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Tax collector reports $274,699.10 outstanding and online payment system nearly ready
Summary
Tax Collector Rose Zacher reported about 16% of July bills outstanding, 57 property owners with overdue taxes, and total outstanding taxes of $274,699.10; town may need to use fund balance to cover school and county obligations. An online payment system is close to rollout pending one final fix.
Rose Zacher, the town tax collector, told the board that as of July 2 roughly 16% of July tax bills were outstanding and about 57 property owners had overdue balances. She said the total outstanding taxes stood at $274,699.10, a figure that includes two timber bills not yet due and is higher than the typical steady-state outstanding total of about $150,000.
Zacher said the town may need to draw on fund balance to cover school and county obligations if shortfalls persist. She also reported the online property tax payment system is nearly ready, with one final software fix pending; a website link/kiosk issue that showed some escrow payments as outstanding will be resolved with the update.
