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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />,,. , <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: December 4, 2000 <br />Action Age~a <br />Item No. -~ <br />SUBJECT: Property Value Changes _ <br />DEPARTMENT: Tax Assessor PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />John Smith, ext 2101 <br />Resolution & <br />Spreadsheet TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To consider approving value changes made in property values after the 2000 <br />Board of Equalization and Review has adjourned. <br />BACKGROUND: North Carolina General Statute 105-325(a) provides in part that "After the <br />board of equalization and review has finished its work and the changes it affected or ordered <br />have been entered on the abstracts and tax records as required by G.S. 105-323, the board of <br />county commissioners shall have the authority to make changes on the abstract and tax <br />records." This section further enumerates the circumstances under which a board of <br />commissioners can make valuation changes. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: Approval of these changes will decrease assessed value by $303,482 <br />far 2000. This will result in a net decrease in revenue of $ 3,478.00 to the County, <br />municipalities, and special districts. <br />RECOMMENDATION: The County Manager recommends that the Board adopt the resolution <br />approving the attached value changes. . <br />