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Staff says county shifted property-tax collection from flat fee to 3–4% per transaction
Summary
A staff member explained the county changed its property-tax collection approach from a flat fee that had been unchanged for about a decade to a percentage model of roughly 3–4% per transaction, increasing costs to municipalities.
A staff member (speaker S2) briefed the council on collection fees, saying the per-transaction approach has been unchanged for about 10 years but that the county moved from a flat fee to a percentage model. The staff member said the new approach charges roughly "3 to 4%" per transaction rather than a flat-fee model, which would increase the cost to municipalities that rely on county collection services.
"It's been the same price for 10 years ... Instead of a flat fee, they went for 3 to 4% per transaction," the staff member said, explaining the change and why municipalities need to evaluate alternatives if county services end. The transcript records this as an explanatory update connected to the earlier report about the county resolution; it does not include a council decision on adopting a different collection arrangement during the provided segments.
The council will need further analysis of the fiscal impact and potential options for collection if the county follows through on the resolution to cease services.
