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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: December 5, 2011 Action Agenda Item No. SUBJECT: Appointment of Four (4) Deputy Collectors DEPARTMENT: Tax Administration PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No ATTACHMENT(S): None INFORMATION CONTACT: Jenkins S. Crayton, 245-2735 PURPOSE: To consider appointment of Linda Jaubert, Bernice Gwynn, Valerie Curry, and Bobbie Underwood as Deputy Tax Collectors for two year terms, effective July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2013. BACKGROUND: Chapter 105-349(f) of the North Carolina General Statutes requires the Board of County Commissioners to appoint deputy collectors "for a term to be determined by the governing board". The statute reads "a deputy tax collector shall have the authority to perform, under the direction of the tax collector, any act that the tax collector may perform unless the governing body .appointing the deputy specifically limits the scope of the deputy's authority". Therefore, the deputy tax collectors' work will continue to be performed under the direction of the tax administrator with precise guidelines that exist. The continued success of the Revenue office staff as a whole is evident in the outstanding collection rates that have been attained for several years. The County has ranked in the top 5% collected out of the 100 North Carolina counties over the last 11 years. FINANCIAL IMPACT: None RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board appoint Linda Jaubert, Bernice Gwynn, Valerie Curry, and Bobbie Underwood as Orange County Deputy Tax Collectors for two year terms effective July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2013. The recommendation was made at the Board's August 17, 2010 meeting (item 4 j) to change the deputy tax collector appointments to align with the Tax Collector appointment beginning in Fiscal Year 2011-2012.