Turner County tax office asks supervisors to cap online tax-sale fee at $20 per parcel
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A county tax office representative asked the Turner County Board of Supervisors to set a $20-per-parcel fee for the county27s GovEase online tax sale, citing unpaid taxes of about $1.3 million and prior collection costs.
Miss Emmerson, a staff member, told the Turner County Board of Supervisors on June 30 that the county27s online tax sale, run through GovEase, should charge a flat $20 fee per parcel. "I still have a million and some about 1,300,000.0 taxes not collected, and I would like for you to go for $20 a parcel," she said.
The request came after Emmerson said the county had been paying a percentage fee to GovEase. "We was doing 2.40% of the amount that was collected. And last year, I end up paying out 4,000 and some dollars," she said. The change would replace the percentage-based fee with a per-parcel flat charge.
Board members moved to approve the change, the motion was seconded and carried by voice vote.
The transcript does not record further details such as whether the $20 fee replaces the county27s prior percentage fee in all cases, whether the board specified an effective date, or whether the fee change requires any additional administrative steps.