From the Goshen News:
Did the stormwater user fee included on your property tax bill this spring seem a bit higher than usual? You may have been overcharged.
According to Stormwater Coordinator Eric Kurtz, a glitch in the software used to calculate this year’s installment of the annual stormwater user fee was recently discovered. That glitch resulted in an overcharge for approximately 10,600 parcels. Kurtz announced the issue during a meeting of the Elkhart County Stormwater Board Tuesday morning.
“The stormwater fee for about 10,600 parcels out of 65,000 was incorrect,” Kurtz said. “Most of them were overcharged. And that’s because for some crazy reason it defaulted to what the rate was two years ago, and that was a higher rate because it was based on a different calculation.”
As for why only 10,600 parcels were affected by the glitch, Kurtz said it appears only non-residential parcels received the overcharge.
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For those who have been overcharged, Kurtz noted that most will likely have the difference subtracted from their upcoming fall payment.
“There is a spring and a fall bill,” Kurtz said, “and if they’ve only paid the spring bill, they’ll just balance it out for the fall bill.”
With the issue of the software glitch now fixed, Kurtz said it is now the desire of the Stormwater Board to send out an updated bill so that everyone will have the correct bill this fall.
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http://goshennews.com/breakingnews/x1968174864/10-600-customers-overcharged-on-stormwater-fee
