A recent mistake on property tax statements mailed to residents in Montgomery County is a topic of heated discussion at this week's Montgomery County Commission meeting.
The error in question was a typo in the dates on several columns on the statement. Columns were listed as being from 0224 and 2025 instead of from 2023 and 2024. The amount of taxes due on the statements was correct.
County Treasurer Nancy Clubine told commissioners that the main reason the for the error was that her office was in a hurry to get the statements to taxpayers in a timely manner. Clubine said she had hoped to get the numbers from the County Clerk's Office on November 1st. However, that did not happen until November 7th. Clubine went on to say that issues with a sorting machine and a printer in the Treasurer’s caused a further delay.
County Clerk Charlotte Scott-Schmidt defended the Clerk's Office by saying that the totals for Montgomery County were ready by November 1st, but that her office also has to wait for mill totals from surrounding school districts, some of which are not in Montgomery County. Those districts were late, which then caused Montgomery County to be late.
When asked how much it would cost the county to re-print and mail corrected statements to taxpayers, Clubine stated it would be nearly $22,000 dollars.
Commissioners decided to send out the corrected statements.
Photo: County Treasurer Nancy Clubine and County Administrator Johnathan Booe speak before Commissioners Mike Cordray and Robert Bever. Also pictured: County Clerk Charlotte Scott-Schmidt
