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Delinquent-tax counsel tells Dickinson ISD trustees most of delinquent roll is collected before turnover; litigation accounts are focused post-turnover
Summary
Outside counsel for delinquent taxes told the Dickinson ISD board that roughly 98% of taxes are collected before turnover, and of the small remainder turned over July 1, about 37% are now in litigation while staff pursues arrangements, text outreach and other collection steps.
Outside counsel for the district’s delinquent-tax roll told the Dickinson ISD Board of Trustees that the district’s tax office collects the vast majority of taxes before accounts are turned over to outside counsel and outlined the status of the accounts the firm is pursuing.
“We have with us Miss Yolanda Humphreys and Mr. Damien Millington from Purdue Brandon, our delinquent tax attorneys,” said Mr. Boone when introducing the presentation. A counsel presenting to the board said the tax office collects about 98% of taxes before turnover and that the roughly 2% turned over on July 1 is the focus of litigation and collection activity.
The presenter described the composition of the turned-over roll: a large portion of accounts are in litigation — about 37% — because payment arrangements were not set up or were defaulted on; roughly 20% of accounts are in deferral because owners are disabled or hold homestead exemptions and cannot be forced to pay while deferral applies. The presenter said the district is attempting outreach through letters, calls and new text-message campaigns to set up payment arrangements.
The presenter cited collection progress: “Between July 1 and October, we’ve collected almost 50% of what was turned over to us to collect,” a summary the presenter provided while reviewing packet charts for activity by account year and dollar range. The presenter also noted historical collection percentages improve for more recent tax years and that older accounts include those in deferral or where businesses have closed and the accounts remain on the rolls because statute of limitations does not remove them.
Board members asked no substantive follow-up questions during the presentation. The report covered the year ended Aug. 31, 2025, according to the presenter’s packet references and remarks.
