The Genesee County Legislature’s Ways & Means Committee on Wednesday recommended distribution of more than $400,000 in mortgage tax revenue to the county’s towns, villages and City of Batavia.
The resolution will be considered by the full legislature on Dec. 9.
County Clerk Michael Cianfrini and Treasurer Scott German reported that $418,882.58 is available to be dispersed to the municipalities as the second such payment in 2020. The amount is about $26,000 more than the second distribution in 2019.
Mortgage tax money per municipality is as follows:
City
Batavia -- $95,905.39
Towns
Alabama -- $11,089.24
Alexander -- $13,616.07
Batavia -- $48,557.18
Bergen -- $30,595.20
Bethany -- $11,101.99
Byron -- $10,696.76
Darien -- $24,213.72
Elba -- $12,788.20
Le Roy -- $54,789.53
Oakfield -- $12,464.24
Pavilion -- $16,056.13
Pembroke -- $29,194.08
Stafford -- $20,570.76
Villages
Alexander -- $1,402.37
Attica -- $493.46
Bergen -- $4,227.01
Elba -- $1,580.73
Le Roy -- $15,850.24
Oakfield -- $1,924.86
Corfu -- $1,765.42
In other action, the committee recommended approval of:
- Resolutions to recoup delinquent water/sewer accounts and unpaid school and village taxes, which will be added to the 2021 tax levy as permitted by law.
The county will need to relevy $215,266.39 in outstanding water/sewer bills, with more than half of that amount ($142,941.72) from the Town of Batavia.
Other towns affected are Alabama ($6,351.53), Alexander ($1,138.64), Bergen ($1,187.11), Byron ($36,829.40), Darien ($13,504.56), Elba ($2,027.66), Oakfield ($995.45), Pavilion ($9,852.56), Pembroke ($309.31) and Stafford ($128.45).
The county’s share of the total amount collected is $14,082.80.
In 2020, the total was $172,303.13 with $11,272.23 being the county’s share.
Per Real Property Tax law, more than $1.8 million in unpaid school taxes are to be returned to the county for inclusion in the 2021 county and town tax levy.
The amounts not paid range from $429,215.50 in the Town of Le Roy to $66,864.83 in the Town of Bethany, with the Town of Batavia reporting $99,100.70.
The county makes the school districts whole for their portion and retains a 7-percent fee. The 2020 total was $2,265,897.64.
On the village tax side, unpaid taxes to be levied again amount to $164,023.11 – ranging from $137,935.92 in the Village of Le Roy to $601.35 in the Village of Elba.
Again, the county makes the villages whole for their portion and retains a 7-percent fee. The 2020 total was $199,731.83.
- A resolution to renew a contract with the Genesee County Economic Development Center for 2021 that calls for county support of $233,513 to the agency, the same amount as 2020.
The sum shall be paid in regular installments and is subject to an “out clause” just put into outside agency contracts that gives the county the right to withhold funding in emergency situations.
- A five-year lease with Genesee County Job Development Bureau for the continued operation of the Genesee County Career Center at the Eastown Plaza in Batavia, effective Feb. 1, at an annual cost of $126,000.
The amount is $9,108 more than the current lease, but there will be no increase in costs to the county since rent payments are covered by grant and fee-for-service funding.
- A resolution to appoint Kathleen Carlson (Byron-Bergen), Erik Fix (Le Roy/Stafford) and Caris Carlson (youth representative) to the Genesee County Youth Board for terms running from Jan. 1, 2021 through Dec. 31, 2023.
