Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Mid Valley tax collector asks board to consider pay increase; later attempt to raise statutory fee fails
Summary
At the January Mid Valley School Board meeting, tax collector Chris Patrick described the scope of his work and asked the board to consider raising compensation; a later board motion to set a new per-bill rate for real-estate tax collectors failed on a roll-call vote.
Chris Patrick, the tax collector for Alifinborough and Mid Valley School District, told the school board at its January meeting that he and two fellow collectors oversee collection of roughly $18,000,000 in taxpayer dollars and asked the board to consider increasing their compensation.
Patrick described the workload of the district tax office and said the three collectors together receive about $35,000 in compensation before taxes. “I make somewhere before tax the neighborhood of $10,000 collecting for the school,” he said. He also said that by keeping his books open into January he collected an extra $81,034 for the…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
