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COMMISSIONER SIEBERT STATED THAT HE HAS RECEIVED A REQUEST, AS CHAIRMAN OF THE PROPERTY APPRAISAL ADJUSTMENT BOARD, THAT THE TWO MEMBERS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD BE COMPENSATED ON A PER DIEM BASIS FOR SITTING ON THAT BOARD. HE STATED THAT HE DOES NOT FEEL THIS REQUEST IS OUT OF LINE BECAUSE OF THE TIME THEY PUT IN ON IT, BUT HE WOULD LIKE SOME DISCUSSION ON THE MATTER, HE NOTED THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS ARE PAID ONLY $300 A MONTH, AND THEY SPENT A GREAT DEAL OF TIME ON THE PROPERTY APPRAISAL ADJUSTMENT BOARD. HE FURTHER NOTED THAT IF WE AGREE ON THIS, THE COSTS ARE SPLIT BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE SCHOOL BOARD-- 3/5 TO 2/5, ATTORNEY COLLINS STATED THAT HIS FEELING IS THAT THE COMMISSIONERS PUT IN AS MUCH TIME AS THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, AND HE FELT THE COMPENSATION SHOULD BE UNIFORM, THIS WAS A COMPLETELY OVERTIME SITUATION AND WENT LATE AT.NIGHT MANY TIMES. HE SAW NO REASON WHY COMPENSATION SHOULD NOT BE PROVIDED, AND NOTED THAT THE STATE HAS GUIDELINES AS TO THE COMPENSATION AVAILABLE, MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER SIEBERT THAT THE MEMBERS OF THE PROPERTY APPRAISAL ADJUSTMENT BOARD BE COMPENSATED AS PROVIDED BY LAW, HE STATED THAT HE WOULD GIVE HIS COMPENSATION TO THE fly," COMMISSIONER SCHMUCKER NOTED THAT IF SERVING ON THIS BOARD CONTINUES TO BE AS INVOLVED AND AS LENGTHY AS IT WAS THIS TIME, IT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO GET PEOPLE TO SERVE. COMMISSIONER LOY FELT BOTH AREAS SHOULD BE COMPENSATED. 9 CHAIRMAN WODTKE STATED THAT BEFORE HE COULD VOTE FOR THE MOTION, HE WOULD WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE COMPENSATION WOULD BE, COMMISSIONER SIEBERT STATED THAT SINCE THE MOTION HAD NOT RECEIVED A SECOND, HE WOULD WITHDRAW IT UNTIL HE CAN RESEARCH THIS FURTHER WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, THE BOARD THEN DISCUSSED THE LARGE AMOUNT OF TIME SPENT ON 1 PROPERTY APPRAISAL ADJUSTMENT BOARD MATTERS BY THE ATTORNEY, AND. COMMISSIONER Loy COMMENTED THAT THIS JOB WENT WAY BEYOND WHAT IS �a COVERED IN THE ATTORNEY'S REGULAR DUTIES. ('* 26 t- Fr- SEP 0 6 1978 u