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Board of Finance approves FY26–27 suspense list of $28,475.79
Summary
Willington's Board of Finance accepted the fiscal-year 26–27 suspense list totaling $28,475.79 after a presentation from the town revenue collector. The list is technically collectible but many accounts are unlikely to yield immediate revenue; the collector said collection efforts will continue.
The Willington Board of Finance voted on May 21 to approve the fiscal-year 26–27 suspense list, which the town’s revenue collector, Ashley, presented as totaling $28,475.79.
Ashley said the suspense list is filed under statute 12, 165 and includes mainly personal-property accounts — campers and unregistered motor vehicles among them — that are technically collectible but for which current collection prospects are limited. “As the tax collector, we do, per statute 12, 165, have to file a suspense list every year,” Ashley said, adding that many addresses return mail or show owners who have moved or are deceased.
Board members asked whether the sum would change revenue figures in the budget recently moved to referendum. The chair and Ashley said the suspense list does not appear to alter the current referendum numbers and that collection assumptions used in budget estimates already account for typical late or overdue receipts. Ashley said the town contracts with a collection firm, the American National Recovery Group, and has issued tax warrants and other collection efforts, but she did not expect substantial near-term revenue from many of the accounts on the list.
The chair moved to approve the FY26–27 suspense list; the motion was seconded and carried in a voice vote. Board and staff discussed logistics for signing and filing the document with the town clerk; Ashley said the list will be included in her annual report and can be recorded before July 1.
The board’s action documents the town’s annual accounting steps and preserves the ability to pursue collections while recognizing that some sums on the list are unlikely to be recovered immediately.
