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Selectboard discusses delinquent tax list and penalty timetable
Summary
Board members reviewed roughly $53,000 in outstanding delinquent taxes (mostly repeat late payers), discussed the current 8% penalty plus staged interest, and debated whether shortening time-to-tax-sale or adjusting penalties would speed collections.
Selectboard members reviewed the town's list of delinquent taxpayers and discussed penalty rates and when to initiate tax-sale proceedings.
Clerk (S2) said the town has about $53,000 outstanding in delinquent taxes, "mostly just the regulars," and described the current penalty structure as an 8 percent penalty plus staged interest (1% initially, then increasing). Members discussed whether reducing the time before initiating a tax sale would accelerate payments; some suggested shortening the period, while others warned that too-short deadlines could leave the town without operating funds. No formal policy change was adopted; members agreed to revisit the issue during budgeting before March.
