The Mayor is hereby authorized to execute an interlocal agreement, in accordance with Connecticut General Statutes § 12-81w, with any municipality for an abatement of Norwalk property taxes on real and/or personal property in an amount up to $1,000 per fiscal year for qualifying members of that municipality's volunteer emergency services as defined in §
103-41, upon an express agreement by said municipality to reimburse the City of Norwalk for the sum total all of such abatements by not later than July 30 of each fiscal year for which the abatement applies.
A "qualifying member of another municipality's volunteer emergency
services" shall mean a nonsalaried local director of civil preparedness
or an individual who volunteers his/her services as a firefighter,
emergency medical technician, paramedic, civil preparedness staff,
an active member of a volunteer canine search and rescue team, as
defined in Connecticut General Statutes § 5-249, or ambulance
driver in that municipality.
Any municipality participating in such an abatement agreement
shall compile a list of all qualifying members and submit such list
to the Norwalk Tax Assessor by April 1 of each year, except that Darien
may submit such a list in 2007 on or before June 1, 2007.
Any real and/or personal property taxes owed to the City of
Norwalk by such qualifying member shall be abated up to the lesser
amount of $1,000 or the total amount of real and/or personal property
taxes owed to the City of Norwalk for such fiscal year.
The Tax Collector of the City shall maintain a record of all
taxes abated under any agreement under this article, and the Finance
Director shall maintain records of all municipal reimbursements the
City receives from any municipality entering into such an agreement
with the City.