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Outside firm reports delinquent-tax collections and tax-sale activity for fiscal year
Summary
Purdue, Brandon, Fielder & Mott LLP reported the district's delinquent-tax collection activity: the local call center handled over 13,000 calls, more than 9,900 delinquency letters were mailed, 441 field inspections were completed, and 29 properties were placed for tax sale (13 sold).
Iram Gutierrez, managing partner at Purdue, Brandon, Fielder & Mott LLP's Valley office, presented the district's delinquent-tax collection and audit-appeal services summary for fiscal 2023—6/30/2024.
Gutierrez said the local call center handled over 13,000 phone contacts, the firm mailed more than 9,900 delinquency notices and updated over 1,500 addresses. The firm reported 441 field inspections, 100 formal payment agreements covering about $171,000 in base tax, and litigation interventions (filed petitions/interventions involving roughly $1.398 million in base tax). The firm placed 29 properties for tax sale; 13 sold, bringing in about $154,000 to the district, and 15 were pulled when taxpayers entered agreements or paid in full.
Trustees asked whether homes had been lost; the presenter replied none of the properties placed for sale were homesteads. The presentation also described audit work that recovered state aid in prior look-back audits and an in-progress audit for 2022 with an estimated recovery figure discussed.
