09/27/1990 Organizational Meeting September 27, 1990
Organizational Meeting
Property Appraisal Adjustment Board
The Organizational Meeting of the Property
Appraisal Adjustment Board took place on September 27, 1990
at 10 : 00 a.m. in the Boardroom of the Property Appraiser ' s
Office in the Monroe County Courthouse, 500 Whitehead
Street , Key West , Florida. Present and answering to roll
call were Commissioner Wilhelmina Harvey, Commissioner
Douglas Jones and Commissioner Eugene Lytton. Also present
were Mrs . Ruth Alice Campbell and Dr . Geraldine Caron,
representatives of the Monroe County School Board; Nancy
Cohen, Deputy Clerk ; Ervin Higgs, Property Appraiser ; and
John Dent , Attorney for the Property Appraiser .
The Board proceeded to discuss the appointment of
the position of Chairman to the PAAB. Motion was made by
Commissioner Lytton and seconded by Commissioner Jones to
appoint Geraldine Caron to the position of Chairperson.
During discussion, Dr . Caron declined the appointment.
After further discussion, Commissioner Wilhelmina Harvey
was appointed Chairperson by acclamation.
The Board then discussed the position of
Vice-Chairman. Commissioner Lytton nominated Commissioner
Jones to the position of Vice-Chairman. After brief
discussion, Commissioner Jones was appointed Vice-Chairman
by acclamation.
Motion was made by Commissioner Jones and seconded
by Dr . Caron to accept the applications of Mr . Jim Flenner
and Mr . Raymond Bishop for position of Special Master , with
Mr . Flenner to hear petitions south of the Seven-Mile Bridge
and Mr . Bishop to hear petitions north of the Seven-Mile
Bridge. During discussion , motion was made by Mrs . Campbell
and seconded by Dr . Caron to amend to include the wording
"to allow the Special Masters to work out between them any
petitions they might deem as a conflict of interest if any" .
Motion as amended carried unanimously.
Motion was made by Commissioner Jones and seconded
by Commissioner Lytton to allow those petitions received by
the Clerk ' s Office without notarization or filing fee before
the September 18, 1990 deadline, thirty days to be brought
into compliance with Florida Statutes 194. 011 (3) (a) and
194. 013 (3) . Motion carried unanimously.
Motion was made by Mrs . Campbell and seconded by
Commissioner Jones to approve the $15. 00 filing fee
collected by the Clerk 's Office as per Florida Statute
194. 011 (3) (a) . Motion carried unanimously.
County Attorney Randy Ludacer arrived and took his
seat .
There being no further business, the meeting was
adjourned .
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