VAB Minutes 08/03/2015 August 3, 2015
TRANSCRIPT OF THE MEETING OF THE
VALUE ADJUSTMENT BOARD
Naples, Florida
August 3, 2015
LET IT BE REMEMBERED, that the Value Adjustment Board,
in and for the County of Collier, met on this date at 9:00 a.m., in
REGULAR SESSION in Building "F" of the Government Complex,
East Naples, Florida, with the following members present:
CHAIRMAN: Tom Henning, BCC Member
Erika Donalds, School Board Member
William Poteet, Citizen Member
Rebecca Earney, Citizen Member
ALSO PRESENT:
James F. Morey, Esq., Legal Counsel to the VAB
Abe Skinner, Property Appraiser
Bruce D. Stephens, Property Appraiser's Office
Clyde Quinby, Jr., Property Appraiser's Office
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VALUE ADJUSTMENT BOARD
ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
AGENDA
August 3, 2015
9:00 a.m.
1. Roll Call and Pledge of Allegiance (led by VAB Legal Counsel)
2. Quorum Established as required by Florida Statute Chapter 194
3. Introductions presented by VAB Legal Counsel
A. Introduction of VAB Board Members
• Board of County Commissioner Tom Henning - Primary
• Board of County Commissioner Tim Nance - Secondary (excused)
• School Board Member Erika Donalds
• (Homestead) Citizen Member Rebecca Earney
• (Business) Citizen Member Bill Poteet
(Remaining Commissioners to serve as Alternates)
(School Board Member Julie Sprague to serve as Alternate)
B. Introduction of the Clerk to the Board
• Clerk to the Board - Dwight Brock
• Clerk's Designee —Trish Morgan
4. Appointment of VAB Chairperson (must be a BCC representative)
5. Agenda
A. Recommendation to approve today's agenda
6. Recommendation to reaffirm the reappointments of the following:
VAB Legal Counsel and Special Magistrates for VAB Tax Year 2015 Bond,
Schoeneck & King:
• James F. Morey, Esq. and/or Joseph McMackin, Esq.
• Davia Odell Mazur, Esq. —Attorney (Exemptions, Classifications, Portability
and other legal determinations)
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• Ellen T. Chadwell, PL —Attorney (Exemptions, Classifications, Portability and
other legal determinations)
• Scott Watson, MAI (The Coastal Consulting Group, Inc.)— Commercial and
Residential Appraiser
• Mark Pelletier, CMEA, CSBA, SRA, RM
(South Florida Valuation Services, Inc.)—Tangible Personal Property Appraiser
and Residential Appraiser (contracted through PO)
7. Request to seek Alternative Special Magistrate(s) for 2015 tax year(if needed,
based on number of petitions)
8. Approval/Acceptance of Minutes: March 2, 2015 VAB Regular Meeting
9. Department of Revenue 2015 VAB Training
: for Magistrates, VAB Members, Legal Counsel and interested parties
(Available: http://dor.myflorida.com/dor/property/vab/training.html)
10. VAB Attorney Report/General Business/VAB Reference Materials
A. General overview of Value Adjustment Board's role in Florida's property
tax system and the newly adopted legislative changes that affect the VAB
process
B. Proposed Resolution Relating to the Adoption of Internal Operating
Procedures to Supplement Chapter 12D-9, Florida Administrative Code
VAB Resolution 2015-xx
C. Good Cause Determinations
1) Recommendation to designate Legal Counsel to Determine "Good
Cause" for Late Filed Petitions for 2015 tax year
2) Recommendation to designate VAB Clerk to Determine "Good
Cause" for Second Hearing Reschedules, with Legal Counsel
Providing Guidance, for 2015 tax year
D. Proposed Resolution for VAB Petition (Appeal) Filing Fee (F.S. 194.013)
VAB Resolution 2015-xx
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E. VAB Reference Materials
• Florida's Government in the Sunshine—Government-in-the-Sunshine
Manual (Available at: www.myflsunshine.com/sun.nsf/sunmanual
and/or www.collierclerk.com )
• Rule Chapter 12D-9, F.A.C.—Uniform Policies and Procedures Manual
and Associated Forms (Available at:
http://dor.myflorida.com/dor/property/vab/ and/or
www.collierclerk.com )
• Rule Chapter 12D-10, F.A.C. —Rules Applicable to the Requirements
for Hearings and Decisions (Available at:
http://dor.myflorida.com/dor/property/vab/ and/or
www.collierclerk.com )
• Uniform Policies and Procedures Manual and Other Legal Resources
and Reference Materials (Available at:
http://dor.myflorida.com/dor/property/vab/pdf/vabuppmanual.pdf
and/or www.collierclerk.com )
• Information for Taxpayers regarding Florida's Property Tax System
and the Value Adjustment Board Process and a Property Brochure
(Available at: http://dor.myflorida.com/dor/property/taxpayers
and http://dor.myflorida.com/dor/property/brochures/pt101.pdf )
F. VAB 2014 Expense Report of 392 (many contiguous parcels, special
exemptions and large continuation hearings)petitions filed as compared to:
0392 petitions (VAB 2014) 0616 petitions (VAB 2013)
0770 petitions (VAB 2012) 0892 petitions (VAB 2011)
1528 petitions (VAB 2010) 1775 petitions (VAB 2009)
11. VAB Dates of Importance (*dates subject to change)
A. TRIM Notice to be mailed: Friday, August 14, 2015 (per PAO staff)
B. Deadline to file petitions: Tuesday, September 8, 2015 at 5 P.M.
[25 days after the mailing of the TRIM per F.S. 194.011(2) (d)]
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C. (Proposed) Next Regular VAB Meeting:
Monday, October 5, 2015 at 9:00 a.m.
D. Magistrate Hearings: October 2015 through January 2016
(More dates, if needed, based on filings*)
E. (Proposed) Final VAB Meeting for Tax Year 2015:
Monday, March 14, 2016 at 9:00 a.m.
12. Public Comment
13. Adjournment Sine Die (Proposed October 5, 2015 at 9:00 a.m.)
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COMMISSIONER HENNING: Okay, welcome.
MR. MOREY: Mr. Commissioner, we are live.
CHAIRMAN HENNING: Thank you. Good morning, everyone,
welcome to the Value Adjustment Board meeting, organizational
meeting.
Let's start off with the Pledge of Allegiance, please.
(Pledge of Allegiance was recited in unison.)
CHAIRMAN HENNING: Okay. We'll go around for
introductions. Representing the Board of Commissioners, Tom
Henning, District 3.
I believe, and I'm looking up the minutes, that Commissioner
Nance is the primary, but we'll correct that as we go.
And then we have School Board Member Erika Donalds
representing the school board.
Rebecca Earney, Citizen, Homestead. Welcome.
CITIZEN MEMBER EARNEY: Thank you.
CHAIRMAN HENNING: And Bill Poteet, Citizen, Business.
Bill has been on this for?
CITIZEN MEMBER POTEET: Second year.
CHAIRMAN HENNING: Oh, only two?
CITIZEN MEMBER POTEET: I think it's two, something like
that.
CHAIRMAN HENNING: Then we go to, well, introductions of
the Clerk to the Board, who is not here, Trish -- naturally Dwight
Brock. And the designee is Trish Morgan, minutes and records.
MR. MOREY: Correct. And Trish does a phenomenal job of
organizing the process.
CHAIRMAN HENNING: Absolutely.
Now we have some action items?
MR. MOREY: We do. And for the record, Attorney James
Morey, representing the VAB.
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We also have with us some representatives of the Property
Appraiser's Office. We have the Appraiser Mr. Abe Skinner.
Welcome. We have Mr. Bruce Stephens and we have Mr. Jeep
Quinby.
And the action items, the first is to, I think you somewhat touched
on it, would be to appoint a VAB chairperson. If you'd care to appoint
-- and it must be a Board of Commission representative to be the Chair
for purposes of the organizational meeting, and that can certainly be
redone at the next meeting.
CHAIRMAN HENNING: For this meeting.
MR. MOREY: Correct.
COMMISSIONER HENNING: Yeah, well --
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER DONALDS: I'll nominate Tom
Henning as the chairperson.
CITIZEN MEMBER POTEET: For this meeting?
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER DONALDS: For this meeting.
CHAIRMAN HENNING: Only.
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER DONALDS: And only for this
meeting today, August 3rd, 2015.
CHAIRMAN HENNING: I'll second that one.
All in favor?
CITIZEN MEMBER EARNEY: Aye.
CITIZEN MEMBER POTEET: Aye.
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER DONALDS: Aye.
COMMISSIONER HENNING: Aye.
Any opposed?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN HENNING: Motion carries.
CITIZEN MEMBER POTEET: I do have a question, though.
CHAIRMAN HENNING: Yes.
CITIZEN MEMBER POTEET: Should we appoint a chair for
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the rest of the year, or are we going through this process every
meeting?
MR. MOREY: You could appoint -- you could do either. You
could do it at the next meeting.
CHAIRMAN HENNING: Yeah, why don't we take it day by
day, or meeting by meeting, if there's no objections to that.
This is a Sunshine committee; in other words, that we cannot
communicate about issues coming before or potentially coming before
this body. And there is educational opportunities that the State of
Florida puts on at this, and for the members, the new members, you
might want to --
MR. MOREY: Absolutely.
CHAIRMAN HENNING: -- get that information.
MR. MOREY: Absolutely. The training, it's required for
magistrates each year. For magistrates that have less than five years
experience, not only do they need to do the training, but they also need
to take an exam.
In counties of population of less than 75,000, the board counsel
would need to take the training as well as pass the exam. However,
we're not in that situation. So while the training -- it's encouraged. It's
all found in the Department of Revenue's website. And the training
modules, they are excellent. And it's a great overview of the system.
CHAIRMAN HENNING: I want to go back. Per the recaps of
the board's meeting of May 26th, it was appointed Commissioner
Nance and Commissioner Henning as regular members, Commissioner
Taylor, Fiala and Hiller as alternates.
Okay, go ahead.
MR. MOREY: So the first action item would be -- for today
would be a recommendation to approve the agenda.
CITIZEN MEMBER POTEET: I'll make that motion.
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER DONALDS: Second.
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CHAIRMAN HENNING: A motion to approve today's agenda
and seconded. All in favor of the motion?
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER DONALDS: Aye.
CITIZEN MEMBER POTEET: Aye.
CHAIRMAN HENNING: Aye.
CITIZEN MEMBER EARNEY: Aye.
CHAIRMAN HENNING: Any opposed?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN HENNING: Carries unanimously.
MR. MOREY: And then a series of recommendations to affirm
the reappointments for the upcoming VAB year for legal counsel and
special magistrates.
If you wanted to take first -- and this was done at last year's
meeting, but as we've done it in practice we reappoint each time.
CHAIRMAN HENNING: The contract for legal counsel, is that
up every year, due to renewal?
MR. MOREY: It's a two-year.
CHAIRMAN HENNING: It's two-year.
MR. MOREY: So this would be going into the second year of a
two-year appointment.
CHAIRMAN HENNING: Okay. Is there really a need for that
since we already have a contract?
MR. MOREY: Probably just to simply ratify it going forward for
this VAB year, 2015.
CHAIRMAN HENNING: Does anybody have any objections to
appoint the legal counsel per the contract?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN HENNING: Okay.
Okay, what's the next -- oh, we go to --
MR. MOREY: Each magistrate. So the first magistrate that we
would need a motion and reappointment for this coming year would be
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Davia Odell Mazer, Attorney Magistrate, handling reviews of
exemptions, classifications, portability and other legal determinations.
CHAIRMAN HENNING: And that's the same as it was last
year?
MR. MOREY: Yes, sir.
CHAIRMAN HENNING: And probably next year we'll go to
seek if anybody -- well, I mean, it's a --
MR. MOREY: Similar process.
CHAIRMAN HENNING: It's the same contract, okay.
MR. MOREY: Similar process. A two-year appointment and
then a series of kind of we ratify, reappointment each year. And then
every couple of years we put it out there to have other people apply,
and these folks have been regular providers.
First is Ms. Mazur.
CHAIRMAN HENNING: Any objections to appoint -- Ms.
Mazur?
MR. MOREY: Yeah Davia, uh-huh.
CHAIRMAN HENNING: Davia, yeah.
Next one, any objections to appoint Ellen Chadwell?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN HENNING: Any objections to appoint Scott
Watson?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN HENNING: Any objections to appointment Mark
Pelletier?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN HENNING: Let the record show there's no
objections to appoint the attorney representative of the VAB and the --
what would you call the others?
MR. MOREY: Special magistrates.
CHAIRMAN HENNING: Special magistrates, yes.
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MR. MOREY: We would ask for a motion to seek approval to
request the ability of the board to seek alternative special magistrates
for the tax year, if needed, based on the number of petitions.
By just way of brief history, not last year, the year before, we ran
into an issue with some tangible personal property appraisals and not
having -- somebody objected to the qualifications of one of the
magistrates. And to avoid any issues with that, the board at its
organizational meeting had approved the ability to seek -- similar to
this request, to seek alternate magistrates. And because of that vote we
were able to get someone lined up and take care of the tangible
personal property appraisals.
So this is just providing some flexibility in the event that
something of that nature would occur or if just the sheer volume would
require bringing someone else in.
CITIZEN MEMBER POTEET: I'll make the motion to approve.
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER DONALDS: Second.
CHAIRMAN HENNING: Motion and second on the floor. All
in favor of the motion, signify by saying aye.
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER DONALDS: Aye.
CITIZEN MEMBER POTEET: Aye.
CHAIRMAN HENNING: Aye.
CITIZEN MEMBER EARNEY: Aye.
Any opposed?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN HENNING: Motion carries.
MR. MOREY: Next item would be acceptance of the meeting of
the March 2nd, 2015 VAB regular meeting. So we would seek a
motion to accept them into the record.
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER DONALDS: I move to approve
acceptance of the minutes from March 2nd, 2015.
CITIZEN MEMBER POTEET: Second.
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CHAIRMAN HENNING: Motion and second to approve the
minutes.
All in favor of the motion, signify by saying aye.
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER DONALDS: Aye.
CITIZEN MEMBER POTEET: Aye.
CHAIRMAN HENNING: Aye.
CITIZEN MEMBER EARNEY: Aye.
Opposed?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN HENNING: Motion carries.
MR. MOREY: And as Mr. Henning had mentioned earlier, the
Department of Revenue 2015 VAB training is available. There is a
policy and procedure manual that is promulgated by the Department of
Revenue. It has all the detail, all the administrative code citations,
statutory citations, constitutional citations, and it may even have some
case law references in it. It's excellent materials. That is available on
the Department of Revenue website.
And again, as I mentioned, the magistrates not only had to go
through the training, some of them had to take and pass the exam. And
part of our role is to confirm through the board clerk the magistrates
each year to provide a certificate of completion.
We have -- if I could, just a general overview, the next section is
attorney report, kind of just general business matters, and then some
reference materials.
Just by way of general overview of the VAB's role in the property
tax system, it really is to assure the taxpayers' rights. The taxpayers
bill of rights include the right to have notice, have the right for due
process, the right to redress, challenge the taxes, and the right to
confidentiality. The board's role is vital in that redress. Citizens to
redress, challenge or question their taxes, their portability,
classification, exemptions, whatever the case may be, they can
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informally speak with members of the Property Appraiser's Office,
that's one avenue. They can file a petition before the VAB and have
their matter heard. They can also go to the circuit court and challenge
in court. And none of them are necessarily requirements for the other.
They're all independent. They can do all or none of them.
So in counties with population of 75,000 persons or more, the
VAB important role is one of oversight, to have the organizational
meeting, to put all the pieces in place, get the magistrates in place who
have the hearings and oversee the process. And each petition, the end
result, each petition must be that is not otherwise settled or withdrawn,
there must be a written findings of fact, conclusions of law, and the
final value after the process becomes part of the tax roll certification.
So that's kind of it in a nutshell. You perform a very important
role to make sure this goes smooth and is done right and we do all the
proper steps, and that's kind of it, a quick overview.
CHAIRMAN HENNING: Okay, in the past the VAB board has
adopted policies.
MR. MOREY: Yes.
CHAIRMAN HENNING: This is not in this manual; is that
correct?
MR. MOREY: Those policies, no. Good question.
We -- the manual and statutes case law, the constitution,
administrative code, that's the body of law. We must adhere to that.
But we can adopt internal operating procedures, so long as they don't
conflict.
CHAIRMAN HENNING: And we have.
MR. MOREY: And we have. In fact, the next -- we have a
proposed resolution.
Next item is a proposed resolution to adopt an internal operating
procedure to supplemental the administrative code. And that is to
require -- again, it's just operating procedure -- to require two copies of
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evidence that a petitioner wants to submit. So an original plus a copy.
CHAIRMAN HENNING: But there's other policies that this
board has adopted.
MR. MOREY: Absolutely.
CHAIRMAN HENNING: Would you or the Clerk's Office get
that to the new members of the VAB board?
MR. MOREY: Absolutely.
CHAIRMAN HENNING: Okay.
So the proposal is adopt the resolution for internal operating
procedures to supplement Chapter 12D-9 of the Florida Administration
(sic) Code.
Is there questions on that?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN HENNING: Is there a motion?
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER DONALDS: So moved.
CHAIRMAN HENNING: Is there a second?
CITIZEN MEMBER POTEET: Second.
CHAIRMAN HENNING: All if favor of the motion, signify by
saying aye.
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER DONALDS: Aye.
CITIZEN MEMBER POTEET: Aye.
CHAIRMAN HENNING: Aye.
CITIZEN MEMBER EARNEY: Aye.
Opposed?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN HENNING: Motion carries unanimously.
MR. MOREY: Next issue which comes up thankfully not too
often, but good cause determinations. There are two circumstances.
The process is very much one of, well, it's dependent on statute and it's
time sensitive. So from the date that the TRIM notice is sent out,
there's a certain number of days, 25 days, you must file the petition.
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You have the ability -- petitioners have the ability to ask for a
rescheduling of their hearing once they're granted a hearing. They can
reschedule one time for no reason. Any further rescheduling requires a
determination of good cause.
The good cause again kind of defined in the statute, defined in
case law and it would be things completely beyond their control:
Family emergencies, natural disasters, the things you would think of
that's completely beyond somebody's control.
In the past what we've done is the board has recommended and
approved to designate legal counsel to make the good cause
determinations as for late filed petitions, and to allow the VAB Clerk
and designee to determine the good cause for second hearing
rescheduling. Because all of that information is handled through the
Clerk's Office, so it makes sense for efficiency to have them.
So those are two recommendations that you can vote on and
approve today.
CHAIRMAN HENNING: And that's the -- and that's your
recommendation is to adopt that policy?
MR. MOREY: Yes. It's worked in the past. It's pretty efficient.
CHAIRMAN HENNING: Any questions?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN HENNING: Entertain a motion.
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER DONALDS: So moved.
CITIZEN MEMBER POTEET: Second.
CHAIRMAN HENNING: All in favor of the motion, signify by
saying aye.
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER DONALDS: Aye.
CITIZEN MEMBER POTEET: Aye.
CHAIRMAN HENNING: Aye.
CITIZEN MEMBER EARNEY: Aye.
Opposed?
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(No response.)
CHAIRMAN HENNING: Motion carries unanimously.
Now the next one is recommendation to adopt a fee resolution.
MR. MOREY: Yes.
CHAIRMAN HENNING: $15.
MR. MOREY: $15. That is -- that's the most that we -- that's
what the statute allows.
CHAIRMAN HENNING: Yeah.
MR. MOREY: And we will talk a little later about the cost of the
process and you'll see that maybe the legislature will revisit that at
some point. But that's what we have to deal with today.
CHAIRMAN HENNING: I'll make that motion that we adopt the
resolution.
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER DONALDS: Second.
CHAIRMAN HENNING: Motion and second. Question on the
motion?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN HENNING: Seeing none, all in favor of the
motion, signify by saying aye.
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER DONALDS: Aye.
CITIZEN MEMBER POTEET: Aye.
CHAIRMAN HENNING: Aye.
CITIZEN MEMBER EARNEY: Aye.
Opposed?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN HENNING: Motion carries unanimously.
MR. MOREY: Okay, reference materials. We have with us today
-- all of these materials that I will cite are in here and available, but I'll
just mention them as well for the public.
So as Mr. Henning did mention, this board is -- needs to adhere to
Sunshine regulations. And the Government in the Sunshine Manual,
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there is a manual on the subject and it's available at
www.myflsunshine.com. It's also available on the Collier Clerk's
website, www.collierclerk.com.
The Uniform Policies and Procedures Manual, we have that
available for you today.
That is also -- that's available at the Department of Revenue,
Florida Department of Revenue website. And that is
dor.myflorida.com/dor/property/vab. And/or you can find it also at the
Clerk's website, Collier County Clerk's website.
What else do we have? Rule Chapter 12D -- so all references to
Florida Administrative Code is available on line. I have both the
Department of Revenue and Collier Clerk.
Any information bulletins regarding taxpayers Florida property
tax system, the Value Adjustment Board process and property
brochure, again, all available at the Department of Revenue's website.
Next on the agenda is the expense report. That's Item F on the
agenda. It's Item 10.F and it's the breakdown of the expense report for
the year. This is the 2014 Value Adjustment Board expenses. I'll give
you just a quick synopsis. There were 385 petitions received by the
deadline, seven good cause reviews, for a total of 392 petitions.
It's a little deceiving, the number, because if we talk about some
of the numbers later in terms of historical, that was probably low for a
five or six-year period. That was probably the low. But many of those
petitions involve contiguous parcels which can be submitted in a single
petition. One petition could be multiple parcels.
And there's a breakdown here of all of the costs, the time spent in
preparation to schedule hearings, the software maintenance,
advertising cost to publish hearings and meetings. The magistrates'
time is captured in this. All the staff preparation, processing, legal fees
for the VAB, everything. And I'll just give you the quick breakdown.
So the total expenses, the aggregate total expense of 2014 Value
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Adjustment Board process, which would be from June, 2014 to May of
2015, is $51,516.19. So that was the expense.
What's received? What is received is the total money received
from the petitions. So the total amount of money received from the
petitioners for the filing fees were $6,350. So it left a $45,166.19
shortage.
And according to Florida statute two-fifths of that amount --
two-fifths should be borne by the school board, three-fifths by the
county commission. And therefore $18,066.48 should be borne by the
school board, and $27,099.71 would be borne by the county
commission.
That's a summary of the expense report.
CHAIRMAN HENNING: You know, I've -- not very many
states have this process, which is very laborious, and the checks and
balances for the public or the taxpayers to question their government
on the charges of taxes that they are bound by. And there's somebody
there to -- actually two bodies, one is the special magistrate and this
board to hear the petition to see if there's any adjustments that need to
be made to the valuation of their property. So I -- I mean, I commend
the State of Florida for doing so.
MR. MOREY: I absolutely agree. Many states don't have this
system set up. It becomes much more of an adversarial process. And
many times there's an administrative process like this set up it's and if
you don't like it, it goes to court, and it becomes very adversarial, it
becomes very expensive, time and resources and taxing on the court.
So I agree, I think it's a good fair system.
Dates of importance. The TRIM notice is expected to be mailed
August 14th, 2015. That's the target date.
If the August 14th date is the date, then the deadline to file
petitions would be Tuesday, September 8th, 2015 by 5:00 p.m. So to
get them in. That's 25 days, according to Florida statute after the
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TRIM notice is mailed.
The next proposed regular meeting of this body of the VAB is
Monday, October 5th, which would be a meeting to be held just prior
to the schedule -- the hearings would be going into process at that time.
The magistrates' hearing would begin in October and generally go
through January, depending on the number and volume. There will be
more dates if necessary.
And the anticipated final VAB meeting for the year, which would
be to ratify the decisions of the magistrate and kind of wrap things up,
the proposed date is Monday, March 14th, 2016 at 9:00 a.m.
And next would be if there's anyone here that wanted to make
public comment.
CHAIRMAN HENNING: Any public comment? Mr. Skinner,
any words of wisdom?
MR. SKINNER: No, sir, I left them at home.
CHAIRMAN HENNING: Board member comments.
Mr. Poteet?
CITIZEN MEMBER POTEET: The March 14th date just
happens to fall in the middle of the spring break for all --
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER DONALDS: Yeah, I won't be
here during then.
CITIZEN MEMBER POTEET: -- schools.
We may want to reschedule.
MR. MOREY: We can do that. Again, these are proposed. So I
will make sure that the board clerk is aware that that may be a difficult
day in terms of availability. I certainly want to have a quorum, so I
can mention if that can get moved before or after.
CITIZEN MEMBER POTEET: My son wants a bring break.
MR. MOREY: I'm sure he --
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER DONALDS: I'm booked. Gone.
And I would imagine, because we canceled our meeting that week as
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well, so even my backup may not be available either, so --
MR. MOREY: Thank you for mentioning that. We will work on
that.
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER DONALDS: Thanks, Bill.
MR. MOREY: And then in our October meeting we can solidify
the date. Thank you.
CHAIRMAN HENNING: Erika, do you have anything?
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER DONALDS: I do not, thank you.
CHAIRMAN HENNING: I do want to welcome you to this
board and thank you for your public service.
Rebecca, come to find out we're neighbors.
CITIZEN MEMBER EARNEY: Yes.
CHAIRMAN HENNING: Live in the same community.
Actually see each other out there walking, exercising.
I read your resume'. You have an extensive background. Well,
you come from the military.
CITIZEN MEMBER EARNEY: Yes.
CHAIRMAN HENNING: From what branch?
CITIZEN MEMBER EARNEY: The Army Reserves. 35 years
with the Army Reserves.
CHAIRMAN HENNING: 35? Well, thank you for your service.
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER DONALDS: Yes, thank you.
CHAIRMAN HENNING: Any comments, questions?
CITIZEN MEMBER EARNEY: Not at this time, thank you.
CHAIRMAN HENNING: Okay. Do we need a motion to
adjourn?
MR. MOREY: Adjourn Sine Die to the proposed October 5th
date.
CHAIRMAN HENNING: Is it Sine Die?
MR. MOREY: Yes.
CHAIRMAN HENNING: Sine Die for the organizational
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meeting. Reconvene October 5th, 2015. We're adjourned.
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There being no further business for the good of the County, the
meeting was adjourned by order of the Chair at 9:32 a.m.
VALUE ADJUSTMENT BOARD
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ATTEST:
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Transcript prepared on behalf of Gregory Court Reporting,
Incorporated by Cherie' R. Nottingham, CSR.
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