The 2022 Senior Homestead Exemption (yellow cards) will soon be mailed to senior citizens in Olive Township (Madison County). This exemption deducts $5,000 from your assessment on owner occupied property, but it must be applied for every year. Olive Township Tax Assessor, Margie Lamore, will be available to help those seniors (age 65 or older) who do not receive a card or those who have questions about this exemption.

Those seniors who own the home in which they reside and who have a total household yearly income of less than $65,000, are also eligible for the Senior Homestead Freeze. This exe...