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OCT 21980 <br />Bou <br />4-4, <br />;,PAGE 706 <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT <br />COMMENTED TO THOSE PRESENT <br />THAT <br />SOME <br />PEOPLE APPARENTLY FEEL IT IS MANDATORY THAT THEY ATTEND THIS MEETING. <br />HE EXPLAINED THAT ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK AT THIS HEARING WILL <br />BE WELCOME, BUT IT IS NOT MANDATORY TO ATTEND. THE CHAIRMAN THEN <br />INTRODUCED FINANCE OFFICER BARTON. <br />MR. BARTON DISCUSSED THE GENERAL FUND. HE ANNOUNCED THAT <br />THE TOTAL DOLLARS IN THE GENERAL FUND HAVE NOT CHANGED. THERE WAS, <br />HOWEVER, ONE LINE TO LINE ITEM TRANSFERRED FROM CONTINGENCY TO THE <br />STATE ATTORNEYS BUDGET IN THE AMOUNT OF $6,250 AS APPROVED AT THE <br />LAST COMMISSION MEETING, BUT THIS DOES NOT CHANGE THE TOTAL DOLLARS <br />OF THE BUDGET. THE ROLLED BACK MILLAGE IS FOR THE THREE AREAS FOR <br />GENERAL COUNTY GOVERNMENT THAT WILL BE ASSESSED BY THE BOARD OF <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. MR. BARTON EXPLAINED THAT ROLLED BACK MILLAGE <br />IS THIS YEAR S ASSESSED VALUE DIVIDED INTO THE NUMBER OF DOLLARS WE <br />RECEIVED LAST YEAR. HE STATED THAT FOR THE GENERAL FUND, THE <br />TRANSPORTATION FUND AND THE GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND ISSUE of 1959, <br />THE PROPOSED MILLAGE ASSESSMENT IS A DECREASE OF 22.5% OVER LAST <br />YEAR, AND THE PROPOSED MILLAGES FOR THOSE FUNDS ARE AS FOLLOWS; <br />GENERAL FUND 3.30239 <br />TRANSPORTATION FUND 0.00001 <br />'59 OBLIGATION BOND ISSUE 0.04239 <br />TOTAL 3.34479 <br />THOSE THREE MILLAGES ARE THE ONES THAT WILL BE ASSESSED COUNTYWIDE <br />TO EVERY PARCEL OF LAND. MR, BARTON EXPLAINED THAT THE DECREASE IN <br />THE GENERAL FUND IS DUE TO SOME SWITCHING OF FUNDS AND SOME SPECIAL <br />DISTRICTS THAT HAVE BEEN CREATED. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT ASKED THE ATTORNEY IF WE ADOPT THE MILLAGE <br />INDIVIDUALLY FOR EACH OF THESE FUNDS, AND ATTORNEY COLLINS FELT THE <br />MILLAGES CAN ALL BE READ AND ADOPTED IN ONE MOTION AT THE POINT WHEN <br />THE BOARD IS READY TO ADOPT THEM. <br />