UPDATE
Alexandria councilman’s taxes paid up
2:43 pm, Jul 15, 2011 by Chris Mayhew cmayhew
ALEXANDRIA – Joe Anderson, an elected member of Alexandria City Council, has paid his delinquent 2010 tax bill in full.
Campbell County Attorney Steve Franzen said Anderson was paid in full as of July 11.
The Alexandria Recorder published this article (also shown below) on July 1 revealing Anderson’s 2010 tax bill was declared delinquent by the county.
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Wait until you hear this excuse!
As reported by Chris Mayhew on Campbell County Connects.
Alexandria councilman’s taxes delinquent
By Chris Mayhew • cmayhew@nky.com • 2:27 pm, Jul 1, 2011
ALEXANDRIA – Joe Anderson, an elected member of Alexandria City Council, is among the list of people who didn’t pay their 2010 Campbell County property taxes.
The Campbell County Clerk’s 2010 delinquent property tax list includes an amount of $1,514.86 for his property at 81 Viewpoint Drive.
Anderson said not paying his property taxes was an experiment.
“I did that for a particular reason, just to see what would happen with that,” he said.
Anderson said he didn’t pay so he could see the process and how the county sends out tax notices and delinquencies. Anderson said he will pay his taxes.
“Oh yeah, you can’t not pay it,” he said.
Anderson’s annual salary as an elected member of city council is $3,600. Alexandria Mayor Bill Rachford said he believed Anderson had paid his city tax bill, which is separate from the county tax bill.
Campbell County Attorney Steve Franzen said it is his office’s responsibility to follow-up on delinquent property taxes.
“We take it very seriously for a number of reasons, not inconsequentially for how we fund the office,” Franzen said.
Public officials are charged with overseeing tax money, he said.
“I’m not sure what the great mystery is for Joe Anderson,” Franzen said.
Franzen said he wouldn’t recommend anyone not pay their taxes.
“It’s not an experiment that I would advise people to undergo,” he said.
Anderson, like anyone else on the delinquent list, still has time to pay up before the delinquent taxes are sold at auction soon, he said.
“The first thing that happens is that his tax bill will be thrown in the sale of all delinquent tax bills that occurs in late July or early August,” he said.
A 10 percent penalty and 12 percent interest is assessed as standard procedure to any late payment, but paying before the delinquent bill is sold avoids having to pay additional attorney’s fees, Franzen said.
Private companies that buy delinquent tax bills in bunches at public auction file lawsuits to collect the bill, and upon receiving payment remit what is owed to the county, he said.
Anderson’s delinquent bill will likely be purchased by a private company, but in the event it is not, Franzen said his office steps in and prosecutes.
In an effort to collect a delinquent tax bill a property will even be foreclosed upon if a bill ultimately goes unpaid, he said.
“It happens all the time,” Franzen said.
Source document: http://cincinnati.com/blogs/campbellcountyconnects/2011/07/01/alexandria-councilmans-taxes-delinquent/
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