Page 6 - Abacoa Community News - December '22

Page 6, Abacoa
Tax Talk

Dear Friends: And don’t forget, if Hurricane Ian Help
As the end of 2022 nears, you missed November’s 4
I want to take this time to percent discount for your The true spirit of the
wish you a happy holiday property tax payment, you holiday season is about
season and a wonderful can take advantage of the giving and spending
new year. I am honored to 3 percent discount if you time with loved ones.
be your constitutional tax pay your property taxes Unfortunately, with
collector and I join the 320 in December. Visit us at www.pbctax.com to use our the recent destruction
tax collector employees convenient online payment process. of Hurricane Ian, this
in saying that we are On behalf of the entire tax collector team, have a safe holiday season will
privileged to provide you and happy holiday season and a healthy New Year! be much different for
with service throughout Sincerely, many than in years past.
the year. Whether you visit us in person at one of our Anne M. Gannon, Fourteen of our tax
six service centers, or transact with us online or through Constitutional Tax Collector, collector colleagues in Lee and Charlotte counties lost their
the mail, our mission continues to provide you with Serving Palm Beach County homes and had their lives changed forever by Hurricane
unparalleled service that inspires trust. We stand ready to Ian. When my employees and I learned of this news, we
meet your needs in 2023 and are committed to delivering New Kiosk Open For Business immediately wanted to help. So, we held a special “Pizza-
exceptional service whenever you need us. Palooza” event where employees purchased tickets for a
If you live in West Palm pizza lunch, with all the proceeds going to those impacted by
Beach I have exciting news for the hurricane. Our colleagues in these counties are committed
Town Of Jupiter News from page 5 you! Renewing your vehicle to providing essential services to their residents, and it was
registration just became more an honor and a privilege for us to be in a position to give
Earlier this year, PBC notified Jupiter of its intent to convenient with our latest MV back to them and provide a sense of comfort and healing this
increase its annual bills by 21.5 percent per year for the express kiosk now available holiday season.
next five-year period. This would mean that in 2028, Jupiter in the Publix Super Market at
property owners would have to pay 234 percent of the Village Commons located at 831 Are Unclaimed Funds Waiting
expected costs under the current contract’s actual cost plus Village Boulevard in West Palm
markup basis. These skyrocketed costs are/were intended to Beach. With five locations in For You?
be used by PBC to subsidize costs for fire/rescue services to Publix Super Markets throughout
unincorporated rural areas wherein such costs are inherently Palm Beach County, our self- Did you know there could be
much higher. serve, ATM-style machines allow thousands of dollars waiting for you?
We were shocked and disappointed that PBC would even you to skip the line and renew Yes, you read that right – some clients
consider such skyrocketed annual increases in tax assessments your motor vehicle registration overpay their transactions, and once
for fire/rescue services to Jupiter. and print your decal on the spot this happens, we issue a refund for the
North Palm Beach County municipalities such as Palm in minutes. amount overpaid. If the refund goes
Beach Gardens, Tequesta and North Palm Beach have their Thousands of our county undelivered, we will continue to attempt to issue the refund. Once
own municipal fire departments. The Jupiter Town Council residents have used these kiosks we have explored all refund options, we post a list of unclaimed
authorized Town Manager Frank Kitzerow to initiate a study and I am pleased to hear how accessible and convenient funds online hoping that clients can reclaim the money due to
of alternative fire/rescue service providers including the these kiosks are. I invite you to try the kiosk next time them. We hold onto these for one year, and if the funds remain
possibility of creating a new Town of Jupiter Fire Department. you renew your motor vehicle registration – it’s the fastest unclaimed, we forward those funds to the appropriate state of
Since PBC learned about this in-progress study, it option we offer! If you don’t live in West Palm Beach, visit last known address.
submitted a second proposal with reduced costs for the www.pbctax.com/kiosks to find the location nearest you. Visit Palm Beach County Unclaimed Funds and State of
opportunity to continue providing fire/rescue services to the Florida Unclaimed Funds to find out if there is money waiting
Town of Jupiter. for you, but before you start looking to see if you have unclaimed
The attached graph illustrates historical costs and future funds, we have a few tips to help you search the document.
costs for the various fire/rescue service provider alternatives If you are looking at the document on a desktop, press the
that are now under consideration. keys Ctrl + f (Command + f for Mac users) and it will open a
The town manager was directed on Nov. 1 to continue search bar in the document where you can search your name.
the alternatives study; as well as dialogue with PBC about a Different web browsers will bring the search bar up in various
potential third and lower cost proposal. locations. In Firefox, the search bar is in the bottom left corner.
Stay tuned. In Google Chrome, it is in the top right corner and if you are
searching in Safari, the search bar will be in the top right.
Happy searching!

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