reported roughly $128,000 outstanding across 2023–2025. The board agreed to outreach steps, mortgagee notifications, and a deeding timeline contingent on abstractor results.

Brookfield’s tax collector reported a significant backlog of unpaid property taxes and outlined steps to collect before pursuing deeding.

Rose, the town’s tax collector, told the selectboard she placed liens on 23 map-and-lot accounts for unpaid 2025 taxes, reporting a lien total of $72,265.40. She said she had sent certified letters, asked abstractors to search for mortgages, and…

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