VAB Minutes 03/06/2017 March 6, 2017
TRANSCRIPT OF THE MEETING OF THE
VALUE ADJUSTMENT BOARD
Naples, Florida, March 6, 2017
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: Penny Taylor, BCC Member
Rebecca Earney, Homestead Citizen Member
Erick Carter, School Board Member
Nace Cohen, Business Citizen Member
ALSO PRESENT:
James Morey, Esq., Counsel to the Board
Abe Skinner, Property Appraiser
Jeep Quinby, Property Appraiser's Office
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COLLIER COUNTY VALUE ADJUSTMENT BOARD
MEETING AGENDA
MARCH 6, 2017 @ 9:00 am
Board of County Commission Chambers
Collier County Government Complex
3299 Tamiami Trail East, 3rd Floor
Naples, FL 34112
VAB Members and Alternates:
Penny Taylor, VAB Chairwoman (BCC, District 4)
Donna Fiala, VAB Vice-Chairman (BCC, District 1)
Erick Carter (Collier County School Board, District 4)
Nace Cohen (Business Citizen Member)
Rebecca Earney (Homestead Citizen Member)
Shawn Khan, MD, MBA (Alternate Homestead Citizen Member)
1. Pledge of Allegiance and Roll Call/Quorum
2. Introduction & Overview of the VAB
A. Introduction and overview of the Value Adjustment Board by James Morey
—Legal Counsel to the Collier County Value Adjustment Board (VAB)
3. Agenda and Minutes
A. Approval of today's agenda
B. Approval/Acceptance of Minutes from October 10, 2016 VAB meeting
4. General Business Discussion
A. Selection of Independent Legal Services (Counsel) for
Value Adjustment Board (VAB)
Applicants/Proposers (RFP 17-7046) for the position are:
• NAME OF ATTORNEY/FIRM
• NAME OF ATTORNEY/FIRM
• NAME OF ATTORNEY/FIRM
The VAB will be acting as the Final Selection Committee.
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(Rhonda Burns and/or Brenda Brilhart, Procurement Specialists, will be
present to answer any questions regarding the RFP).
B. Status Report of RFPs for Special Magistrates for the 2017 VAB
1) Applicants for Real Property Appraiser Special Magistrate
(RFP 17-7047) — Commercial & Residential
2) Applicants for Tangible Personal Property Appraiser Special
Magistrate (RFP 17-7047)
3) Applicants for Attorney Special Magistrate (RFP 17-7048)
C. Updates from the Department of Revenue and/or the Current Session of
the Florida Legislature affecting VAB
1) Department of Revenue
(a) Adopted Rule Changes (authorized to file and certify)
(b) Adopted Form Changes (effective January 9, 2017)
2) Florida Legislative Session (2017) Proposed Bills
(a) HB 279 / SB 390 "Reimbursement of Certain Taxes"
(b) HB 289 / SB 226 "Property Taxes"
(c) HB 455 / SB 764 "Tax Exemptions for First Responders and
Surviving Spouses"
5. Public Comment
6. Adoption of Special Magistrates' Recommendations for 2016 VAB
• Homestead Petitions
• Other Legal Determination Petitions
• Portability Transfer Petitions
• Exemption/Classification Petitions
• Tangible Personal Property
• Tax Petitions: Residential and Commercial
7. Adoption of Certification of the Value Adjustment Board —Tangible Personal
Property
8. Adoption of Certification of the Value Adjustment Board —Real Property
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9. Set date for 2017 VAB Organizational Meeting:
Monday, August 7, 2017 at 9:00 am (Tentative)
10. Sine Die
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March 6, 2017
COMMISSIONER TAYLOR: Good morning. Good morning,
everyone. It's a beautiful morning, and the first Monday in March; is
that correct? Yes, it is.
MR. MOREY: I think so.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Yeah, yeah. So shall we stand and say
the Pledge of Allegiance.
(The Pledge of Allegiance was recited in unison.)
MR. MOREY: If I could, good morning. For the record,
Attorney James Morey, Counsel to the VAB. I'm with the law firm of
Bond, Schoeneck & King, and I'd like to begin with a roll call. Just
please indicate you're present.
Commissioner Penny Taylor.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Present.
MR. MOREY: School Board Member Erick Carter.
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER CARTER: Present.
MR. MOREY: Business Citizen Member, Nace Cohen?
BUSINESS MEMBER COHEN: Present.
MR. MOREY: And citizen member the for homestead
exemption, Rebecca Earney.
HOMESTEAD MEMBER EARNEY: Present.
MR. MOREY: All right. Thank you. We do have a quorum.
Thank you.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Thank you.
MR. MOREY: Also present with us is the Property Appraiser,
Mr. Abe Skinner.
MR. SKINNER: Hi.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: And from the Property Appraiser's
Office, Jeep Quinby.
MR. QUINBY: Good morning.
MR. MOREY: We also have a gentleman from the procurement
office that will be speaking with you shortly.
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So just a brief introduction and overview of the VAB process.
We do this each time. And, in short, the Board's role is very important;
it's one of oversight and compliance.
In counties where you have a population greater than 70,000, this
is truly oversight and compliance. The hearings and the petitions are
heard in counties of that size by magistrates appointed by the Board.
The magistrates hear everything, assure that the taxpayer is
afforded the right of redress, to have their concerns heard with timely
filed petitions.
When a decision is made by the magistrate, it's boiled down to a
written decision; they have findings of fact, conclusions of law,
whether the petition's granted or denied, and whether or not there will
be an adjustment to the just value and then subsequently to any
assessed value.
The Board appoints the magistrates. The Clerk to the Board -- by
the way, the Clerk's Office does a fantastic job, Patricia Morgan, in
particular, and her staff, putting this all together. And you appoint the
magistrates, the hearings are scheduled, all of the decision are
gathered, boiled down, and, ultimately, you approve those magistrate --
adopt the magistrates' decisions. So it's crucial. That's kind of an
overview of the role.
In terms of the first action item today, we're to ask you to review
and approve today's agenda.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Are there any changes or additions to
this agenda?
MR. MOREY: No changes. We will be hearing some comment
on the RFP process.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: All right. Do I hear a motion to
approve?
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER CARTER: Motion.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Make a motion to approve. I'll second
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it.
All those in favor?
HOMESTEAD MEMBER EARNEY: Aye.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Aye.
BUSINESS MEMBER COHEN: Aye.
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER CARTER: Aye.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Those opposed, like sign.
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: It carries unanimously. Thank you.
MR. MOREY: The next action item, under 3B on the agenda, is
the approval -- acceptance of the minutes from the October 10th, 2016,
meeting. And we're accepting them into the record.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: "Accepting" is much better than
"approving" because some of these folks weren't here, so I appreciate
that.
MR. MOREY: Correct, yes.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: That's a very important -- that's a very
important note.
So do I hear a motion to accept the minutes from October 10th,
2016?
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER CARTER: I motion.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Do I hear a second?
HOMESTEAD MEMBER EARNEY: Second.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: All those in favor?
HOMESTEAD MEMBER EARNEY: Aye.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Aye.
BUSINESS MEMBER COHEN: Aye.
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER CARTER: Aye.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Those opposed, like sign.
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: It carries unanimously.
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MR. MOREY: Okay. Next, some general business discussion.
And first, under 4A, selection of independent legal services, as the
gentleman's coming to the podium.
So one of the requirements for the VAB process is at all times for
the Board to have an independent legal counsel, not county employee,
outside independent legal counsel. And currently there is a contract
that is through the end of May. It's the 27th or 28th of May. So before
that lapses and to provide continuity of representation, there's an RFP
process, and I'll turn it over.
MR. COYMAN: Yes. Good morning. My name is Ted Coyman.
I'm Director of Procurement Services for the county.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: And I'd like to just add that we are very
pleased that Mr. Coyman is now with us. He comes from a little bit
further up the coast, I believe Sarasota area.
MR. COYMAN: Sarasota County, correct.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: And he is such a welcomed addition to
our government here. And we know his name isn't Rhonda Burns or
Brenda Brilhart, so I'm delighted you're here, sir, Mr. Coyman.
MR. COYMAN: Thank you very much. I'm excited to be here.
I wanted to give the Board an update on where the Procurement
Office stands on the solicitation for legal counsel for the Value
Adjustment Board. The solicitation is still currently being evaluated,
and because the Board does not normally reconvene until August, what
I want to ask is if the Board would be willing to hold a special meeting
in the month of April to hear the recommendation from the
Procurement Office on the award of that service.
We did check with staff, and there are two available dates in the
month of April. They're both Mondays. This would be April 3rd and
April 17th, and I was asked to remind you that April 17th is the
Monday immediately after Easter.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Easter Monday.
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MR. COYMAN: So that might be a challenge.
So I would need some direction on the willingness to meet,
perhaps, on April 3rd.
HOMESTEAD MEMBER EARNEY: I'm not going to be here in
April or May.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: We would still have a quorum; is that
correct?
MR. MOREY: We would need a quorum, yeah, just a quorum of
three members of the board, and it must -- you three -- the remaining
three members would be a quorum.
BUSINESS MEMBER COHEN: I'm available both days.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Well, I hope Sherry's listening, because
I'm pretty sure I'm okay. In fact, I should just check, but I'm pretty sure
I'm okay. Are we all right?
BUSINESS MEMBER COHEN: I'm fine.
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER CARTER: I think April 3rd may
be better, considering it's a holiday.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Let's make it April 3rd. Yep.
MR. COYMAN: All right. We will do that. The reason for this is
also, Mr. Morey indicated that the current contract to provide legal
counsel expires on May 28th. So we need to have the next agreement
in place prior to that expiration date.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. I have a FAC conference then,
but I'm not sure that I need to be in on that Monday. Just in case I do --
but I don't think I do. But just in case I do, would it be possible to start
a little bit earlier on that Monday? Would that be objectionable to
anyone?
BUSINESS MEMBER COHEN: That's fine with me.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Terri, you're all right with that?
THE COURT REPORTER: Yes.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Maybe we could start maybe at 8:30, if
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that would be appropriate; is that all right?
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER CARTER: It's okay with me.
BUSINESS MEMBER COHEN: Fine.
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER CARTER: Yeah, I'm good. Yep.
HOMESTEAD MEMBER EARNEY: I won't be here.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: You won't be here. All right. So we'll
start -- so I will confirm. And so do you need a motion, Mr. Coyman?
MR. COYMAN: I believe the Board would need to make a
motion, yes.
MR. MOREY: To convene a special meeting.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. I'd like to move that we convene
a special meeting on April the 3rd at 8:30 a.m. in these chambers to
confirm, I'm assuming, the selection of independent legal services.
MR. COYMAN: Yes.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Do we have a second?
BUSINESS MEMBER COHEN: I'll second that motion.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. Any other discussion?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: All those in favor?
HOMESTEAD MEMBER EARNEY: Aye.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Aye.
BUSINESS MEMBER COHEN: Aye.
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER CARTER: Aye.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Those opposed, like sign.
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: It carries unanimously.
MR. COYMAN: Thank you very much.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Thank you very much.
MR. MOREY: Okay. Agenda Item 4B, which is the status report
for RFPs for special magistrates for the 2017 VAB cycle. So the RFPs
are, in fact, out. They're listed there. It's applications for the real
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property appraiser, special magistrate, tangible personal property
appraiser, special magistrate, and attorney special magistrate.
RFP #17-7047 is for appraiser special magistrates, and the
attorney special magistrate is RFP #17-7048. So they are pending, and
I suspect at the organizational meeting in August that the -- you will be
presented with some selections from the results of those RFPs.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Mr. Morey?
MR. MOREY: Yes.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Do we have to renew this on an annual
basis?
MR. MOREY: Excellent question. Ordinarily the contracts are --
ordinarily, it's a two-year contract with a potential renewal term. And
it's just a good idea every couple of years to go through the process.
There's, you know, preference to have some maybe local magistrates,
and so a couple of years ago the Board kind of made it their pleasure
that we review it every couple years.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. That's fine.
MR. MOREY: Yeah.
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER CARTER: Mr. Morris (sic), I
have a question as well. When -- do we have a date in August yet
when that's going to be?
MR. MOREY: We may.
HOMESTEAD MEMBER EARNEY: August 7th.
MR. MOREY: August 7th.
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER CARTER: Thank you.
MR. MOREY: You're welcome.
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER CARTER: I assume that will be
in the morning again?
MR. MOREY: Yes, it will be 9 a.m., and that is a Monday.
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER CARTER: Thank you.
MR. MOREY: You're welcome.
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So that's Item B. 4C, which is updates from the Department of
Revenue or the current legislative session affecting anything that we
do here. The Department of Revenue adopted a rule change and
adopted some form changes. In all honesty, nothing really earth
shattering affecting our process. It really is kind of form -- form
changes.
The legislative session, there are three things pending. If it gets all
the way through the session, they would be -- it would become
effective July 1. The three changes are: There's -- first, there's a
proposal to reimburse certain taxes with respect to folks that suffered
hurricane damages in 2016 and rendered their homes uninhabitable or
if it was motor homes for sale being destroyed. So there's -- there is
pending legislation to offer some reimbursement to those folks
affected.
Property taxes: There are some proposed changes to delinquency
status and being able to claim adverse possession, for example, and
there are some other technical things that are pending.
And, again, they have to make it through all the proper
committees. And exactly where they are at the moment, I'm not sure.
If they become effective, it would be July 1. If they do become
effective, we'll give you a summary in the August meeting.
And, finally, tax exemptions for first responders and surviving
spouses of first responders. This is something that's also pending. So
some additional exemptions for those folks.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay.
MR. MOREY: Five, and which is typical, we don't have too
many members of the public here, but it's public comment if anybody
would like to comment. I don't see anyone in the audience, which is
fairly typical.
So next, next is the adoption of the special magistrates'
recommendations for 2016. In August we typically go through a
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complete recap of the total number of petitions filed, the total number
heard, late filed petitions. We'll kind of give you all those statistics
with a complete recap.
But suffice it to say there are 136 magistrate decisions, so there
were 136 petitions which boiled down to an ultimate magistrate
decision. And you had a chance to -- I'm sure you had a wonderful,
good time reviewing all the decisions, but that is something that I'm
supposed to do and review, and the primary thing is I'm looking to
make sure -- the role of the counsel is to make sure that they're in
writing, there are finding of facts, there's a conclusion of law, and it's
in the proper form. Really, form or substance. We're not
second-guessing anyone's decision. And all of these are in the proper
form.
So we should go through each category, and there are six
categories: Homestead petitions; other legal determination petitions;
portability transfer petitions; exemption and classification petitions;
tangible personal property; and tax adjustment petitions, residential
and commercial.
So we should go through each category and ask that the Board
adopt the magistrate's decisions in that category.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: All right. We'll start?
MR. MOREY: Sure. So the first one would be homestead
petitions. We would ask that you adopt the magistrate's decisions with
respect to homestead petitions.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Do I hear a motion to adopt the
magistrate's decisions?
BUSINESS MEMBER COHEN: Want to go ahead and make the
motion?
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER CARTER: You make it.
BUSINESS MEMBER COHEN: I'll motion to go ahead and
adopt the magistrate's decisions, yes.
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CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: And second?
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER CARTER: I'll second.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: All those in favor?
HOMESTEAD MEMBER EARNEY: Aye.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Aye.
BUSINESS MEMBER COHEN: Aye.
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER CARTER: Aye.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Those opposed, like sign.
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: It carries unanimously. Thank you.
MR. MOREY: The next category is other legal determination
petitions.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Do I hear a motion?
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER CARTER: I motion to adopt
other legal determination decisions by the magistrate.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: I'll second that.
All those in favor?
HOMESTEAD MEMBER EARNEY: Aye.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Aye.
BUSINESS MEMBER COHEN: Aye.
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER CARTER: Aye.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Those opposed, like sign.
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: It carries unanimously.
MR. MOREY: Next category, portability transfer petitions.
CHAIRWOMAN FIALA: I'll make a motion to adopt the
portability and transfer petitions.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Do I hear a second?
BUSINESS MEMBER COHEN: I'll second that.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: All those -- any other discussion?
(No response.)
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CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: All those in favor?
HOMESTEAD MEMBER EARNEY: Aye.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Aye.
BUSINESS MEMBER COHEN: Aye.
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER CARTER: Aye.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Those opposed, like sign.
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: It carries unanimously. Thank you.
MR. MOREY: And the next category would be exemption and
classification petitions. Ask that you adopt the magistrate's
recommendation with respect to those classifications.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Do I hear a motion?
CHAIRWOMAN FIALA: Motion to adopt the
exemptions/classification petitions.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Second?
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER CARTER: I second.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: All those in favor?
HOMESTEAD MEMBER EARNEY: Aye.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Aye.
BUSINESS MEMBER COHEN: Aye.
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER CARTER: Aye.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Those opposed, like sign.
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: It carries unanimously.
MR. MOREY: Next would be to adopt the special magistrate's
recommendations with respect to tangible personal property petitions.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Is there a motion?
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER CARTER: I'll motion to adopt
tangible property.
HOMESTEAD MEMBER EARNEY: Second.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Any other discussion?
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(No response.)
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: All those in favor?
HOMESTEAD MEMBER EARNEY: Aye.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Aye.
BUSINESS MEMBER COHEN: Aye.
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER CARTER: Aye.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Those opposed, like sign.
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: It carries unanimously. Thank you.
MR. MOREY: And finally is the tax related -- ad valorem tax
petitions with respect to residential and commercial properties
adopting the special magistrate's recommendations.
BUSINESS MEMBER COHEN: I'll make a motion to adopt the
tax petitions, residential and commercial, the magistrate's decisions.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Do I hear a second?
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER CARTER: I'll second.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Any other discussion?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: All those in favor?
HOMESTEAD MEMBER EARNEY: Aye.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Aye.
BUSINESS MEMBER COHEN: Aye.
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER CARTER: Aye.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Those opposed, like sign.
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: It carries unanimously. Thank you.
MR. MOREY: Okay. I'm putting my commas in the correct
place, because the next two items are to adopt the value -- certification
of values with respect to tangible personal property and real property,
and as I said, I have to work backwards.
Okay. The first one is tangible personal property. So we would
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ask the Board to certify the -- this is approval of the assessment role for
the tangible personal property, and here are the figures: The taxable
value of tangible personal property of the assessment role as submitted
by the Property Appraiser to the VAB is $1,806,886,462. There was no
net change as a result of the VAB process. So the final value would be
$1,806,868,462.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Any discussion?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: All right. Hearing none, do I have a
motion to accept the certification?
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER CARTER: I motion to accept the
certification.
HOMESTEAD MEMBER EARNEY: Second.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: All those in favor, say aye.
HOMESTEAD MEMBER EARNEY: Aye.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Aye.
BUSINESS MEMBER NACE COHEN: Aye.
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER CARTER: Aye.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Those opposed, like sign.
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: It carries unanimously.
MR. MOREY: Okay. Next is real property. So we would ask that
the Board certify the value of real property as submitted by the
Property Appraiser to the Value Adjustment Board, and I will read the
starting value and then the final value as adjusted by this process.
The starting value was $75,313,323,370. As a result of this
process, there was a downward adjustment of$4,918,653, and the final
assessment $75,308,404,717.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Mr. Morey?
MR. MOREY: Yes.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: I would assume that the downward
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adjustment had to do with changes that we've-- it says according to the
Board, so there have been some adjustments in the taxable value of
folks' property?
MR. MOREY: Yes, ma'am. Through that 136 petitions, some --
there were some granting of adjustments, and as a result of
adjustments.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: All right. Good. All right. Any other
questions or discussion?
BUSINESS MEMBER COHEN: Well, I would imagine that
type of reduction isn't really going to put a dent in the budget to a
detrimental?
MR. MOREY: It's still a large tax base. I certainly welcome any
comments, and it's not --
MR. SKINNER: As far as the budget, affecting the budget when
you lower that, it would be minimal. It would be so -- we're dealing
with, what, $75 billion --
MR. MOREY: Yes, sir.
MR. SKINNER: -- taxable value, which was about 102 billion
just value. So it's such a large figure there, and the amount that was
changed is so small.
MR. MOREY: Okay.
MR. SKINNER: You wouldn't hardly notice it.
BUSINESS MEMBER COHEN: I would image so, yes.
MR. SKINNER: Small; a billion.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Extraordinary.
BUSINESS MEMBER COHEN: Amazing, yeah.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Any other questions?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Discussion?
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Do I hear a motion to approve the
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certification for real property?
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER CARTER: I'll motion to approve
it.
BUSINESS MEMBER COHEN: I second that motion.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: All those in favor, say aye.
HOMESTEAD MEMBER EARNEY: Aye.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Aye.
BUSINESS MEMBER NACE COHEN: Aye.
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER CARTER: Aye.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Those opposed, like sign.
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: It carries unanimously. Thank you.
MR. MOREY: And so we do have an organizational meeting for
informational purposes set for Monday, August 7th, 2017, at 9 a.m.
That is tentative. If there are any changes, we'll certainly let everybody
know, but that's the current plan. But in No. 10, we should actually
adjourn with the next planned meeting April 3rd.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Then we can discuss the organizational
meeting at that time, right?
MR. MOREY: Correct. April 3rd at 8:30 a.m.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Thank you.
BUSINESS MEMBER COHEN: 8:30 on April 3rd, right?
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Luckily it's not April Fools.
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER CARTER: That's right.
MR. MOREY: That would be fortuitous, yeah.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. So I think we need a motion. Do
we need a motion? I would think --
MR. MOREY: A motion, sure.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Do I have --
BUSINESS MEMBER COHEN: Let's go ahead and have a
motion to hold the special meeting on April 3rd, 8:30 a.m., here in the
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same chambers.
MR. MOREY: And otherwise adjourn?
BUSINESS MEMBER COHEN: And adjourn.
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER CARTER: I second that motion.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: All right. At which time we'll discuss
the date of the organizational meeting. Okay.
BUSINESS MEMBER COHEN: Yes.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Okay. All right, any discussion?
(No response.)
HOMESTEAD MEMBER EARNEY: Not from me.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Hearing none, well done; well done,
my colleagues. And may I hear a motion to adjourn. Do we have one?
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER CARTER: I motion to adjourn.
BUSINESS MEMBER COHEN: I second that.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: All those in favor?
HOMESTEAD MEMBER EARNEY: Aye.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Aye.
BUSINESS MEMBER NACE COHEN: Aye.
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER CARTER: Aye.
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: Those opposed, like sign.
(No response.)
CHAIRMAN TAYLOR: We're adjourned. Thank you.
*****
There being no further business for the good of the County, the
meeting was adjourned by order of the Chair at 9:24 a.m.
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March 6, 2017
VALUEADJUSTMENT BOARD
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DWIGHT E. BROCK, CLERK
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These minutes approved by the Board on `1 `o(7 as presented
or as corrected
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