July 14, 2022 10:45p; Updated 7-15 3p
(WGTD)---Over 400 people who deposited over $1.9 million worth of checks to cover City of Kenosha property tax payments or other fees in recent days are being asked to reissue those checks by Chase Bank.
As reported first by WGTD Thursday night, Chase is blaming UPS for losing the checks as they were being transported to a third-party processor, according to City Administrator John Morrissey. Chase is the city's bank for such payments.
While the city isn't out any money, inconvenienced payers undoubtedly are asking a lot of questions.
It's unclear what would happen if the check-writers, who presumably haven't incurred any debits, don't reissue, according to Morrissey.
Chase Bank didn't immediately have a comment Friday.
The matter came to light Thursday night in comments from County Board Supervisor Zach Rodriguez at a meeting of the county board’s Finance and Administration Committee.
Morrissey made clear that Chase Bank is in charge of the recovery operation, although the city's clerk's office is assisting as much as it can.
The total number of payers affected is 454.
Morrissey stressed that nothing the city did or didn't do contributed to the mess, and that the city has been made whole by Chase.
In his email, Morrissey also made clear that Chase is in charge of the recovery operation, with the city clerk’s office assisting as much as it can.
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