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JAN 91900 6009 -42 PAGE 456 MR. LAW FELT HE WOULD HAVE TO FOLLOW THE D.O.R. GUIDELINES VERY CLOSELY, COMMISSIONER LOY ASKED IF THE D.O.R. WILL GUARANTEE THAT IF YOU GO BY THEIR GUIDELINES, YOU WILL BE AT 100% AND WILL GET AN APPROVED ROLL, AND MR. LAW STATED HYPOTHETICALLY YES. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT WAS OF THE OPINION THAT SOME COUNTIES WILL FOLLOW THESE. GUIDELINES AND SOME WON T, AND WE AGAIN WILL COME OUT HIGHER AND OUR TAXPAYERS WILL SUFFER. MR. LAW COMMENTED THAT SOME OF THE LARGE COUNTIES, WHICH ARE FULLY AUTOMATED AND CAN JUST PLUG THESE FIGURES IN, ARE GOING AHEAD FULL SPEED WITH THE RE-EVALUATION. HE FELT THERE IS TOO MUCH GOING ON, AND PROPERTY APPRAISERS ARE SAYING IF I DO IT, EVERYONE ELSE IS GOING TO HAVE TO DO IT, OR I WILL SUE. COMMISSIONER LYONS ASKED WHETHER IT MIGHT BE TO OUR ADVANTAGE TO HAVE A HIGHER EVALUATION, ASSUMING THAT IF WE DO HAVE A HIGHER VALUA- TION THAN OTHER COUNTIES, WE WOULD GET A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF REVENUE SHARING WHICH MIGHT HELP US REDUCE OUR TOTAL TAX BURDEN. COORDINATOR THOMAS STATED THAT IT WOULD NOT NECESSARILY HELP BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE A REVERSE AFFECT ON THE SCHOOL SYSTEM WHICH GETS LESS AS THE VALUATION GOES UP. HE FURTHER NOTED THAT ONE OF OUR BIGGEST SOURCES OF REVENUE COMES FROM GAS TAXES WHICH ARE BASED, NOT ON PRICE, BUT ON GALLONS OF GAS; SO, IT WOULD HAVE NO AFFECT ON THAT. IT WOULD, HOWEVER, PUT THE FEDERAL AND STATE REVENUE SHARING UPWARD. COMMISSIONER WODTKE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT OUR LEGISLA- TIVE DELEGATION IS GOING TO BE IN THE COUNTY NEXT MONDAY AT CITY HALL AT 9:00 A.M., AND HE URGED THAT THE BOARD MEMBERS AND MR. LAW ATTEND THEIR MEETING BECAUSE HE FELT THE LEGISLATURE IS GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT THIS WHOLE SITUATION. HE CONTINUED THAT WITH THE PROCESS MR. LAW HAS GONE THROUGH THESE LAST YEARS, HE COULD NOT SEE GOING THROUGH THIS AGAIN AND WOULD CERTAINLY LIKE TO SUPPORT MR. LAWS POSITION ABOUT RE-EVALUATION. 40