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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: March 7,2017 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 6-j <br /> SUBJECT: Reappointment of Four (4) Deputy Tax Collectors <br /> DEPARTMENT: Tax Administration <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Dwane Brinson, Tax Administrator, <br /> (919) 245-2726 <br /> PURPOSE: To reappoint Valerie Curry, Bernice Gwynn, Linda Jaubert, and Bobbie Underwood <br /> as Deputy Tax Collectors for two-year terms effective July 1, 2017. <br /> BACKGROUND: Chapter 105-349(f) of the North Carolina General Statutes allows the Board <br /> of County Commissioners to appoint deputy tax 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 the precise guidelines that exist. <br /> The continued success of the Revenue Division is evident in the outstanding collection rates <br /> that have been attained for several years. Orange County finished 14th out of North Carolina's <br /> 100 counties in overall collections percentage for the 2015 fiscal year. <br /> In the past Orange County Deputy Tax Collectors had been appointed to two-year terms, but <br /> that was changed in 2013 to four-year terms to match the appointment of the Tax Administrator. <br /> For the current reappointments, it is recommended that the Deputy Tax Collectors be appointed <br /> to two-year terms to match the proposed two-year term of the Tax Administrator. As also <br /> applies with the Tax Administrator, this will stagger and avert future overlap of the Deputy Tax <br /> Collectors' appointments and the County's 4-year Revaluation schedule. These two-year terms <br /> are proposed with the understanding that potential four year appointment terms will be <br /> considered during the early part of 2019 when the appointment/Revaluation overlap is no longer <br /> a consideration. <br /> FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact associated with this item. <br /> SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPACT: There is no Orange County Social Justice Goal impact associated <br /> with this item. <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board re-appoint Valerie Curry, <br /> Bernice Gwynn, Linda Jaubert, and Bobbie Underwood as Orange County Deputy Tax <br /> Collectors for two-year terms effective July 1 , 2017. <br />