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Municipal officers certify Rome tax settlements and recommit $105,144.12 in unpaid taxes
Summary
On March 14, 2026, municipal officers for the town of Rome certified 2024 and 2025 tax settlement certificates under 36 M.R.S.A. § 763, discharging the tax collector from liability for small outstanding balances and recommitting $105,144.12 for levy and collection.
Municipal officers for the town of Rome certified tax settlement and recommitment documents on March 14, 2026, formally recording the town's 2024 and 2025 tax accounts and directing the collection of outstanding amounts.
The certificate titled "Certificate of Recommitment" was addressed "TO: Julie Morrison, Tax Collector of the Municipality of Rome" and recommitted uncollected tax lists totaling $105,144.12 for levy and collection. The document instructs the tax collector to "levy and collect the same, of each one his/her respective amount, therein set down" and is dated March 14, 2026. The certificate cites 36 M.R.S.A. § 763 as authority for the recommitment.
A separate document certified the town's 2025 tax commitments and acknowledged payments and credits. That certificate lists 2025 real and personal tax commitments at $4,069,393.65, supplemental commitments of $29,733.68, interest of $1,326.21 and a grand total of $4,100,453.54. After recording cash payments, abatements and other credits, the certificate shows a net total of $3,995,817.41 and a balance due of $104,636.13. The certificate states, "Under authority contained in MRSA, Title 36, Section 763, as amended, we hereby discharge you from further liability or obligation to collect the balance due of : $104,636.13," and is addressed to Tammy Lyons, Tax Collector of the Municipality of Rome.
The town also certified the 2024 tax commitments. The 2024 certificate lists real and personal commitments totaling $3,790,465.78, interest of $3,123.84 and a grand total of $3,793,589.62. After payments, abatements, recorded tax liens and other credits, the certificate shows a net total of $3,793,081.66 and a balance due of $507.96. That document likewise cites Title 36, Section 763 and discharges the tax collector from further liability for the noted balance.
Each document is signed or finalized by the town's municipal officers and carries the notation "Given under our hands this 14th day of March 2026." The certificates perform two administrative functions: they (1) formally record and acknowledge the year's tax commitments and receipt of payments and credits, and (2) either discharge the tax collector from further liability for specified balances or recommit uncollected lists to be levied and collected under state statute.
The certificates do not record any vote totals or motions in the text provided; they are administrative certifications under 36 M.R.S.A. § 763. The documents name the recipients of the certificates (Julie Morrison and Tammy Lyons) and list the monetary totals and balances specified above.
