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1 O R A N G E CO U N T Y BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: February 21 , 1994 Action Agenda Item # VE -A SUBJECT: Unpaid Real Property and Tax Lien Advertisement DEPARTMENT: PUBLIC HEARING: Yes X No Revenue ATTACHMENT(S) : INFORMATION CONTACT: 2;'1 '95 Memo from Revenue Director John T. Horner ext 2727 Comparison of Levy 1/31/94 vs TELEPHONE NUMBERS: 1 '31 '95 Hillsborough - 732-8181 Comparison of Levy Due 1/31/94 Durham - 688-7331 vs 1.'31 '95 Mebane - 227-2031 Chapel Hill - 967-9251/968-4501 PURPOSE: To report the amount of current unpaid real property taxes as of January 31, 1995 and to recommend the date for the tax lien advertisement. BACKGROUND: North Carolina General Statute 105-369 requires that on the first Monday in February each year, each County Tax Collector must report to the governing body the total amount of unpaid taxes for the current fiscal year that are liens on real property, and the governing body must therefore order the Tax Collector to advertise such tax liens. District taxes collected by the County Tax Collectors are regarded as county taxes for the purpose of this statutory section. A list of the amount of unpaid real property taxes for 1994 outstanding as of January 31, 1995 , compared with 1993 unpaid taxes that were outstanding as of January 31, 1994, is attached. Current unpaid Orange County real property as of January 31, 1995 are $13 , 098 more than at the comparable point last fiscal year. The collection rate for County only (current real property taxes through January 1995 ) is 95 .64%, compared to 94.06% through January 1994. RECOMMENDATION: The Manager recommends that the Board accept this report and approve the Tax Lien Advertisement date of May 10, 1995 .