2010-11-03 Cost of Government Commission Minutes

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MR. SITKO: We’ve discussed it and we’re looking into that at this moment. I think Nancy is a big proponent of just sending out the minimum tax once a year and possibly putting a coupon on there for the second payment or just asking for the whole payment. That would require an ordinance change though. MS. O’HARA: How successful is the Real Property Tax Office in ordinance changes with the County Council? MR. SITKO: You want to answer that? MS. SAKO: I don’t think we’ve asked recently. It depends on the whole program and how it’s presented to them. MR. TAKABA: Minimum tax. MR. SITKO: No. Try not to do that one again. MR. TAKABA: That’s the one that the administration submitted one to make the minimum tax $100. But there are some, although we call it the minimum tax, there are some who pay less than the minimum tax. Their houses are less than the structure. MR. SITKO: Let me put it that way. The unpermitted shed with the trailer attached to it, would probably pay a $25 minimum tax. It’s a step tax. Now we requested that that be $100, made $100. We didn’t quite get through with that one. MR. TAKABA: The problem is that they had the veterans attached to that bill. MS. NICHOLSON: Glen, do you have a question? MR. MATSUDA: Yes. Because the county’s budget basically is like you said is 55 to 60% which comes from real property taxes, what is the amount of delinquencies? We’re talking about those parcels that are three years in delinquent and if you were to put a value to it, about how much are we talking about, total in valuation and revenues per se? MR. TAKABA: The delinquency, not the ones in foreclosure? MR. MATSUDA: Correct. MR. TAKABA: The delinquency rate would be about 5-6%? MR. SITKO: As of last year it was $15 million in delinquencies out of $215 million that was projected to come in. MS. O’HARA: That’s significant. MS. SAKO: This was accumulative though for the three year period. MR. SITKO: This goes back, in some cases. 12