Iredell County commissioners accept unpaid-tax report, set hearings and move to closed session

At a pre‑agenda meeting in February 2025, the Iredell County Board of Commissioners accepted a statutorily required report of unpaid property taxes, set an advertising date for tax liens in March, scheduled two public hearings for 6 p.m., approved a set of routine administrative items by consent and voted to enter closed session.

The tax report was presented by Bill Furches, who said the listing shows about $7,000,000 in unpaid real‑estate taxes across county jurisdictions. "I will tell you that our end of month collections for January were 96.05 percent," Furches said, adding that last year’s January rate was 95.9 percent. "Year to date, we've collected for all jurisdiction $321,600,000 which is $16,000,000 more than we did last year." He told the board delinquent tax bills will be mailed in February and asked the board to set a date for advertising tax…