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r SEP 15 1993 <br />Boa 9Q pnr 591 <br />Chairman Bird announced that this concludes the budget process <br />for this year and thanked the members of the public who had <br />participated in the last two public hearings. He especially wished <br />to thank Administrator Chandler and OMB Director Baird and their <br />excellent staffs for all their efforts in preparing the budget <br />package. <br />Chairman Bird asked if anyone wished to speak before he closed <br />the Public Hearing. <br />Gerri Smith, 1321 White Heron Lane, asked what the bottom line <br />is to the taxpayers of the county, and Administrator Chandler <br />advised that the total amount of $1,156,000 results in a reduction <br />from the first budget hearing of $.22 per thousand of assessed <br />value. <br />Mrs. Smith believed that the reduction of $.22 per thousand <br />amounted to just coffee money. She wondered if the County <br />Commissioners were getting a tax break because she didn't think <br />they understood the seriousness of people facing higher and more <br />taxes with less income. Mrs. Smith believed we must stop trying to <br />be all things to all people. Using the federal capital gains tax <br />as an example, Mrs. Smith expounded on the oppressive taxes being <br />levied against taxpayers from federal taxes down to county taxes. <br />She urged the Board to get serious. <br />Bill Wolfe suggested that the Board take several steps during <br />the next year in order to keep from increasing the budget any <br />further. He advocated a freeze on hiring, having less government <br />because people don't need to be taken care of from the cradle to <br />the grave, and standing up to state mandates. <br />Robert Haas, 2254 5th Court SE, requested that the Board <br />publish a calendar giving the dates and times of all meetings <br />pertaining to the budget process, and OMB Director Joe Baird <br />explained that sometime in April we put out a calendar showing the <br />dates of the procedures and the dates and time for the budget <br />workshops held in the second or third week of July. He suggested <br />Mr. Haas contact him in early April so that we can send him the <br />calendar. <br />Shelly Rodonback, noted that Brevard County reduced _their <br />taxes this year and suggested that the Commissioners find out how <br />they did it so that we can have a tax reduction in -Indian River <br />County next year. <br />43 <br />