2016-209 2016-209
Resolution Setting School Tax Collection Fee
At a Regular Meeting of the Town Board of the Town of Wappinger, Dutchess County,
New York, held at Town Hall, 20 Middlebush Road, Wappingers Falls, New York, on July 11,
2016.
The meeting was called to order by Lori A. Jiava, Town Supervisor, and upon roll being
called, the following was recorded:
✓Vote Record-Resolution RES-2016-209
Yes/Aye No/Nay Abstain Absent
❑ Adopted Lori A.Jiava ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Adopted as Amended William H.Beale ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑
❑ Defeated
❑ Tabled William Ciccarelli ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑
Q Withdrawn John J.Fenton ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑
Michael Kuzmicz ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑
The following Resolution was introduced by and seconded by .
WHEREAS, the Town of Wappinger expends substantial sums of money for the
assessment of real property within the Town, the collection of school taxes and the defense of tax
certiorari litigation which are borne solely by the Town of Wappinger; and
WHEREAS, the Receiver of Taxes of the Town of Wappinger collects School Taxes on
behalf of the Wappinger Central School District, the Beacon City School District and the
Arlington Central School District and remits the taxes collected to the School Districts; and
WHEREAS, N.Y. Town Law § 37(1) authorizes the Town Board to impose a fee of up to
one per centum (1%) of the amount of all school taxes assessed and levied as compensation for
the services rendered by the Town to the school district for the collection of district taxes; and
WHEREAS, the Town Board has determined that it is appropriate to impose a school tax
collection fee to compensate the Town of Wappinger for the collection of school taxes for the
three school districts within the Town;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED,
1. The Town Board hereby fixes the school tax collection fee at per centum
(NOT MORE THAN 1%) for thirty days after the first day specified in the notice
for the payment of such taxes as well as for such other time period that the
receiver is authorized to collect such school taxes. (After 30 days, the fee could be
increased up to a maximum of 5% however, the computer systems of Dutchess
County that print the tax bills cannot accommodate two separate fee rates.)
2. The Town Receiver of Taxes and Assessments, commencing with the next school
district tax collection cycle, is hereby authorized to collect the school tax
collection fee set in accordance with this resolution in addition to the school taxes
due and such collection fee shall belong to the Town and shall be paid over to the
Supervisor as required by law.
3. The Town Receiver of Taxes and Assessments is directed to include notice of the
school collection fee in the statements of taxes mailed to taxpayers pursuant to
Real Property Tax Law § 1322.
4. The Town Clerk is directed to send a copy of this resolution to the Receiver of
Taxes and Assessments, the Wappinger Central School District, the Beacon City
School District, the Arlington Central School District and the Dutchess County
Department of Finance Office of Real Property Tax Service Agency.
5. This Resolution shall remain in effect from year to year until it is amended or
repealed by the Town Board.
The foregoing was put to a vote which resulted as follows:
RESULT: WITHDRAWN
Dated: Wappingers Falls, New York
7/11/2016
The Resolution is hereby duly declared Withdrawn.
JOSS P P. PAOLONI, TOWN CLERK