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At~-~6-1995 14. ~., F~,,OM CABAPPUS COUNT'r M. [ oS. T3 ~q]~ [~ l~l:i lill! Ii MEMO P. ~2 To: 3ohn W'rthe4's~oon From: Blair April ~, 1993 Subject: Tax Collection Fees Per your requ~t, I h~ve reviewed the fees for mlle~ion of proper~ taxe~ for the City of Karmapolis. The Cou~y currendy charlpa a 5% colle~io~f f~, wtich Ipmera~es appmximnedy $150,000.00 annua~y. Gene McCombs, Ka~_polis City Ms-,reset, has ukod the County to consider lowgring ~ fee to be more in line with the &ctuaI cost ~o establish and operale & tax colI___~m office. I have cbeck~ with the City of Concord Tax Colle~or, a~d their budget For that department is a~q~roximatety $100,000.00. Based on the a/~bed schedule, & ~e of 3 1/9. % for property otter thnn v~elp~ would ~ ~ppl'OXiiP.~l~ ~:~?,000.00. AS yOU ~,~I;~ Count7 will be collecting for ali-cities' vehicle taxe~ eEective ~uly I, 1~93. For the, City of combined, t~ose for property taxes other tlum vehicles and taxes on vehicles, would approximat~ $100,300.00 pet year to the County. This is · decrease of $~0,000.00 in tax colL,~_'on fees ~zom what is currently bein~ collected. However, t~ does ~ .' . represent the cost to estabUsb and operate ~ tax cone~tion depamnem ~or a city the size of Kannapo~. Obviously, the County would ~ an even 8te~er loss of revenue i~ the Cit7 of ~mmapolis were to deride to es1~dish its own tax depaz~menc Bearing those fac~ in mind, and 'consider~ ti~ ihe County could offer other cities w~_hl, the County our tax collection services, [ would offer the ~ollowin~ achodule to be effecilve b&sed on tax levy dollar volume: I.m,y l~m than $3,ooo,ooo -'I.~ ~r~,ter ~z~ $S,000,000 Vehlcle~ +,ax collections for all cities $% collection fee I/2% collection fee ~tiable 1/2% collection fee as prescribed by N. C. law