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Page # 2 . s Consolidated Tax Collections In the Towns of Chapel Will and Carrboro, a taxpayer will be able to determine the amount of his taxes by inquiry to Town Staff assisted by the County computer terminals. He can then make a payment to the Town Staff, who can provide the taxpayer , with a temporary cash receipt. Deposits will be made that day of all Town collected receipts and entries made by the l'own Staff to the records on the computer reflecting that payment. A permanent tax receipt will be stamped paid and forwarded to the taxpayer from the Tax Collector in Hillsborough when she has verified the completed transaction. Each month a listing of unpaid taxes will be prepared and made available to each unit so that in those hopefully infrequent times when the computer is "down"; the information will be at least within 30 days of being current. At the Courthouse both "mail-in" and "walk- in" payments will be processed through the computer and deposited, to the greatest extent possible, on a daily basis. The deposits will be made to a bank7.accovnt in either North' Carelina National Bank or Central Carolina Bank, the same account to which the munic- ipalities will be making their deposits. The two banks are recommended since they are the only two that have offices in each of the three towns involved. DISTRIBUTION Before 10 A.M. of the work day following the collection deposit date the County Finance Office will cause each unit's share of that deposit to be transferred to a bank account of the respective unit. That share will be ,determined by a computer distribution of all full payments as billed and of partial payments on a basis proportionate to that billed. It may be appropriai to specify that some particular amount due to a unit be reached within the account before a transfer is made. For example, in the Spring only a few hundred dollars might be collected each week for a unit. A transfer would be made when $1 ,000 or $5,000 is reached. This could vary among units and could be arranged by mutual consent of the County and the unit. Hillsborough's Finance Office will be notified by telephone, by 10 A.M. , on �the date of the transfer followed by written confirmation. The information will be available to Carrboro and Chapel Hill on the terminal . At the end of each month the units will each be provided with detailed payment and distribut information. DELINQUENT TAXES The collection of delinquent taxes will be performed by the County for al taxes becoming delinquent after July 1 , 1978. The County intends to employ al legal remedies including late notices, lien sales, garnishments, attachments, and foreclosure, and other methods that may be available.