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19 <br /> 1 what they charge other towns, and not much more than the 0.5% Orange County charges them <br /> 2 for fewer than 50 total parcels. <br /> 3 Commissioner Carter brought attention to the Wake County approach, which included a <br /> 4 goal to have municipal fees cover 50% of the department's operating and revaluation expenses. <br /> 5 When comparing, Orange County would have to go significantly higher to achieve that <br /> 6 percentage. <br /> 7 Kirk Vaughn said Wake County can achieve that goal by charging towns 0.75% because <br /> 8 they are much more urban, whereas Orange County has a higher percentage of its tax base in <br /> 9 the unincorporated areas of the county. He said the Board could look at trying to set a target for <br /> 10 how much municipalities should cover based on the percentage of parcels in each jurisdiction. <br /> 11 Chair Hamilton encouraged Board members to remember that Wake County is much <br /> 12 bigger and has growing towns and industries, and to be careful about comparing. <br /> 13 Commissioner Carter asked if the Board, with information from staff, should be having a <br /> 14 policy discussion about setting a target. She said the one thing not yet reflected is what will come <br /> 15 as recommendations from the Tax Assessment Work Group. She said this is also a piece of what <br /> 16 the Board should anticipate before getting too far into the conversation and acting on the <br /> 17 agreements. <br /> 18 Commissioner Greene said she wonders if the current percentage of expenses covered <br /> 19 by municipal fees was just happenstance or a policy discussion in Orange County. She said what <br /> 20 the percentage should be is a policy discussion. She said she thinks the Board should also <br /> 21 discuss moving revaluations to every two years. <br /> 22 Chair Hamilton said that she sees a time issue with the policies that are expiring at the <br /> 23 end of June. She said she thinks the Board should have a policy discussion in the future but <br /> 24 should also act to address the concerns at hand with the expiring policies. <br /> 25 <br /> 26 Slide #11 <br /> Tax Office Plan <br /> The Tax Office proposes the following plan to the realize the <br /> revenue originally envisioned by the annual software surcharge: <br /> 1) Meet with the towns staffs to discuss the current ILA and potential actions to <br /> meet the County's costs related to billing and collecting taxes for the towns. <br /> 2) Discussion would include the possibility of an amendment to the current ILA <br /> to for a proposed increase of the fee as of July 1, 2026 and the possibility of <br /> replacing the current joint ILA with separate ILAs that follow a shorter <br /> expiration schedule. <br /> 1) Report to the Board of Commissioners after discussions with towns. <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> 11 NORTI.1 CAROLINA <br /> 27 <br /> 28 <br /> 29 <br />