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ATTORNEY COLLINS NOTED THAT THERE WILL BE A RESIGNATION AND AN APPOINTMENT TO THE PROPERTY APPRAISAL :ADJUSTMENT BOARD NEXT MONDAY, AUGUST 28, 1978, AND HE SUGGESTED THAT THE CHAIRMAN MAKE THIS APPOINTMENT NOW SO THAT IT WILL BE REFLECTED IN THE COMMISSION MINUTES. CHAIRMAN WODTKE THEREUPON APPOINTED COMMISSIONER DEESON TO REPLACE COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER ON THE PROPERTY APPRAISAL ADJUSTMENT BOARD AS OF MONDAY, AUGUST 28, 1978, ATTORNEY COLLINS SPOKE OF PETITIONS RECEIVED ,FROM THE TOWN OF INDIAN RIVER SHORES IN REGARD TO DUAL TAXATION AND STATED THAT HE FEELS THE INDEPENDENT MUNICIPALITIES ARE ENTITLED TO SOME SPECIFIC INFORMATION AND THAT THE COURTY IS GOING TO HAVE TO PROVIDE IT. ATTORNEY COLLINS POINTED OUT THAT FINANCE OFFICER BARTON DOES NOT HAVE THE TIME TO SPEND ON THIS AND SUGGESTED THAT THE COUNTY HIRE AN ADVISOR TO ASSIMILATE THIS INFORMATION FOR THE MUNICIPALITIES, PARTICULARLY THE TOWN OF INDIAN'RIVER SHORES. COMMISSIONER SIEBERT FELT THAT WE NEED AN EXTENSION OF TIME TO ANgWF,R, AND'THE ATTORNEY AGREED THAT WE SHOULD ASK INDIAN RIVER SHORES FOR AN EXTENSION, BUT THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE COUNTY PROCEED WITH HIRING SOMEONE WITH EXPERIENCE IN PUTTING TOGETHER SUCH INFORMATION. ON MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER DEESON, THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY AUTHORIZED THE HIRING OF SOMEONE WITH THE EXPERIENCE NECESSARY TO ASSIMILATE THE INFORMATION IN REGARD TO DUAL TAXATION DESIRED BY THE MUNICIPALITIES. CHAIRMAN WODTKE WILL WRITE THE TOWN OF INDIAN RIVER SHORES REQUESTING AN EXTENSION OF TIME. COMMISSIONER DEESON ASKED IF THE TOWN OF SEBASTIAW COULD BE ADVISED OF THE ACTION WE ARE TAKING, AND THE BOARD AGREED THIS COULD BE DONE. ATTORNEY COLLINS INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE HAS HEARD FROM SEVERAL SOURCES THAT THE PRESIDENT OF INDIAN RIVER UTILITIES AND TREASURE COAST UTILITIES, LOWELL LOHMAN, HAS LEFT THE COUNTY. THE 55 111