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COMMISSIONER SIEBERT NOTED THAT COUNTY RESIDENTS WILL NOT <br />BE THE ONES PAYING THIS TAX AND ASKED IF MR. PALMER DID NOT FEEL <br />THE VISITORS SHOULD PARTICIPATE BY HELPING TO PAY FOR FACILITIES <br />THAT WILL MAKE THEIR STAY MORE ENJOYABLE. <br />MR. PALMER STATED THAT HE DOES NOT FEEL TAXES ARE <br />NECESSARY TO GENERATE IMPROVEMENTS. <br />COMMISSIONER SIEBERT STATED THAT HE DID NOT KNOW OF ANY <br />OTHER WAY TO GENERATE MONEY FOR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS BESIDES AN AD <br />VALOREM TAX, AND MR. PALMER POINTED OUT THAT,AT LEAST,IS A MORE <br />VISIBLE TAX. <br />STATE REPRESENTATIVE DALE PATCHETT INFORMED THE BOARD <br />THAT IF OWNERS CURRENTLY PAY SALES TAX ON A RESIDENCE THEY RENT, <br />THEY WILL HAVE TO PAY THE TOURIST DEVELOPMENT TAX ALSO, HE <br />SUGGESTED THAT IT MIGHT BE BETTER TO PUT THIS ISSUE ON THE BALLOT <br />IN NOVEMBER RATHER THAN SEPTEMBER TO GET A TRUER REFLECTION OF THE <br />VOTER9' OPINION. REPRESENTATIVE PATCHETT INFORMED THE BOARD THAT <br />IN SOME OTHER COUNTYS, THEIR COLLECTIONS ARE RUNNING WAY AHEAD OF <br />THEIR PROJECTIONS, AND SUGGESTED THE BOARD CONSIDER GOING BACK TO <br />1% AND APPROACHING THIS MORE SLOWLY. <br />MRS. BEULAH LAW.. A MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE THAT IS GOING <br />TO MAKE A REPORT TO THE TAXPAYERS ASSOCIATION, STATED THAT SHE <br />PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE AT LEAST 75% OF THESE FUNDS GO TO <br />FACILITIES RATHER THAN ADVERTISING AND WOULD LIKE TO SEE AMBERSAND <br />BEACH INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET. <br />WILLIAM KOOLAGE, INTERESTED CITIZEN, ASKED IF THE <br />PERCENTAGES SHOWN IN THE BUDGET WILL HOLD FOR THE LIFE OF THE <br />ORDINANCE,AND COMMISSIONER SIEBERT STATED THAT IT IS A TWO-YEAR <br />BUGET. <br />MR. KOOLAGE POINTED OUT THAT IN TWO YEARS YOU COULD HAVE <br />AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT ALLOCATION WHICH MIGHT BE TOTALLY DIRECTED <br />TOWARDS ATTRACTING TOURISTS. HE STATED HE REALIZES THAT THIS IS A <br />TAX ON TOURISTS, BUT ALL WE DO IS 'TAX -TAX -TAX.` HE QUESTIONED A <br />FIGURE OF $$0,000 FOR A WALKWAY ALONG THE RIVER AND FELT THAT MOST <br />PEOPLE DONT WANT MORE TOURISTS SUMMER OR WINTER. MR. KOOLAGE <br />CONTINUED THAT ALTHOUGH THIS IS A TAX ON TOURISTS, IT IS NOT <br />51 <br />.MYfY �D�y�/•pl` til. <br />JUL 19 1978 . <br />