02/22/1990 Hearing Property Appraisal Adjustment Board
Thursday, February 22, 1990
Key West
A meeting of the Property Appraisal Adjustment
Board convened at 9 : 00 a.m. on the above date in Courtroom B
of the Courthouse Annex in Key West. Present and answering
to roll call were Commissioner Frank Courtney, Commissioner
Douglas Jones, Mayor John Stormont, and Chairperson
Wilhelmina Harvey. Also present were Danny L. Kolhage,
Clerk; Nancy Cohen, Deputy Clerk; Mary Greenwood, Assistant
County Attorney; John Dent, Attorney for the Property
Appraiser ; and Staff from the Property Appraiser ' s Office.
Absent from the meeting was Commissioner Lee Ganim.
Raymond Bishop, Special Master , was in the audience.
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Motion was made by Mayor Stormont and seconded by
Commissioner Courtney to continue Petition 011-Geraldine
Green to later in the meeting inasmuch as neither Mrs.
Greene nor an authorized representative were present. Motion
carried unanimously.
Danny Kolhage, Clerk, read into the record a letter
received from Petitioner 21-Michael Burton withdrawing his
Petition, as an agreement had been reached with the Property
Appraiser ' s office . Motion was made by Mayor Stormont and
seconded by Commissioner Jones to accept the withdrawal and
agreed value. Motion carried unanimously.
Petitioner 24-James Boyle addressed the Board.
Motion was made by Mayor Stormont and seconded by
Commissioner Jones to reduce the per foot price of land on
this Petition from $5. 90 to $5. 40. Roll call vote was
taken with the following results:
Commissioner Courtney No
Commissioner Jones Yes
Mayor Stormont Yes
Chairperson Harvey Yes
Motion carried. The Board then continued discussion of
Petition 24. Motion was made by Commissioner Jones and
seconded by Mayor Stormont to reduce the assessment based on
the difference of 102 square feet at $37. 93 for a total
reduction of $3, 868. 86, and to incorporate Mr . Boyle ' s sur-
vey into the record. Roll call vote was unanimous.
Motion was made by Mayor Stormont and seconded by
Commissioner Jones to accept the denial on Petition H-26,
William White , as agreed by the Petitioner . Motion carried
unanimously.
Motion was made by Mayor Stormont and seconded by
Commissioner Jones to let stand the denial of H-29, Robert
and Lorraine Potter , per recommendation of the Property
Appraiser ' s office, permitting adjustment if appropriate
documentation is presented. Motion carried unanimously.
Motion was made by Mayor Stormont and seconded by
Commissioner Jones to accept representation of the Property
Appraiser ' s Attorney, that Petitions 117 and 119-Ben Woodson
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Property Appraiser stand. Motion carried unanimously.
John Dent, Attorney for the Property Appraiser ,
advised the Board that an agreement had been reached with
Truman Annex-Petitions 126, 128, 133, 139, 145 and 147.
Motion was made by Mayor Stormont and seconded by
Commissioner Courtney to accept representation made by the
Property Appraiser ' s office that adjustments had been made
in conformance to actual development plans. Motion carried
unanimously.
Edward Horan, Attorney for Petitioner Arthur Lujan-
169 , 170, 171 and 172, addressed the Board. After lengthy
discussion of the quality grade used in making assessments,
motion was made by Chairperson Harvey and seconded by
Commissioner Jones to reduce the quality factor on Petition
172 from 19 to 17. Roll call vote was taken with the
following results :
Commissioner Jones Yes
Mayor Stormont No
Chairperson Harvey Yes
Commissioner Courtney Abstained due to a
conflict of interest
Motion carried. Raymond Bishop, Special Master for the above
mentioned Petitions discussed his findings with the Board.
Motion was made by Mayor Stormont and seconded by
Commissioner Jones to uphold the Special Master ' s decision
on Petition 169 denying any reduction. Roll call vote was
taken with the following results :
Commissioner Jones Yes
Mayor Stormont Yes
Chairperson Harvey No
Commissioner Courtney Abstained due to a
conflict of interest
Motion carried. Motion was made by Mayor Stormont and
seconded by Commissioner Jones to accept the adjustment made
by the Property Appraiser ' s office on Petition 170 from
$169 , 685. 00 to $172. 00. Motion carried unanimously.
Motion was made by Mayor Stormont and seconded by
Commissioner Jones to uphold the Property Appraiser ' s eva-
luation of $134, 498. 00 on Petition 171. Roll call vote was
unanimous with Commissioner Courtney abstaining due to a
conflict of interest.
Petitioner 176, Charles Valois , addressed the Board.
After a lengthy discussion of the Petitioner ' s property, the
Board upheld the decision of the Special Master denying any
reduction on this Petition. Roll call vote was unanimous.
A letter from Petitioner 211-Alan Schmitt was read
into the record by the Clerk. Motion was made by
Commissioner Jones and seconded by Commissioner Courtney to
accept the withdrawal of Petitioner 211 as an agreement had
been reached with the Property Appraiser ' s office. Motion
carried unaimously.
The Board-.--then entered into a discussion of
Petition 011-Geraldine Green, which had been deferred
earlier in the meeting. Motion was made by Commissioner
Jones and seconded by Commissioner Courtney to accept the
recommendation of the Property Appraiser ' s office of no
change in assessment. Roll call vote was taken with the
following results :
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Commissioner Courtney Yes
Commissioner Jones Yes
Mayor Stormont No
Chairperson Harvey Yes
Motion carried.
Motion was made by Commissioner Jones and seconded
by Commissioner to approve the following bills submitted by the
Special Masters.
Jim Flenner $ 875. 00
Flora R. Chabin $ 1, 000. 00
Raymond Bishop $ 1, 562. 50
$ 3, 437. 50
Motion carried unanimously.
Motion was made by Commissioner Jones and seconded
by Commissioner Courtney to approve the Minutes of the
January 12, 1990 meeting . Motion carried unanimously.
Motion was made by Commissioner Jones and seconded
by Commissioner Courtney to approve the Certification of the
Real and Personal Property Tax Roll as follows :
Real Property $ 5, 123, 296, 965. 00
Personal Property $ 284, 869, 714. 00
Motion carried unanimously.
There being no further business, the meeting as
adjourned.
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