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10 <br /> <br />3rd Place Youth: “Sunny” <br />Haley Wade <br /> <br />Honorable Mention Youth: “Left to Rust” <br />Ryan Kroothoep <br /> <br />Honorable Mention Youth, “Crabtree Creek” <br />Maggie Sandbeck <br /> <br />We thank our judges: <br /> Holden Richards, Photographer <br /> David Schaub, Photographer <br /> Kent Murray, Photographer <br /> <br />The Board recognized and congratulated the 2019 photography contest winners, and <br />thanked the judges and all those who participated in this community event. <br /> <br />b. Appointment of Tax Administrator <br />The Board considered voting to approve a Resolution appointing Nancy Taylor Freeman <br />as Orange County Tax Administrator effective September 3, 2019 and authorize the Chair to <br />sign. <br />Bonnie Hammersley presented this item: <br /> <br />BACKGROUND: <br />Timothy Dwane Brinson resigned from the position of Orange County Tax Administrator <br />effective June 28, 2019. Mr. Brinson was appointed to serve as the Orange County Tax <br />Assessor and Orange County Tax Collector for a term on four years as per Resolution 2019- <br />023, adopted by the Board of Commissioners on April 2, 2019. The Orange County Tax <br />Administrator serves in the statutory roles of both the Orange County Tax Assessor and the <br />Orange County Tax Collector. <br /> <br />Sections 105-294 and 105-349 of the North Carolina General Statutes provide that the Board of <br />County Commissioners appoint a County Assessor and Tax Collector. The statutes do not <br />specify a length of term of tax collector but require the county assessor be appointed to a term <br />of not less than two and no more than four years. The statutes also provide that the offices of <br />County Assessor and Tax Collector are offices that may be held concurrently with another <br />appointive or elective office. The Board of County Commissioners shall appoint a qualified <br />person to serve as County Assessor or Tax Collector for the period of the unexpired term upon <br />a vacancy as per North Carolina Law. <br /> <br />As per the Orange County Code of Ordinances Section 28-5, all appointments and promotions <br />of employees of the County are made solely on the basis of merit and fitness designed to <br />provide an objective method of recruiting persons best qualified. Orange County held a <br />competitive recruitment for the position of Tax Administrator. Three candidates were invited to <br />interview before two panels. One panel consisted of community partners with representation <br />from the Town of Chapel Hill, Orange Water and Sewer Authority and department directors. <br />The other panel included three members of the Board of Commissioners, the County Manager <br />and the Deputy County Manager. Candidates were also given the opportunity to meet staff at <br />the Tax Administration Office. Both panels convened at the end of the interviewing process and <br />Ms. Freeman was the unanimous choice. Staff also endorsed this recommendation. <br />As such, Orange County Manager Bonnie Hammersley has recommended Nancy Taylor