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OCT 21980 B -bo .44 Pacf 708 CHAIRMAN SIEBERT REPEATED THAT THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMIS- SIONERS IS HAVING HEARINGS AS IT RELATES TO TAXES - NOT THE ASSESS- MENTS. A GENTLEMAN IN THE AUDIENCE INQUIRED WHY THEY WERE TOLD TO COME HERE BY THE PROPERTY APPRAISER'S OFFICE. PROPERTY APPRAISER LAW CAME BEFORE THE BOARD AND FELT THAT PEOPLE ARE GETTING A LITTLE CONFUSED AS TO WHAT THEY ACTUALLY WERE TOLD. HE CONTINUED THAT THE INSTRUCTIONS FROM HIS OFFICE WERE THAT IF SOMEONE CALLED ABOUT THE VALUE OF THE APPRAISAL, THEY WERE TOLD THE PROPERTY APPRAISER WOULD REVIEW IT, BUT IF THE CALLER COMPLAINED ABOUT TAXES, THEY WERE REFERRED TO THIS MEETING TO TALK ABOUT TAXES, DISCUSSION FOLLOWED ABOUT THE TELEPHONE NUMBERS CALLED, AND COMMISSIONER LOY ASKED THAT THE RECORD SHOW THAT THE TRIM NOTICE, WHICH WAS PUT ON US BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA, REQUIRED THAT THE NUMBERS TO CALL WERE THOSE OF THE PROPERTY APPRAISER AND THE TAX COLLECTOR. SHE NOTED THAT THE TAX COLLECTOR'S OFFICE IS NOT KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT THIS PROCEDURE, AND IT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN HANDLED BY HIS OFFICE. CLIFFORD FERGUSON,OF 4368 33RD AVENUE, INQUIRED IF YOU DON'T PAY TAXES ACCORDING TO THE VALUE OF YOUR PROPERTY. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT STATED THAT IT IS A COMBINATION OF TWO FACTORS; THE PROPERTY APPRAISER PLACES THE VALUE, AND THE MILLAGE RATE APPLIED TO THE PROPERTY VALUE IS THE COMBINATION THAT DETERMINES YOUR TAX. THE BOARD TAKES THE VALUES SET BY THE PROPERTY APPRAISER AND APPLIES A MILLAGE RATE TO THEM SUFFICIENT TO SUPPORT OUR BUDGET.., THIS BOARD SETS THE TAX RATE. HUGH THOMPSON, 645 BEACHLAND BOULEVARD, FELT IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL TO THOSE PRESENT IN GENERAL IF WE REALLY HAD A BASIC UNDERSTANDING. HE STATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A GENERAL PICTURE OF WHAT IS GOING ON - I.E., HERE IS WHAT THE TAX WAS LAST YEAR AND HERE IS THE INCREASE WE ARE GOING TO HAVE. HE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE CALLED THE OFFICES LISTED AND COULD NOT GET CORRECT INFORMATION. CHAIRMAN SIEBERT STATED THAT HE COULD UNDERSTAND THE PUBLIC'S PROBLEMS, PARTICULARLY BECAUSE HE CANNOT READ THE TRIM NOTICE EITHER.