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LEE COUNTY <br />Committed Today for a Better Tomorrow <br />LEE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: February 6, 2017 <br />ITEM NO. V. G. <br />X Information <br />Action Item <br />_Consent Agenda <br />(), G ? <br />SUBJECT <br />Update on Collections/Reminder notices <br />DEPARTMENT: <br />Tax Administration <br />CONTACT PERSON: <br />Mary Yow, Tax Administrator <br />REQUEST: <br />Information purposes only <br />SUMMARY: <br />As a new strategy to improve collections and save taxpayers interest <br />charges, the tax office prepared and mailed a reminder notice prior to the <br />delinquent date (January 6, 2017). Approximately 20,000 notices were <br />mailed in December to remind taxpayers of unpaid taxes and the interest <br />date coming up. Results that we saw indicate it was a successful strategy. <br />Our collection % through January 5, 2016 was 89.60%. Compared to our <br />collection % through January 5, 2017 of 93.85% we saw a 4.25% increase. <br />The number of delinquent bills over $50.00 reported for 2016 was 5,846 <br />and for 2017 (1/25/2017) it was 4,808. A reduction of 1,038 bills <br />delinquent. Our outstanding taxes including prior years was reduced by <br />$929,948.20 when comparing January 7, 2016 to January 5, 2017. All of <br />these comparisons indicate the strategy was successful. <br />BUDGET IMPACT: N/A <br />ATTACHMENT(S): Spreadsheet of comparisons <br />PUBLIC HEARING: No <br />PRIOR BOARD ACTION: N/A. <br />RECOMMENDATION: N/A <br />