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� - r MR. THOMPSON REITERATED THAT HIS QUESTION WAS HOW MUCH ADDED TAX AND HOW MUCH ADDED REVENUE CAN WE EXPECT FROM NEW THINGS THAT WERENIT TAXED LAST YEAR AND ARE NEW TO THE AREA. HE REALIZED WE HAVE TO PAY MORE, BUT POINTED OUT THAT WE DO HAVE ADDITIONAL REVENUES. FINANCE OFFICER BARTON STATED THAT THE NEW CONSTRUCTION FROM 1979 WAS 87-I/2 MILLION, AND THIS ONLY REPRESENTS 6% OF THE TOTAL. MR. THOMPSON STATED YOU ARE BRINGING IN A NEW 6%, AND HOW MUCH MORE TAX ARE YOU ASKING FOR. MR. BARTON POINTED OUT THAT THERE ARE MANY DISTRICTS AND HE DOES NOT HAVE A BREAKDOWN WHERE THE NEW CONSTRUCTION IS. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT FELT THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION IS THAT THE NEW 6% WONT BRING THE TAXES DOWN BECAUSE THE RATE OF INFLATION IS IN DOUBLE DIGITS, AND PARTICULARLY BECAUSE THE COUNTY OPERATION USES A LOT OF OIL BASED SUPPLIES. HE CONTINUED THAT WE IMPACT THE TAXPAYER IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA MORE THIS YEAR THAN WE EVER WILL AGAIN. A GREAT PORTION OF THOSE THINGS SUPPORTED BY A TAX BASE BY ALL THE COUNTY IN THE PAST NOW ARE BEING SUPPORTED SOLELY BY THE UNINCORPORATED AREA, AND THAT WAS BROUGHT ABOUT BY SUPREME COURT DECISIONS. FINANCE OFFICER BARTON DISCUSSED DIVISION OF THE ROAD SYSTEM, NOTHING THAT WE HAVE BASICALLY 512 MILES OF ROADS, 111 MILES OF WHICH WERE HANDED BACK TO US BY THE STATE DURING THE LAST YEAR FOR US TO MAINTAIN AND KEEP WITH NO ADDITIONAL FUNDING; IN FACT, LESS THAN WE HAVE HAD IN THE PAST. ON THESE ARE ALL THE BRIDGES, AND WE MUST MAINTAIN AND INSPECT THOSE BRIDGES. THE INSPECTION FEES FOR WABASSO BRIDGE ALONE WERE AROUND $80,000. MR. THOMPSON REITERATED HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL IS BEING ASKED IN TAXES THIS YEAR IN TOTAL TAX DOLLARS? MR. BARTON STATED THAT THE TOTAL TAX INCLUDING ALL DISTRICTS NEWLY CREATED UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE COUNTY COMMISSION WOULD BE $8,700,000; LAST YEAR IT WAS ABOUT $5,000,000. HE POINTED OUT 13 �QOK 44 PAcf 717 OCT 2 1980