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SBA disaster loans, application deadlines and tax-collector report presented to Fletcher council
Summary
An SBA public-affairs specialist described extended deadlines and local assistance events for disaster loans; the town tax collector reported 2024 collections and asked Council to authorize tax-lien advertising on March 19 with an $8 per-property charge to cover costs.
Fletcher — Two administrative updates at the council meeting covered federal disaster-relief loan deadlines and the town’s mid-year tax-collection figures.
Kimberly Florence, a public-affairs specialist with the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Office of Disaster Recovery and Resilience, briefed the council on low-interest disaster loans for businesses, homeowners and renters. Florence said the application deadline for assistance related to physical damage was extended to March 8, 2025, while the deadline for economic-injury assistance remains June 30, 2025. She said the SBA will host a multi-county event where residents and business owners can meet loan officers, case managers and local nonprofit partners to start applications and ask questions.
Tax collector Candy Broom presented the mid-year tax-collection report and requested the council authorize advertisement of tax liens. Broom reported 2024 total collections of $4,826,000 and said $153,070 remained on the books as of Jan. 31; she asked Council to authorize a March 19 advertising date and an $8 per-property advertising fee to cover costs.
Council expressed thanks to Florence and Broom and indicated agreement with the proposed advertising action; staff said the advertising will proceed as requested. The council did not record a roll-call vote on the advertising item during the meeting but staff indicated it would proceed.
