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Norwich Township to repay $103,763.67 after Franklin County audit finds tax misclassification
Summary
Following a Franklin County Auditor review, Norwich Township approved a five-year look-back payment of $103,763.67 to Brown Township to correct an inside-millage tax misclassification for Hampton Reserve parcels; trustees also amended 2026 appropriations to provide the funds.
Norwich Township’s Board of Trustees voted April 21 to correct a tax allocation error identified by the Franklin County Auditor and pay Brown Township $103,763.67 for misclassified inside-millage taxes tied to the Hampton Reserve development.
Administrator Jamie Fisher told trustees Brown Township informed Norwich in 2025 that the Franklin County Auditor had been issuing inside-millage receipts for the Hampton Reserve parcels to Norwich Township instead of Brown Township beginning with the development’s 2006 records. Fisher said a report from the County Auditor—provided to Board materials by Trustee Marsh—shows the inside-millage shortfall and that Norwich must repay $103,763.67 covering the five-year lookback period cited by the Auditor.
Fiscal Officer Omar Tarazi and Administrator Fisher said the Township will amend appropriations to make the payment. The Board approved the 2026 Amended Permanent Appropriations and the repayment motion in separate unanimous votes. Trustee Rothenberg asked what steps the Township will take to prevent similar misallocations in the future; Administrator Fisher said she has contacted the Franklin County Auditor’s office to request procedural safeguards and will report back to the Board.
The payment is purely corrective; the Board described the action as complying with the Auditor’s determination rather than adopting a policy change. Trustees approved both the amended appropriations and the five-year look-back payment by voice vote (yes votes from Hykes, Rothenberg and Barker).
