TREASURER 2017-2018 BUDGET PRESENTATION1.6.17.PPT

Maricopa County — Informal (2017-01-09)

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Treasurer’s Office
Royce T. Flora
Maricopa County Treasurer

CONTENT
• Treasurer Overview
• Help for Homeowners
• Innovation
• Budget

TREASURER TREASURER OVERVIEW OVERVIEW

Parcel and FTE Growth

Portfolio Balance and Earnings

2016 Tax Collections and Adjusted Levy
Adjusted Levy $4.6 Billion
45.5%
54.5%

2015 Property Tax Distribution

Net Contributor to the General Fund
Budget
Lower County Pool Balances &
0% Fed Fund Rate
Decrease in Late Interest and
Penalties Due to Recovery
Dec 15

Net Contributor to the General Fund
Budget
Dec 15

HELP HELP FOR FOR HOMEOWNERS HOMEOWNERS

Foreclosures By Calendar Year

SB 1135
• Allows taxpayer to pay oldest single lien
instead of cumulative liens.
• Allows for the partial payments of single
year tax liens.
• Effective January 1, 2016.
Taxpayer only has
Lien 1 Lien 1 to pay $1,000 or
$1000 Taxpayer had to $1000 the oldest lien to
Lien 2 pay the cumulative stop foreclosure.
Lien 2
$1000 liens of $3,000 to $1000
stop foreclosure.
Lien 3 Lien 3
$1000 $1000

Lien Sales
HB 2653 Lowered the
Delinquent Interest Rate from
16% to the Bid Rate.

State Tax Deed Program
• Protects property owners rights, and
returns orphaned parcels to the tax roll.
• 63 lien redemptions prior to the auction in
the amount of $171,548.
• 486 parcels eligible to foreclose.
• 239 parcels sold at auction for $90,000.

State Tax Deed Program

Cleaning the Tax Rolls
• Started a new initiative to research and
write-off personal property that can no
longer be located.
• 6,897 personal property parcels, with over
45,593 delinquent tax years under review.

INNOVATION INNOVATION

Strategic Goal – Paperless Statements
• The Treasurer’s Office rolled out its initial e
-Notices campaign in September 2016
• 19,702 parcels signed up to date.

Enhancing the Customer Experience –
Online Payments / Branch Payments
Online Payments – 300,880
In Office – 104,316
Chase Branch Payments – 75,736

Rewarding Ideas
(Left to Right: Former Treasurer Charles "Hos" Hoskins, Erica Acosta, Catalina Sanchez,
Patricia Encinas, Current Treasurer Royce T. Flora)

Employee Ideas
Intelligent Barcode Initiative: Savings $12,250 a Year
Unclaimed Property for the County: Free Money $1.3 Million

More Savings
• Leveraging of business intelligence from
the Intelligent Barcode Initiative has
saved an additional $50,000 in mailing
costs.
• New vendor technology allows 6 bills in
regular envelope saved 150,000 mail
pieces or $50,000.
• E-Notice savings are around $10,000 and
growing.

Budget
What additional monies does the Treasurer
request in FY 18 to run its operations?

Questions?