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>Update :back rent due

>During the Village Council’s June 7th Work Session, Village Manager James M. Ten Hoeve publicly provided Council members with an update of the “back rent due” issue involving the VOR owned building at 6 Station Plaza. Mr. Ten Hoeve disclosed that the Social Services Association of Ridgewood, Inc. hadn’t made a rent payment to the VOR in over five (5) years. He further revealed that internal and external audits failed to catch the missing revenue, and the fact that Social Services’ lease for the building had expired in 2002.
Although the VOR’s Finance Department has been successful in collecting rent monies due for YTD 2006, Social Services still owes the VOR approximately $9K in back rent. Representatives of the Social Services Association advised Mr. Ten Hoeve that paying the $9K due would cause significant financial hardship on their organization. On June 21st, Council members will decide whether to forgive the $9K, or force payment.
Should taxpayers be forced to eat the uncollected rent? Should heads roll in the Finance Department?

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