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• • St. Louis County properties not added to tax rolls cost others money - TwinCities.com Page 6 of 6 "We had problems with him from the get -go," she said. "A lot of stuff that he said was getting done wasn't. We had a lot of complaints from residents." However, she said the township still paid Vidmar for some of the work he did, rather than fight to get all of their money back. "The Board of Supervisors felt we'd just be spending more money on lawyers and court fees," Hartzell said. Only once, in 2008, did a township ask for its money back from Vidmar, when Clinton Township sued Rick Vidmar for about $5,000 claiming he "did not do the work as contracted." "He did not do the work, based on our records, and did not provide the township any evidence that he had done it," Hintz said. A judge found for the township. Several owners of property that didn't make it onto the tax rolls said they've never been told what happened, and that they thought they were paying the appropriate amount. "It seems like I visited with an assessor every year," said Karen Whisler, who, with her husband, built a $250,000 home in Beatty Township near Cook in 2006 that wasn't added to the tax rolls until 2009. The Whislers paid taxes on the property but weren't assessed for the house until 2011, records show. Monacelli said it's unlikely that property owners who didn't pay enough in taxes would be ordered now to pay their share, nor would there be a rebate for taxpayers who paid too much. "There's no way we'd be able to calculate the value," said Monacelli. "It'd be a terrible situation." http: / /www.twincities. com/localnews /ci_ 20264312 /st- louis- county- properties- not - added -t... 11/19/2012