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Board approves interlocal tax‑collection agreements with towns at 3% fee
Summary
The Board unanimously authorized interlocal agreements to collect municipal property taxes for several towns and confirmed a 3% collection fee to be deducted monthly from remitted funds.
County Attorney Amanda Prince requested Board approval of interlocal agreements authorizing Columbus County to collect real property taxes on behalf of multiple municipalities, including Boardman, Bolton, Brunswick, Cerro Gordo, Chadbourn, Fair Bluff, Sandyfield and Tabor City.
When Commissioner Giles E. Byrd asked the fee rate, Prince said: "It’s 3%." Vice Chairman Scott Floyd moved to approve the agreements, and the Board voted unanimously to authorize the county to collect municipal taxes and deduct a 3% fee from monthly remittances.
The amendment to the memorandum of agreement recorded the 3% fee and specified duties for the municipality to provide tax rates by June 1 each year and for the County to bill and remit collected funds monthly, deducting the 3% fee before distribution.
