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ORANGE COUNTY
- BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Action Agenda
Item No ]IL-A
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: February 16 , 1993
SUBJECT : Unpaid Real Property and Tax Lien Advertisement
DEPARTMENT Revenue PUBLIC HEARING YES NO X
ATTACHMENT ( S) INFORMATION CONTACT
2/1/93 Memo from Revenue Director John T . Horner , ext 2727
Unpaid Taxes 1/31/92 vs . 1/31/93 TELEPHONE NUMBER
Tax Levy 1/31/92 vs . 1/31/93 Hillsborough 732-8181
Chapel Hill 968-4501
Mebane 227-2031
Durham 688-7331
PURPOSE: To report the amount of current unpaid real property taxes as
of January 31 , 1993 and to recommend the date for the tax lien
advertisement .
BACKGROUND: North Carolina General Statute 105-369 requires that on
the first Monday in February each year , each County Tax Collector must
report to the governing body the total amount of unpaid taxes for the
current fiscal year that are liens on real property, and the governing
body must therefore order the Tax Collector to advertise such tax
liens . District taxes collected by County Tax Collectors are regarded
as county taxes for the purpose of this statutory section.
A list of the amount of unpaid real property taxes for 1992 outstanding
as of January 31 , 1993 , compared with 1991 unpaid taxes that were
outstanding as of January 31 , 1992 , is attached. Current unpaid Orange
County real property taxes as of January 31 , 1993 are $468 , 000 less
than at the comparable point last fiscal year. The collection rate for
County only current real property taxes through January 1993 is 94 . 87% ,
compared to 93 . 09% through January 1992 .
RECOMMENDATION(S ) : The Manager recommends that the Board accept
this report and approve the tax lien advertisement date of May 12 ,
1993 .
DATE : February 1 , 1993
TO : Orange County Board of Commissioners
FROM: John T . Horner , Direc tor of Revenue
SUBJECT : Unpaid Real Properety Taxes and Tax Lien
Advertisement
The Orange County Department of Revenue reports the
following unpaid taxes that constitute a lien on all
Real Property for the year 1992 .
COUNTY 5 1 , 741 , 822 . 92
CHAPEL HILL 5 406 , 914 . 46
CARRBORO 5 153 , 202 . 98
HILLSBOROUGH $ 51 , 312 . 17
TOTAL $ 2 , 353 , 252 . 53
Recommends the Tax Lien Sale be set for May 12 , 1993
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LEVY DUE AS OF JANUARY 31 , 1993 AND JANUARY 31 , 1992
1992 1991 DIFFERENCE
COUNTY S 1 , 741 , 822 . 92 5 2 , 209 , 921 . 75 5468 , 098 . 83 -
CHAPEL HILL $ 406 , 914 . 46 S 596 , 387 . 20 5189 , 472 . 74 -
CARRBORO S 153 , 202 . 98 $ 209 , 202 . 59 S 55 , 999 . 61 -
HILLSBOROUGH S 51 , 312 . 17 $ 58 , 040 . 98 $ 6 , 728 . 81 -
TOTAL $ 2 , 353 , 252 . 53 $ 3 , 073 , 552 . 52 $720 , 299 . 99 -
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LEVY ON JANUARY 31 , 1993 AND JANUARY 31 , 1992
1992 1991 DIFFERENCE
COUNTY $33 , 952 , 897 . 73 $31 , 997 , 160 . 17 S 1 , 955 , 737 . 56
CHAPEL HILL 5 9 , 881 , 559 . 07 $ 9 , 623 , 829 . 61 $ 257 , 729 . 46
CARRBORO $ 2 , 361 , 171 . 14 S 2 , 195 , 478 . 32 $ 165 , 692 . 82 +
HILLSBOROUGH S 632 , 955 . 50 $ 585 , 001 . 66 S 47 , 953 . 84 +
TOTAL $46 , 828 , 583 . 44 $44 , 401 , 469 . 76 5 2 , 427 , 113 . 68 1