TOWN COUNCIL MAJORITY OFFICE
TAX POLICY COMMITTEE
JANUARY 29, 2008
PRESENT William P. Horan, Jr., Temporary Chair, Councilors Marc Weinberg and
Eric Thompson
ALSO Melody Currey, Mayor
PRESENT Michael Walsh, Finance Director
Rich Gentile, Assistant Corporation Counsel
Jon Searles, 51 Spaulding Circle
1. CALL TO ORDER
Temporary Chair Horan called the meeting to order at 6:45 p.m.
2. NOMINATION OF OFFICERS
MOTION By Marc Weinberg
seconded by Eric Thompson
to nominate Bill Horan as Chair of the Tax Policy Committee.
Motion carried 3/0.
MOTION By Eric Thompson
seconded by Bill Horan
to nominate Marc Weinberg as Secretary of the Tax Policy Committee.
Motion carried 3/0.
3. ADOPTION OF RULES GOVERNING MEETINGS
MOTION By Eric Thompson
seconded by Marc Weinberg
to adopt Robert’s Rules of Order as the rules governing the
meetings of the Tax Policy Committee.
Motion carried 3/0.
4. ESTABLISHMENT OF MEETING DATES
MOTION By Marc Weinberg
seconded by Eric Thompson
to hold meetings at the call of the Chair.
Motion carried 3/0.
5. STORAGE OF RECORDS
MOTION By Eric Thompson
seconded by Marc Weinberg
to store records in the Town Council office.
Motion carried 3/0.
6. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
October 5, 2006
MOTION By Marc Weinberg
seconded by Bill Horan
to approve the minutes of the October 5, 2006 meeting.
Motion carried 2/0. Abstain: Thompson
7. OPPORTUNITY FOR RESIDENTS TO SPEAK
None
8. OLD BUSINESS
None
9. NEW BUSINESS
Mobile Home Delinquencies (36)
Finance Director Mike Walsh initiated a general discussion regarding the approximately $200,000 in taxes owed on 36 mobile homes that the Administration deems uncollectible. Mr. Walsh suggested that the liens be bundled and/or otherwise sold, with the understanding that the most viable bidders would be either the individual owners of the mobile homes and/or the mobile home park companies that own the land.
MOTION By Marc Weinberg
seconded by Eric Thompson
to recommend to the Town Council to permit the Administration to issue
a Request for Proposal (RFP) for a tax lien sale for delinquent mobile
homes as referenced on the October 30, 2007 delinquency report.
Motion carried 3/0.
Property Tax Len Sales ($821M)
Finance Director Mike Walsh initiated a general discussion regarding the $821,000 in taxes owed on 50 properties in town. Mr. Walsh expects that as many as 20 of these property owners will contact the Administration once the RFP goes out and payment plans will be set up with the property owners. Chair Horan discussed the success of the first three tax lien sales, which also operated to have several property owners get on payment plans, and which resulted in the town obtaining bids of approximately 103% of the amount of taxes due.
MOTION By Marc Weinberg
seconded by Eric Thompson
to recommend to the Town Council to permit the Administration
to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for a tax lien sale for the
properties listed on the delinquency report attached to the memo of
December 3, 2007 from Mayor Melody A. Currey to Town Council Chair
Richard F. Kehoe.
Motion carried 3/0.
10. ADJOURNMENT
MOTION By Eric Thompson
seconded by Marc Weinberg
to adjourn (7:25 p.m.)
Motion carried 3/0.
cc: Town Council
Mayor Currey
Mike Walsh, Finance Director
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