01/03/1997 Final Hearing r
MINUTES
OF THE MONROE COUNTY
VALUE ADJUSTMENT BOARD
Final Hearing
Value Adjustment Board
Friday,January 3, 1997
The Final Hearing of the Monroe County Value Adjustment Board
convened at 10:00 a.m.,on the above date, in the County Attorney's Law Library,
310 Fleming Street, Key West. Present and answering to roll call were Mayor Keith
Douglass and Chairman Mary Kay Reich; Monroe County School Board members Anne
Kelly Cohan and Dr. Debra Walker.Commissioner Wilhelmina Harvey was absent.
Also present were Danny L. Kolhage, Clerk; Ruth Ann Jantzen, Deputy Clerk; James
Hendrick, County Attorney;Ervin Higgs, Property Appraiser; John Dent, Attorney,
representing the Property Appraiser; Special Masters Raymond Bishop, Thomas D.
Wright,Esq.,and James Flenner; and members of the public.
Motion was made by Dr. Walker and seconded by Mayor Douglass
approving the Minutes of the October 2, 1996 Organizational Meeting of the Value
Adjustment Board. Motion carried unanimously.
Lois Simpson, Petitioner 11012-1996, addressed the Board. After
discussion, motion was made by Mayor Douglass and seconded by Mrs. Cohan to
uphold the Special Master's decision and granting approval of Homestead. Motion
carried unanimously.
John Dent announced for the record that in reference to petition H007-
1996, Bessma N. Sharkey,the Special Master denied her request for Homestead pending
additional information to be submitted. As of this date, no additional information had
been submitted.
Motion was made by Mayor Douglass and seconded by Mrs. Cohan
granting approval of the recommendations of the Special Masters for the 1996
Homestead Petitions. Motion carried unanimously.
David Paul Horan, Esq., representing Don & Mignon Wollard, addressed
the Board concerning petitions 117-1996, 118-1996 and 119-1996. The following
individuals addressed the Board: John Dent, representing the Property Appraiser's
Office; Thomas Wright,Special Master; James Hendrick, County Attorney;Don
Wollard. After Board discussion, Motion was made by Dr. Walker and seconded by
Mrs. Cohan to support the Property Appraiser's Assessment of the property in question,
upholding the Special Master's Reports. Roll call vote was taken with the following
results:
Anne Kelly Cohan Yes
Mayor Keith Douglass Yes
Dr. Debra Walker Yes
Chairman Mary Kay Reich No
Motion carried.
Motion was made by Dr. Walker and seconded by Mayor Douglass
granting approval of the recommendations of the Special Masters for the 1996 Real
Property Petitions. Motion carried unanimously.
Motion was made by Mayor Douglass and seconded by Mrs. Cohan
granting approval of the Refund List. Motion carried unanimously.
Motion was made by Dr. Walker and seconded by Mayor Douglass
granting approval of the payment of expenditures including Special Master Fees and
Notices of Final Hearing. Motion carried unanimously.
Motion was made by Mrs. Cohan and seconded by Mayor Douglass
granting approval and authorizing execution of the Certification of the Tangible
Personal Property Assessment Roll as submitted by the Property Appraiser to the Value
Adjustment Board at $355,388,938.00. Motion carried unanimously.
Motion was made by Mrs. Cohan and seconded by Mayor Douglass
granting approval and authorizing execution of the Certification of the Real Property
Assessment Roll as submitted by the Property Appraiser to the Value Adjustment Board
at $6,970,972,120.00indicating a net change in taxable value due to actions of the Board
in the amount of$285,881.00 for a taxable value of real property assessment roll
incorporating all changes due to action of the Value Adjustment Board at
$6,970,686,239.00.Motion carried unanimously.
There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was
adjourned.
Clerk to the Value Adjust Board
of Monroe County
Ruth Ann antzen
Deputy Clerk
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