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The increase for this year of $45,885 or 43.7%. This would have been a 100% increase had <br />there not been a change in the office of Property Appraiser David Nolte, about which he felt <br />the Commissioners had a hand. An increase of $113,000 in the taxes of Countryside North <br />caused M.H.C. to engage a representative to petition the Value Adjustment Board. Their <br />reduction went down to $17,000, a $93,000 savings to M.H.C., the taxpayer. Taxes and <br />rentals in Heritage Village have increased in the last 15 years by over 280% with the CPI <br />increasing only 72%. Most of the residents are on Social Security and cannot handle the <br />increases. He believed the residents of Heritage Village are the only mobile home <br />owners/renters that pay ad valorem taxes. He referred to a letter from Senator Patsy Kurth <br />who has been working at the State level to get relief from taxes for mobile homeowners <br />without success. In her letter, Senator Kurth requested support at the local level. He realized <br />he had no rights in his complaint, since M.H.C. was the owner of record. He thanked the <br />Board for listening. <br />NO ACTION REQUIRED OR TAKEN. <br />9.B.3. PUBLIC DISCUSSION ITEM - REQUEST FROM <br />CHRISTINE BROWNING TO BE HEARD REGARDING OSLO <br />CITIZENS "NOT BEING CONSIDERED, AND TREATED EQUALLY <br />AS OTHER TAXPAYING CITIZENS WHEN PLANS ARE MADE AND <br />DRAWN UP FOR THIS COUNTY" — <br />The Board reviewed a letter of October 30, 2000 and a Memorandum of November <br />1, 2000: <br />November 7, 2000 <br />156 <br />BK 1 15 PG 865 <br />