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•' •' Page ~ 3 Consolidated Tax Collections For delinquencies prior to July 1, 1978, the County will assume respon- sibility for collections of taxes secured 6y realty except where legal action has been initiated by a municipal attorney. Uncollected and unsecured 77 and prior taxes on personalty will also be assumed by;the County with the munic- -- ipalities making extensive efforts in cooperation with the County to improve •_ on these records before July 1, 1978. • LIEN SALES, ADVERTISING, REPORTS, ~ SETl•LEI4ENTS The annual tax lien sale will take place at the Orange County Courthouse an a date•to be determined by the Board of Commissioners.' The amount of the s:_ lien will be combined for all units and advertised as such. ~" ~` • At various times during the year, as required by law; the Tax Collector will make a report to the County Board concerning the tax collections. This report will be made available to the units. Chapel Hill and Carrboro will also have. access to the County computer records far morn current reports. The annual settlement of the Tax Collector's accounts will be made by the County and audited by the County audit firm. The report of the settlement will. be made available to each unit and the various auditors of the respective .units may perform whatever tests are necessary to determine the adequacy of the County procedures for purposes of the municipal financial audits. The County will instruct its auditors to cooperate fully tivith municipal auditors to minimize this activity from the perspective of both municr~al costs as well as County inconvenience. - PERSONNEL The County Tax Collector will continue to be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Soard of Commissioners with existing relationships maintained with the County P9anager, Finance Officer and Attorney.- The office of the Tax Collector will be maintained in Hillsborough and employees in that location will come under County personnel policies.. • The Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro will maintain collection points served by To~,vn personnel. These personnel will be bonded Town employees. They will not be Tax Collectors or deputies of the County Tax Collector, but rather they will be conveying funds on behalf of citizens to the County Tax Collector, as a convenience to those .citizens. It is assumed that this activity will be limited throughout most of the year and will be easily - handled by a Town employee tivith other duties. aLate december will, however, ' require greater effort. The Town employee will have a unique identifying title such as Toum Collector, or Associate County Collector, a title that will not be confusing with statutory or customary County titles, E UT_~___~_PMEN_T The County will have installed 6y July 1, 1978, a computer system adequate to support this consolidated tax collection proposal. Chapel Hill