Woburn Collects $1.2 Million in Outstanding Taxes

Mayor Scott Galvin and Treasurer/Collector Timothy Donovan announced in a release on the city's web site that there has been significant progress in the city’s recent efforts to resolve long outstanding tax issues with properties currently in tax title status.

According to the release, in late October 2012, the City of Woburn partnered with the law offices of D’Ambrosio Brown LLP of Boston to assist with researching and resolving tax title property matters in a more effective manner. Since the inception of this relationship, the City of Woburn has collected more than $1.2 million dollars in tax title revenue owed to the City.

The changes in how much is being collected is quite significant. According to the notice, prior to the start of the new effort, Woburn collected an average of $200,000 to $250,000 annually in tax title revenue. In the past five months the city has collected more than $1.2 million. The extra funds will help maintain services and be used to plan for the city's future, the release states.

Additionally, Woburn is finalizing plans to hold its first public auction of tax possession properties in more than 25 years. This auction is tentatively scheduled to take place on Tuesday, May 21 at City Hall. D’Ambrosio Brown LLP and auctioneers The Zekos Group will assist the City in administering the auction.

Detailed auction information, including a list of auction properties, will be released through the public media and City of Woburn website, the release states.

Properties tentatively scheduled to be auctioned include:

• 20 Court Street
• 0 Dragon Court
• 0 Brentwood Road
• 1 Vining Court
• 5 Vining Court
• 5 Lillian Street
• 0 Park Street

For more information and questions, please contact Timothy Donovan, Treasurer/Collector, at 1-781-897-5873.