Agenda - 02-02-2021 Virtual Board Meeting; 8-a - Minutes

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29 Workforce Meets monthly Does not require a Nancy Coston Nancy Coston Development in various Commissioner- Board — Regional counties- usually has been 1 Partnership Non-Voting Liaison Visitor's Bureau 8:00 am third 1 Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner Wed., monthly, Required Bedford Greene no meeting in Intra-county July/December (Potentially Serve (Potentially Serve Dec 2019 through Dec 2020 through Dec 2021) Dec 2022) 1 2 3 A motion was made by Commissioner McKee, seconded by Commissioner Dorosin for 4 staff to fill in the Commissioners selections and bring the item back to the Board of County 5 Commissioners on consent agenda at the December 15t", 2020 Virtual Business meeting. 6 7 Commissioner Hamilton suggested staff put this process into an excel spreadsheet for 8 future years. 9 Chair Price called each Commissioner by name (roll call). 10 11 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 12 13 b. Extension of 2021 Tax Listing Period 14 The Board considered voting to extend the 2021 Tax Listing Period until February 28, 15 2021 and voting to approve a resolution for the extension. 16 17 Nancy Freeman, Tax Administrator, reviewed the item below: 18 19 BACKGROUND: North Carolina General Statute 105-307(a) establishes that the annual tax 20 listing period begins on the first business day of January and ends on January 31. It also 21 allows for the County Board of Commissioners to extend the time during which property is to 22 be listed for taxation by resolution. 23 24 Due to current public health concerns related to the COVID-19 Pandemic, the Tax 25 Administration office doors are currently closed, the number of staff in the office is kept to 26 approximately half, and taxpayer entrance is limited to ensure that we help mitigate the spread 27 of the virus. Because of this, we anticipate that taxpayers will need additional time to obtain 28 assistance with completing and with submitting their 2021 listing forms. 29 30 For those who do not intend to visit the office for assistance, staff is available by phone, email, 31 regular mail and chat. As always, the listing forms may be mailed and may be placed in the 32 drop box located outside the main entrance to the Tax Office in Hillsborough. 33 34 Each year there is a significant number of taxpayers who request in-person assistance to 35 complete the forms. The number of in-person visits averages 20 per day for the month of 36 January. In addition, on average, 20 people per day drop off the forms, and although a lengthy