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