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ATTORNEY COLLINS DISCUSSED BILLING FIGURES FROM THE 1973 TAX <br />ROLL PREPARED BY THE PROPERTY APPRAISER. HE NOTED THAT THE TOTAL EXCESS <br />FEES AMOUNT TO $146,078.71, OF WHICH THE COUNTY IS ENTITLED TO RECEIVE <br />$143,124.56 AND THE SCHOOL BOARD $2,954.15, IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THIS <br />AMOUNT, THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MUST FIRST PAY IN COMMISSIONS <br />AMOUNTING TO $94,920.15. ATTORNEY COLLINS CONTINUED THAT AT THE PRESENT <br />TIME THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT AND THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ARE THE <br />ONLY TAILING DISTRICTS THAT HAVE NOT PAID IN THE COMMISSIONS THAT ARE DUE. <br />AND POINTED OUT THAT THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT OWES A COMMISSION BUT IS NOT <br />ENTITLED TO ANY REFUND. HE RAISED THE QUESTION OF WHETHER ANY OF THE <br />MONEY PAID IN MIGHT BE USED BY THE CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICER FOR HIS OWN <br />OFFICE.AND EQUIPMENT, ETC, <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE SUGGESTED A MOTION BE MADE TO PAY THE <br />COMMISSION DUE WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE COUNTY WILL RECEIVE THE <br />EXCESS FEES BASED UPON THE SUMMARY SHEET AS PRESENTED BY THE PROPERTY <br />APPRAISER. <br />DISCUSSION FOLLOWED IN REGARD TO SETTING A TIME RESTRICTION, <br />AND IT WAS DECIDED -TO CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION .AFTER RECESSING FOR LUNCH <br />AND TO ASK THE PROPERTY APPRAISER TO APPEAR. <br />THE BOARD THEN RECESSED AT 12:00 O'CLOCK NOON AND RECONVENED <br />AT 1:30 O'CLOCK P. M. <br />' HOMER FLETCHER, PROPERTY APPRAISER, APPEARED AND INFORMED THE <br />BOARD THAT THE COMMISSIONS UNDER DISCUSSION ARE DUE TO BE COLLECTED, <br />AND UNDER THE STATUTE THE EXCESS IS RETURNABLE TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />AND THE SCHOOL BOARD. HE STATED THAT IN THIS INSTANCE, HE IS MERELY <br />= ACTING AS AN ESCROW AGENT BECAUSE THE FUNDS ARE NOT NECESSARY FOR THE <br />OPERATION OF HIS OFFICE AND SAID THAT HE THOUGHT THE BOARD WOULD BE <br />DILATORY IN THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES IF THEY DID NOT INSIST UPON COLLECTING <br />THE EXCESS FEES, MR. FLETCHER POINTED OUT, HOWEVER, THAT HE COULD NOT <br />t, y <br />PAY BACK THESE EXCESS FEES UNTIL HE HAS COLLECTED THE COMMISSIONS DUE FROM <br />THE HOSPITAL DISTRICT, AS WELL AS FROM THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />AND THUS FELT THE PROPOSED MOTION WOULD BE UNWISE. <br />33 <br />i <br />F <br />