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15 <br /> 1 Slide #4 <br /> Acting Appointment <br /> Recommend John Burgiss to serves as Acting Tax Collector and Tax Assessor <br /> — Started career Allegany County as appraiser and cartographer in 1992 <br /> — Transitioned to Forsyth County in 1994 <br /> — Appointed Forsyth County Tax Assessor and Collector in 2011 <br /> • Conducted eight Countywide Reappraisals over course of his career <br /> • Maintained a collection rate of more than 99%for the past 10 years in Forsyth County <br /> • Started customer service call center in Forsyth County <br /> • Helped create an automated sales comparison approach within the county's tax system in Forsyth County <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> 4 NORTH CAROLINA <br /> 2 <br /> 3 <br /> 4 Slide #5 <br /> Manager's Recommendation <br /> Approve and authorize the Chair to sign a resolution appointing John Burgiss,effective <br /> April 1, 2026,to serve as Acting Tax Assessor and Acting Tax Collector under the title of <br /> Tax Administrator until such time a permanent Tax Administrator is hired to fill the <br /> unexpired term of Nancy Freeman which ends on April 1,2027 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> 5 NORTH CAROLINA <br /> 5 <br /> 6 A motion was made by Commissioner McKee, seconded by Vice-Chair Fowler, to approve <br /> 7 the resolution appointing John Burgiss, effective April 1, 2026, to serve as Acting Tax Assessor <br /> 8 and Acting Tax Collector, under the title of Tax Administrator, until such as time a permanent Tax <br /> 9 Administrator is hired. <br /> 10 <br /> 11 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 12 <br />