LYNN — Elevator Interior Design CEO John Antonellis is on the Lynn top floor when it comes to back taxes: He owes the city $32,632.
“That one is a little unusual,” said Deputy Tax Collector Ralph Cronin.
The city’s department of tax collection released its list of property owners who are in arrears on their taxes and it includes 135 parcels totalling more than $300,000.
Antonellis could not be reached for comment.
Cronin said despite the big tally owed, the list is smaller than before.
“Other years it’s been longer,” he said. “It’s come down.”
Many of the bills hover between $1,000 and $4,000 but a number of them also hit a high water mark of $5,000 and above like Bennett Properties, a square, squat gray shingled building on Bennett Street that appeared open for business but is $5,258 behind on its taxes.
Baldwin Realty, which owes on a 37,000 square foot parcel on Silsbee Street, and John O’Brien, 829 Boston St., each owe over $6,000 and Joan Realty Trust is in arrears a whopping $12,630 on its 1073 Western Ave. land.
Then there are limited liability corporations that have racked up large bills because they owe on more than one piece of property. Chase Property DEV LLC is behind a total of $10,591 on three multi-family homes on Chase Street. Milton Ridge LLC has a large sign just off Milton Place advertising townhouses ready for immediate occupancy but it is $15,604 in arrears on five of those homes.
Not all of the overdue bills are budget busters. There are six that owe $70 or less, including one for 12 Atkinson St. that is a mere $13.96. There are more than a dozen more that owe between $100 and $1,000.
Cronin said often, particularly with the smaller bills, people either thought they were paid in full or simply didn’t know they owed. That said, Cronin also noted that property owners who do fall behind are notified numerous time before the list of scofflaws is made public.
Those on the list have two weeks to pay their bills or the properties are turned over the Treasurers Department.
“Ultimately if they’re not paid, they get a letter from an attorney telling them the city is foreclosing on their property,” Cronin said.
Other property owners could be reached for comment and Cronin said despite the public outing with the published list no one showed up Wednesday to pay a bill.
Chris Stevens can be reached at [email protected].
