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ORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: March 7,2017
Action Agenda
Item No. 6-j
SUBJECT: Reappointment of Four (4) Deputy Tax Collectors
DEPARTMENT: Tax Administration
ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dwane Brinson, Tax Administrator,
(919) 245-2726
PURPOSE: To reappoint Valerie Curry, Bernice Gwynn, Linda Jaubert, and Bobbie Underwood
as Deputy Tax Collectors for two-year terms effective July 1, 2017.
BACKGROUND: Chapter 105-349(f) of the North Carolina General Statutes allows the Board
of County Commissioners to appoint deputy tax collectors "for a term to be determined by the
governing board". The statute reads "a deputy tax collector shall have the authority to perform,
under the direction of the tax collector, any act that the tax collector may perform unless the
governing body appointing the deputy specifically limits the scope of the deputy's authority".
Therefore, the deputy tax collectors' work will continue to be performed under the direction of
the tax administrator with the precise guidelines that exist.
The continued success of the Revenue Division is evident in the outstanding collection rates
that have been attained for several years. Orange County finished 14th out of North Carolina's
100 counties in overall collections percentage for the 2015 fiscal year.
In the past Orange County Deputy Tax Collectors had been appointed to two-year terms, but
that was changed in 2013 to four-year terms to match the appointment of the Tax Administrator.
For the current reappointments, it is recommended that the Deputy Tax Collectors be appointed
to two-year terms to match the proposed two-year term of the Tax Administrator. As also
applies with the Tax Administrator, this will stagger and avert future overlap of the Deputy Tax
Collectors' appointments and the County's 4-year Revaluation schedule. These two-year terms
are proposed with the understanding that potential four year appointment terms will be
considered during the early part of 2019 when the appointment/Revaluation overlap is no longer
a consideration.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact associated with this item.
SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPACT: There is no Orange County Social Justice Goal impact associated
with this item.
RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board re-appoint Valerie Curry,
Bernice Gwynn, Linda Jaubert, and Bobbie Underwood as Orange County Deputy Tax
Collectors for two-year terms effective July 1 , 2017.