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OCT 21980 aaaK 44 PACE 739 <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE LIKENED THE BOARD'S SITUATION TO A <br />BASEBALL TEAM ENDING BASEBALL SEASON AND GOING INTO THE WORLD SERIES <br />WITH A WHOLE NEW SET OF RULES. HE INFORMED MR. MOONEY THAT THE <br />BOARD HAS FIVE YEARS OF BACK-UP INFORMATION TO LOOK AT WHEN THEY GO <br />INTO BUDGET SESSIONS. THIS YEAR THE BOARD HAS HAD TO TRY TO BREAK <br />IT DOWN INTO DIFFERENT PARTS, AND IT IS VERY CONFUSING AND TO TRACE <br />WHERE A TAX DOLLAR ACTUALLY GOES, IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE. <br />IN FURTHER DISCUSSION, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT MR. MOONEY'S <br />BUSINESS IS IN THE COUNTY, NOT THE CITY, AND COMMISSIONER WODTKE <br />EXPLAINED THAT THIS YEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE UNINCORPORATED AREAS <br />WOULD HAVE TO PAY A MAJOR CHUNK OF THE SHERIFF'S BUDGET, ROAD & <br />BRIDGE, AND FOR THE FIRST TIME A NEW FIRE DISTRICT. HE CONTINUED <br />TO EXPLAIN HOW THIS WOULD WORK OUT FOR THE UNINCORPORATED AREA AND <br />FURTHER NOTED THAT YOU ALSO MUST LOOK AT THE SCHOOL TAX. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT FELT THAT MOST HOMEOWNERS. WILL END UP <br />ABOUT THE SAME OR POSSIBLY EVEN LESS BECAUSE OF THE NEW HOMESTEAD <br />EXEMPTION, BUT COMMISSIONER WODTKE DISAGREED. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT WAS OF THE OPINION THAT IF YOU OWN A <br />BUSINESS, VACANT LAND, AGRICULTURAL LAND OR RENTAL LAND, YOU WILL <br />GET AN ADDITIONAL BILL AFTER JANUARY, AND THOSE THAT OWN RESIDENTIAL <br />HE FELT WILL GET A REFUND IF HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION GOES THROUGH. HE <br />NOTED THAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE TOTAL TAX BILL. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE POINTED OUT THAT WAS ANOTHER GOOD <br />EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO BE VOTED ON NEXT WEEK THAT WILL <br />AFFECT THE TAX BILL. <br />MR. MOONEY STATED THAT HE APPRECIATED THE CHANCE TO COME <br />BEFORE THE BOARD, BUT BASED ON THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO HIM NOW, <br />HE WOULD RECOMMEND THE BUDGET NOT BE ADOPTED. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT INFORMED HIM THAT THIS IS ONLY THE FIRST <br />PUBLIC HEARING, AND THERE WILL BE ANOTHER ONE NEXT TUESDAY EVENING. <br />MARYANN CONROY, OF 730 CAMELIA LANE, INFORMED THE .BOARD <br />THAT HER TAXES DOUBLED AFTER SHE GOT HER $I0,000 EXEMPTION. HER <br />HOUSE IS ALMOST 30 YEARS OLD AND SHE FELT THERE SHOULD BE SOME <br />LeJ <br />