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Council approves tax-abatement and collection moves, senior staff says measure will recover about $11,007
Summary
Council approved transferring uncollected tax accounts and recommended forgiveness for several taxpayers and one nonprofit, with staff saying one set of approvals would net $11,007.25 in recovered revenue.
Staff member (Speaker 4) asked the council to approve transferring uncollected tax accounts to the suspense tax book and presented multiple tax-abatement and forgiveness requests recommended by the tax abatement committee. He said approving the first set of items would bring in "$11,007.25 dollars and 71¢."
One request involved the Boys & Girls Club (described in the transcript as "the boys and girls club of Braeden Behave") which had missed a tax-exempt filing deadline and later sought forgiveness of assessed taxes, interest, and fees. Speaker 4 said the tax abatement committee had considered the items at its June 23 meeting and voted to recommend forgiveness for qualifying cases. The council moved the items and the presiding officer called the vote; the transcript records the council saying 'aye' to approve the action.
The transcript does not include detailed documentation of the individual accounts nor the full vote roll for each forgiveness request; staff indicated committee review had occurred and recommended approval. For specific account numbers and taxpayer names referenced orally by remote callers, the transcript captured figures and phone numbers but did not provide supporting files in the record.
