NORFOLK, Va. – More than 500 Norfolk Public Schools employees have about a week to settle their past-due tax bills before the City of Norfolk will start to deduct the money from their paychecks.

WAVY reports 565 school employees, as well as 425 city workers, were initially sent personal property tax bills in May, and given until June to pay, but city officials have yet to receive the money.

Norfolk City Treasurer Anthony Burfoot said the city sent late notices in July, which extended the deadline for another month, but city officials won’t be sending a third notice before they start docking paychecks Nov. 13.

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“The due date is June 5th. My office is tasked with collecting about $45 million dollars in 30 days, so all of the monies that we collect by June 30th is used in the upcoming fiscal year,” Burfoot said. “If we’re not going to give this individual over here a third notice or a special notice, we shouldn’t be giving a municipal employee a third notice or a special notice.”

The treasurer said school and city employees owe a combined $280,000 in back taxes, and about 220 of the city employees were also delinquent in previous years.

“Any employee that NPS does not receive a release of the tax lien from the city by Friday, November 6, 2015, will have the lien deducted from their pay check in addition to a $20 processing fee that is allowed by state code,” WAVY reports.

In total, the city is working to track down $5 million in back taxes from city residents, officials said.

“If I don’t collect the revenue, we can’t pay these individuals,” Burfoot said. “I have a job to do, and we use all of the tools available to us to collect these taxes.”

Burfoot said money collected from city workers and others in the coming weeks will go towards the budget for fiscal year 2017.

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“Other citizens who do not work with the city may have money taken from state income tax returns or have their car booted, if they’re delinquent,” WAVY reports.

The situation drew a lot of comments online.

“My paycheck was garnished last year for personal property taxes on my vehicle, it’s life,” Sheila Concitis posted to Facebook. “Doesn’t matter if you’re a city employee or not.”

“If the city owed them money you better believe they would do whatever it took to get it,” Garry Cleghorn wrote.

“Well good, everyone else has to pay so should they … employee or not,” Kimberly Bridges-Chambers posted. “And the fact they are a city employee shows what kind of people we have working for the people.”

“Why should city employees be any different than the rest of us? Mr. Burfoot is doing his job, and I appreciate that!” Margie McCormick added.

“It was a shock to me when moved here from NY. We didn’t have a personal property tax there. It’s even crazier when the cost of my personal property tax is higher than my actual car payment,” Jessica Lee Boyle-Olsen wrote. “I could see charging personal property taxes for renters, but home owners who already pay property taxes shouldn’t be taxed twice!”