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Board of County Commissioners Draft Meeting Minutes November 15, 2022 8.H. 2023 Oblique Aerial Imagery Contract Approved staffs recommendation 9. CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICERS and GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES 9.A. IRC Tax Collector Annual Report Indian River County Tax Collector Carole Jean Jordan thanked Chairman O'Bryan for his service to the County and for the magnificent job he has done serving as County Commissioner. She also thanked County Administrator Jason Brown for his service to the County and for being a great County Administrator and Rich Szpyrka for always coming to the aid of the Tax Collector's Office especially with the current office renovations. Ms. Jordan went over a list of improvements by the Tax Collector's Office: installation of a new customer service system for appointments, new dealer locker delivery and pick-up systems, a new learning management system to track employee training and create in house training modules for new hires, elimination of physical fax machines and switched over to eFax software, implementation of Grant Street electronic insurance module which would allow an individual to renew their registration online when insurance was required, increase in starting pay to $15.00 per hour for Customer Service Representatives, and early collection of the 2021 Tax Roll on the 26th of October allowed the Tax Collector's Office to send money to the taxing districts. Two customer service stations were added to the Beach Office location and seven customer service stations at the Main Office location, with hopes in the near future to open up a office location in Fellsmere. She concluded with Specialty license plate request fillable forms and purchase portals were added to the Tax Collector's online payment website. Ms. Jordan thanked her staff and recognized Jordan Abbey, Brad Newman, Eder Morales, Dan Baker, Danny McCormick, Ryan Kasten, and Adria Espich. Ms. Jordan presented a check for $2,221,710.19 and received thanks from the Board. A motion was made by Commissioner Adams, seconded by Commissioner Flescher, to accept the Annual Fiscal Report for the Tax Collector's Office for the Year Ended September 30, 2022. The motion carried by the following vote: Aye: 5 - Chairman O'Bryan, Vice Chairman Earman, Commissioner Adams, Commissioner Flescher, and Commissioner Moss 9.B. IRC Property Appraiser Annual Report Indian River County Property Appraiser Wesley Davis announced a return of $205,748.50 to the taxpayers and credited his staff for getting the tax roll submitted Indian River County Florida f?ge 4