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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: August 17, 2010 <br />Action Agenda , <br />Item No. q- - ~ <br />SUBJECT: Appointment of Four Deputy Tax Collectors <br />DEPARTMENT: Tax Administration PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />None <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Jo Roberson, 245-2735 <br />PURPOSE: To consider appointment of Linda Strickland-Jaubert, Bernice Gwynn, Valerie <br />Curry, and Bobbie Underwood as Deputy Tax Collectors for a one year term effective July 1, <br />2010 through June 30, 2011. <br />BACKGROUND: Chapter 105-349(f) of the North Carolina General Statutes requires the Board <br />of County Commissioners to appoint deputy collectors "for a term to be determined by the <br />governing board". The statute reads "a deputy tax collector shall have the authority to perform, <br />under the direction of the tax collector, any act that the tax collector may perform unless the <br />governing body appointing the deputy specifically limits the scope of the deputy's authority". <br />Therefore, the deputy tax collectors' work will. continue to be performed under the direction of <br />the tax administrator with precise guidelines that exist. <br />The continued success of Revenue office staff as a whole is evident in the outstanding <br />collection rates that have been attained for several years. The county has ranked in the top 5% <br />collected out of 100 counties over the last 10 years. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: None <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board: <br />• Appoint Linda Strickland-Jaubert, Bernice Gwynn, Valerie Curry, and Bobbie Underwood <br />as Orange County Deputy Tax Collectors for a one year appointment with consideration <br />being given to appointing deputies concurrent with the Tax Collector appointment <br />beginning in Fiscal Year 2011-2012. <br />