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ON MOTION by Commissioner Macht, <br />SECONDED by Commissioner Tippin, the Board <br />unanimously approved the payment of the $25,000 <br />to the Coalition for the Homeless, as requested. <br />13.E. COMMISSIONER JOHN W. TIPPIN - COUNTY <br />TOURIST TAX <br />The Board reviewed a proposed ordinance and Commissioner Tippin advised that this <br />request is simply to set a public hearing for the ordinance. <br />Discussion ensued regarding alternatives and items submitted to the Board just prior <br />to a meeting with no adequate time for review. <br />Tax Collector Karl Zimmermann explained that the software to collect that tax is from <br />Seminole County and has been operational in Seminole County for 6 or 7 years. It bears no <br />relation to the recently developed software which had caused many of the prior problems. <br />He had discussed the matter with a number of other tax collector's offices and was told that <br />no audit function is necessary. The Department of Revenue has not audited this tax at all <br />except in conjunction with a sales tax audit. Also, the software has the ability to follow up <br />the payments. He does not have anyone on his payroll at this time to handle this £unction, <br />but there is no prohibition to hiring a contract employee for that particular responsibility, <br />which would be considered a parttime position due the confidential information involved. <br />Assistant CountyAdministrator Joe Baird advised thathe had originallyworried about <br />the audit function because local collecting involves some liability. However, he did believe <br />that in the long run it would be better to collect the taxes locally. Also he had been <br />concerned about the ability of the software to handle 2 taxing districts but that has been <br />checked and there are no problems with that. <br />MAY 099 2000 <br />-67- <br />J 1, PAGE . <br />