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=I Chairman emphasized that the key to the increase is the reduction in the traditional sources of revenue and the law enforcement problem. He believed that new growth is being addressed through impact and user fees. The Chairman opened the public hearing on the funds reviewed by the OMB Director and asked if anyone present wished to be heard. Sam Coleman, 1456 Wynn Cove Dr., felt that $100,000 more for the Property Appraiser is absolutely ridiculous, and he asked if he understood the Board to say that they are not in agreement with his budget.. Chairman Scurlock advised that the Board asked the Property Appraiser to go along with their recommended salary raises but he chose not to. Mr. Coleman noted that he has been unhappy with his assessments; he can seldom get action from the Property Appraiser; and he certainly cannot see why he needs more money for his office. He requested that the Board reduce his budget. - Chairman Scurlock explained that the Constitutional Officers are independent of the Board, and in order to change the Property Appraiser's budget, we would have to appeal to the Gover-nor and Cabinet. The guidelines of what we can do are basically set by the Legislature. If we did move to a charter form of government, we could do some things differently. Commissioner Lyons noted that if you tried to run a business the way the county is set up, you would fail because we have no control over some of the people who are included in our budget. Commissioner Wodtke confirmed that actually we only have the right to say yes or no to about 32% of what is in our budget. This year the Clerk decided to go back to being a fee officer. She collects fees for recordings, filing, court costs, etc., and can function under those fee structures and can establish salaries, personnel policies, etc. The Property Appraiser is entitled to a fee for every piece of property he appraises, and 13 BOOK U5 Frig 6