At 04:50 PM 1/4/99 -0500, you wrote:
>        Please tell me why the Town Treasurer should not collect this
>tax. We all know that the present law says that this tax will be
>collected by the state next year.
>I would like to find the pros and cons of this issue from different town
>prospectives. There has been some talk of making a change in the law.
>Please reply as soon as possible. You all know my position has been to
>have the Town Treasurer collect the tax.
>
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John:
 I have no problem with the town collecting the tax, IF:

***We are properly compensated for the cost of collection, .5 of 1% will
not do

***We get to float the funds to earn some interest for a period of time

***The state sends out their own tax bill- let them get the heat

***Most importantly, the city should do its best effort to collect
the state tax but MUST NOT be responsible for delinquencies or be
required to make up these delinquencies to the state.

***Who will collect past due bills, and at what compensation?

( I know the last is a question, not a statement)

Chuck
South Burlington CM