Brimfield Town Hall

Brimfield may have spent thousands in unnecessary property tax payments

- Wendy DiAlesandro

Brimfield’s newest trustee has a sharp eye for dollar signs. During the township’s Feb. 2 trustee meeting, Kevin Scott mentioned that the township is needlessly paying tens of thousands of dollars in annual property taxes.

Shortly before he took office in January, Scott said he examined a township budget and saw an entry directing almost $40,000 to the county auditor’s office. Knowing that government entities are largely exempt from paying property taxes, “I put two and two together and I came up with an unnecessary expense,” he said.

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