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BOOK 44 PAGE 726 <br />ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT THEIR TAXES WILL BE UNTIL AFTER THE FINAL ROLL <br />COMES OUT, AND STATED THAT HE ALSO HAS A LOT OF SYMPATHY WITH <br />PROPERTY APPRAISER LAW AND WHAT HE HAS TO GO THROUGH THIS YEAR. <br />SYLVIA KESINGER, OF DATE PALM ROAD, INFORMED THE BOARD THAT <br />SHE IS A RELATIVELY NEW MEMBER OF THE COUNTY ALTHOUGH SHE IS A <br />NATIVE OF FLORIDA. SHE STATED THAT SHE WAS EXPERIENCED IN INTER- <br />GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL SO SHE DOES HAVE SOME <br />BACKGROUND. SHE STATED THAT SHE HAS MIXED EMOTIONS AND WOULD LIKE <br />TO ASK SOME PARTICULAR QUESTIONS. FIRST, MS. KESINGER ASKED WHAT <br />WAS THE PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL INCREASE IN THE COUNTY'S BUDGET - NOT <br />THE DOLLARS, BUT THE PERCENTAGE. <br />FINANCE OFFICER BARTON NOTED THAT WE HAVE FIVE NEW DISTRICTS <br />THIS YEAR, AND MS. KESINGER REITERATED THAT SHE WANTED THE TOTAL <br />INCREASE, NOT IN DOLLARS, BUT PERCENTAGES. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT FELT THAT WHAT MS, KESINGER IS ASKING IS <br />IN REGARD TO THE DOLLARS SPENT LAST YEAR BY THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT <br />COMPARED TO THE DOLLARS TO BE SPENT THIS YEAR. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE ASKED WHAT DISTRICT MS. KESINGER WAS <br />TALKING ABOUT, AND SHE REPLIED - THE TOTAL COUNTY BUDGET, <br />ATTORNEY COLLINS ASKED IF SHE MEANT INCLUDING THE CITY OF <br />VERO BEACH, AND MR. KESINGER STATED THAT SHE IS TALKING ABOUT THE <br />BUDGET THE BOARD IS PROPOSING - WHAT THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR. <br />SHE FELT SURELY THE BOARD MUST KNOW THE INCREASE FROM ONE YEAR TO <br />THE NEXT, <br />FINANCE OFFICER BARTON NOTED THAT IT IS NOT THE SAME APPLES <br />AND ORANGES. YOU ARE NOT COMPARING LIKE ENTITIES. HE CONTINUED THAT <br />IN OUR TOTAL BUDGET IN SOME OF THE FUNDS THERE ARE NO TAX DOLLARS AT <br />ALL; WE HAVE A FOUR MILLION DOLLAR CONSTRUCTION PROJECT GOING ON = <br />THE NEW ADMINISTRATION CENTER, AND THAT'S ALL FROM A BOND ISSUE THAT <br />IS PLEDGED REVENUE FROM THE STATE; SO, WHEN YOU ADD THIS TOGETHER <br />YOU CAN MAKE THE NUMBER ANYTHING YOU WANT. <br />MS, KESINGER STATED IN THAT CASE SHE WOULD ADDRESS ONE OR <br />TWO SPECIFIC ITEMS, AND ASKED WHY THERE IS A MAJOR INCREASE IN THE <br />CITY OF VERO BEACH TAXES. <br />22 <br />