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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> - BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No ]IL-A <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: February 16 , 1993 <br /> SUBJECT : Unpaid Real Property and Tax Lien Advertisement <br /> DEPARTMENT Revenue PUBLIC HEARING YES NO X <br /> ATTACHMENT ( S) INFORMATION CONTACT <br /> 2/1/93 Memo from Revenue Director John T . Horner , ext 2727 <br /> Unpaid Taxes 1/31/92 vs . 1/31/93 TELEPHONE NUMBER <br /> Tax Levy 1/31/92 vs . 1/31/93 Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Mebane 227-2031 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> PURPOSE: To report the amount of current unpaid real property taxes as <br /> of January 31 , 1993 and to recommend the date for the tax lien <br /> advertisement . <br /> BACKGROUND: North Carolina General Statute 105-369 requires that on <br /> the first Monday in February each year , each County Tax Collector must <br /> report to the governing body the total amount of unpaid taxes for the <br /> current fiscal year that are liens on real property, and the governing <br /> body must therefore order the Tax Collector to advertise such tax <br /> liens . District taxes collected by County Tax Collectors are regarded <br /> as county taxes for the purpose of this statutory section. <br /> A list of the amount of unpaid real property taxes for 1992 outstanding <br /> as of January 31 , 1993 , compared with 1991 unpaid taxes that were <br /> outstanding as of January 31 , 1992 , is attached. Current unpaid Orange <br /> County real property taxes as of January 31 , 1993 are $468 , 000 less <br /> than at the comparable point last fiscal year. The collection rate for <br /> County only current real property taxes through January 1993 is 94 . 87% , <br /> compared to 93 . 09% through January 1992 . <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S ) : The Manager recommends that the Board accept <br /> this report and approve the tax lien advertisement date of May 12 , <br /> 1993 . <br />