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OCT '71980 44 PACE 799 <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT NOTED THAT THERE ARE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE <br />PRESENT WHO WERE NOT AT THE PREVIOUS BUDGET HEARINGS, AND HE WISHED <br />TO GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK IF THEY DESIRED. <br />GLEN SCHOONOVER OF 17 STARFISH DRIVE CAME BEFORE THE BOARD <br />AND STATED THAT HE FELT THAT A 26-1/2% INCREASE IN TAXES IS JUST TOO <br />MUCH, HE REALIZED THAT IT IS PASSED NOW BUT HE FELT THE PUBLIC <br />CANNOT STAND THESE TYPES OF INCREASES AND WE SEEM TO SEE MORE AND <br />MORE OF THEM.. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT POINTED OUT TO MR. SCHOONOVER THAT SINCE <br />HE DOES LIVE WITHIN THE CITY OF VERO BEACH, HIS INCREASE WOULD NOT <br />BE ANYWHERE NEAR 26%. <br />FINANCE OFFICER BARTON EXPLAINED THAT THE TRIM NOTICE THAT <br />CAME FROM THE PROPERTY APPRAISER WAS INTENTIONALLY OVERSTATED BECAUSE <br />YOU COULD ADVERTISE AND ROLL BACK WITHOUT HAVING TO SEND OUT A <br />FURTHER NOTICE, AND THIS NOTICE HAD TO BE SENT OUT BEFORE THE VOTE <br />ON THE SOUTH COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT. THE AMOUNT FOR THE FIRE DISTRICT, <br />THEREFORE, WAS DOUBLE STATED. HE NOTED THAT THE CITY OF VERO BEACH <br />DROPPED THEIR MILLAGE BACK WHEN THE FIRE DISTRICT PASSED. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT INFORMED MR. SCHOONOVER THAT THE MILLAGE <br />LEVIED BY THIS BOARD TO ANY RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF VERO BEACH IS <br />A VERY, VERY SMALL PERCENTAGE INCREASE. HE POINTED OUT, HOWEVER, THAT <br />WE CAN T ADDRESS THE TAXES LEVIED BY THE OTHER TAXING BODIES - THE <br />SCHOOL BOARD, ETC. <br />MR. SCHOONOVER NOTED THAT HE IS NEW TO THIS AREA AND WISHED <br />TO KNOW HOW A PERSON CAN LEARN HOW BEST TO APPROACH THE SITUATION <br />AND WHETHER YOU WOULD HAVE TO ATTEND EACH SESSION EACH ENTITY HOLDS. <br />HE STATED THAT HE CAME TO THE OCTOBER 2ND MEETING, BUT NOT HAVING ANY <br />FIGURES TO WORK FROM OR A BASIS TO ANALYZE, HE WAS TOTALLY CONFUSED. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT COMMENTED THAT SINCE MR. SCHOONOVER ATTENDED <br />THE LAST MEETING, HE DID NOT WISH TO BE REPETITIOUS. HE SUGGESTED <br />THAT IF ANY CITIZEN WISHED TO SEE WHERE THEIR TAX DOLLARS ARE BEING <br />SPENT, THAT THEY GO TO THE FINANCE OFFICE AND FIND OUT WHAT THE PER- <br />CENTAGE INCREASES WERE FOR EACH AND EVERY DEPARTMENT; THEN PICK OUT <br />