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MAR 251981 '' BOOK HE DID NOT THINK ANYONE KNEW HOW THE LAW WOULD ACT; THE SCHOOL BOARD WAS THE FIRST TO DISCOVER THEY WERE BEING HURT BY THE INTERIM ROLL WHICH WAS ESTIMATED GREATLY IN EXCESS OF THE ACTUAL TAX ROLL. COMMISSIONER WODTKE POINTED OUT THAT IF THE BOARD HAD NOT CHOSEN TO GO WITH THE INTERIM ROLL,'THE SCHOOL BOARD WOULD HAVE HAD NO FUNDS. HE STATED THAT HE HAS BEEN ENLIGHTENED BY WHAT HE HAS HEARD TODAY, AND IT ALL SEEMS TO COME DOWN TO THE POINT THAT WE DID NOT KNOW WHAT WE WERE DOING; THE STATE DID NOT KNOW WHAT THEY WERE DOING; AND THE TAXPAYERS WERE LESS INFORMED THAN WE WERE. COMMISSIONER WODTKE SUGGESTED THAT DIRECT CONTACT BE MADE WITH THE COUNTIES WHO HAVE BEEN OPERATING ON AN INTERIM ROLL TO SEE WHAT THEIR POSITION IS GOING TO BE. HE COMMENTED THAT IF THE DOR HAS MADE A MISTAKE IN THEIR ESTIMATES, HE FELT THEY SHOULD BE THE ONES TO ABSORB IT. CHAIRMAN LYONS STATED THAT HE WILL CALL THE CHAIRMEN OF THE COUNTIES INVOLVED IN INTERIM ROLLS. HE FELT IT IS APPARENT OUR WHOLE ACTION WAS PREDICATED ON A ROLL THAT WAS DEFECTIVE. THE BOARD DISCUSSED VARIOUS ALTERNATIVES, AND CHAIRMAN LYONS SUGGESTED THAT WE JUST ROLL BACK THE 4.504 MANDATED BY THE STATE FOR THE SCHOOL TAX AND LET THE STATE SUE US IF THEY WANT MORE. COMMIS- SIONER FLETCHER AGREED. 11 AFTER FURTHER DISCUSSION, IT WAS AGREED THAT WE DO NEED ADDITIONAL INPUT FROM THE OTHER COUNTIES INVOLVED TO DETERMINE IF WE CAN DO SOMETHING COLLECTIVELY AND THAT THE CHAIRMAN SHOULD CONTACT THEM. DR. BURNS ASSURED THE COMMISSION THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD WANTS TO WORK WITH'THEM AND WILL GIVE CONSIDERATION TO WHATEVER THE COUNTY COMMISSION WANTS TO DO. _PRELIMINARY PLAT APPROVAL - TIMBERWOO,p ESTATES SUBDV, C THE BOARD REVIEWED A MEMO FROM THE ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE PRELIMINARY PLAT OF TIMBERWOOD ESTATES SUBDIVISION, AS FOLLOWS: