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03/16/1981
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�, 7 s - .• .;w a �-�-* m� _ <br />DISCUSSION CONTINUED AS -TO THE EFFECT OF ADJUSTMENT OF <br />THESE INEQUITIES ON THE REVENUES TO BE COLLECTED, AND MR. NOLTE WAS <br />OF THE OPINION THAT IF THE VALUES WERE ROLLED BACK TO MAKE THEM <br />EQUITABLE, THE COUNTY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO COLLECT THE MONIES NEEDED <br />TO RUN THE COUNTY AND MEET THE BUDGETS. HE FURTHER NOTED THAT WITH <br />THE NEW HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION LAW, MOST OF THE LOW PRICED PROPERTY HAS <br />COME OFF THE TAX ROLLS, WHICH IS ANOTHER REASON PEOPLE WITH HIGHER <br />PRICED PROPERTY ARE SEEING THEIR TAXES GO UP CONSIDERABLY. IT IS <br />A VERY UNUSUAL SITUATION, AND THERE HAVE BEEN MASSIVE SHIFTS IN THE <br />TAX BURDEN IN THIS COUNTY AND THE STATE. <br />COMMISSIONER WODTKE ASKED HOW THE SCHOOL BOARD CAN FINALIZE <br />THEIR BUDGET ON THE 1.5 MILLION FIGURE WHEN THE COUNTY PROVIDED THEM <br />THE TENTATIVE ROLL FIGURE OF 1.2 MILLION. <br />DR BURNS, SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, COMMENTED THAT THE <br />DOR ESTIMATE OF THE TAX ROLL IS WHAT THEY WERE FIRST TOLD TO BUDGET <br />ON, OR 1.5 MILLION; THIS IS WHAT THE STATE SAID THE ASSESSMENTS WOULD <br />BE. THEY DID THIS STATEWIDE, AND THE LEGISLATURE SET A MILLAGE OF <br />4.804 AND THEN THE SCHOOL BOARD COULD GO UP TO 1.6 ON LOCAL DISCRE- <br />TIONARY MILLAGE. DR. BURNS NOTED THAT THE ADOPTION OF THE INTERIM <br />ROLL IS WHAT REALLY MESSED UP THE SCHOOL BOARD BECAUSE 1.6 TIMES <br />WHAT THE ROLL SHOULD HAVE BEEN IS A LOT MORE MONEY THAN 1.6 TIMES <br />1.2 MILLION; SO, THEY LOST $87,000 OF MONEY THAT WAS LEGITIMATELY <br />THEIRS IN THE FIRST PLACE. HE EXPLAINED THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD <br />MILLAGE HAS TO ROLL BACK TO THE 1.2 MILLION; THEY DON'T GET ANY <br />MORE; HOWEVER, THE STATE MILLAGE STAYS THE SAME. DR. BURNS COMMENTED <br />THAT IF THE CIRCUIT COURT .JUDGE STAYED WITH THE INTERIM ROLL, THERE <br />IS NO DOUBT IN HIS MIND THAT THE DOR WOULD SUE TO MAKE THIS COUNTY <br />GO BACK TO A REALISTIC ROLL SO THAT STATE COULD GET THE MONEY THAT <br />WAS PROJECTED TO BEGIN WITH BECAUSE fN BROWARD COUNTY ALONE, THE <br />STATE WOULD BE PASSING UP MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IF THEY <br />DIDN'T FORCE THE ISSUE. HE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT THE EXTRA FUNDS <br />RAISED FROM THE REASSESSMENT WILL GO TO THE STATE, AND THE LOCAL <br />SCHOOL BOARD WON'T GET A DIME. <br />30 <br />
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