Olmsted County Commissioners Lay Out Solution for Addressing Tax Error

Olmsted County commissioners split on options for dealing with $1.5 million from tax error

ROCHESTER — Olmsted County commissioners were divided Tuesday in opting to reserve $1.5 million from a tax error to avoid added expense for taxpayers. “It’s whether we spend $70,000 to get it back to (taxpayers) faster, or whether we let (them) earn interest on it,” said commissioner Mark Thein, who was joined by commissioners Brian Mueller, Michelle Rossman and Laurel Podulke-Smith in a 4-3 vote to reserve the funds. Rossman said the error infu…

Olmsted County Commissioners lay out solution for addressing tax error

Olmsted County will correct a $1.5 million property tax error by applying the overage to next year's levy after commissioners approved the fix on Tuesday night.