Seminole Tax Collector Joel Greenberg backs out of controversial deal to sell off branch offices
"After taking everything into consideration, we decided not to move forward," he said Friday. "We tried to be innovative, and we'll continue to look for innovative ideas."
Greenberg's plan involved selling off four branch offices for
Acting as a landlord, the Tax Collector's Office would then rent out 80 to 90 percent of the space to commercial tenants and use the remaining space for drivers-license operations for residents in Orange and Seminole counties, under Greenberg's plan. Revenue from tenants would be used to pay for tax collector operations and cover the rent on the four branch offices, which would be leased back from the purchaser, over 13 years.
But the state
In a memo to Greenberg and Seminole County Attorney
"These issues and costs are wholly unrelated to the function of the tax collector branch office," Keller wrote.
Applegate then warned attorneys for the Tax Collector's Office that if they moved forward in selling the branch offices, Seminole County would file a lawsuit in an effort to stop the deal.
On
"Without DOR's [
Greenberg -- who was elected in 2016 after ousting longtime tax collector
Greenberg said his office would be converting equity into cash and using that cash to buy properties.
However, county commissioners blasted the deal, saying he was wading into "uncharted waters" by proposing a plan that no other tax collector in
"These are assets of the taxpayers," Commissioner
Carey and commissioners
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