I. Council Action Requested.
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To authorize the Town Manager to approve qualifying applications for additional for senior property tax assistance for an additional extension of 45-days, ending December 27, 2024, and process from property tax assistance program account 18300-46930 as needed.
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II. Basis for Council Action.
Council approval of this item is required because;
a. Pursuant to Section 6 of the Property Tax Assistance Ordinance, Chapter 209, Article I as adopted by the Council on October 10, 2017, the Council shall consider approval “at its second meeting in August each year the projected payments and number of eligible applicants requesting assistance from the program fund.”
III. Issue Summary.
Eligibility for this refund is based on applicants’ household income for 2023 and taxes paid for 2023-2024. Application deadlines were August 1, 2024. On September 10, 2024, the Council authorized the Town Manager to extend the program an additional 60 days, ending November 12, 2024, by Order 24-160.
This extension requests an extension of 45 days to allow those applicants who did not meet the program’s residency requirements to participate.