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Hendersonville finance committee reviews county demand over unpaid adequate-facilities taxes
Summary
At its July 22, 2025, meeting the Hendersonville Finance Committee discussed a Southern County law department letter asserting the city failed to ensure adequate-facilities taxes were paid on roughly 26 properties; staff will ask the city attorney to review and the committee kept the item on next month’s agenda.
HENDERSONVILLE — The Hendersonville Finance Committee on July 22, 2025, discussed a letter from the Southern County law director that says the city failed to verify payment of adequate-facilities taxes for a series of building permits and that the county believes the city now owes the uncollected amounts.
Mayor Jamie Clary, speaking to the committee, said the city has not acted as the county’s bill collector and instead asks permit applicants to provide proof of payment before a permit is issued. “We don't actually collect their adequate facility tax for them,” Clary said, describing the current practice as requiring a receipt or verification from the applicant prior to issuing a building permit. The…
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