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MINUTES
l~X EQUALIZATION COMMITTEE
April 24, 1979
7:30 P.M.
Members Present:
Bo Simpson, Chairman
W.E. Knowles
D3.ve Chacey
Les Bentley
Jan Liebin
Charles Glascock
Others Present:
Roger Nieswender
Jeff Etchberger
John Polk
The meeting was called to order by the Chairman, Bo Simpson,
at 7:40 P.M. in the City Manager's Conf~rence Room at City Hall.
He then turned the meeting over to Sheriff John Polk to continue
his report.
Sheriff Polk said he felt his report was complete and he had
given a breakdown to Mr. Knowles. Mr. Knowles read the break-
down as follows:
Patrol Salaries-$706,2l2. plus $134,533. social security and
other matching funds. Personal service, $840,745.; gasoline
used on patrol, $66,615.64; travel, $33,600.;vehicle operation,
$100,215.64; uniform cost & supplies, $14,199.25, for a total of
$955,159. In addition there are other costs, such as liability
insurance, etc. in the amount of $13,772., making a total of
$968,931.89. The total of the patrol department constitutes about
26.3% of the Sheriff's total budget.
The Sheriff said if double taxation exists, it would be on the
entire budget and not a section of a department, and he said
the courts have ruled that the Sheriff is a constitutional office
and breaking out any part of his budget would be a matter for the
courts.
Mr. Knowles said there was no question of authority and that this
committee addresses only one thing regarding double taxation, and
that is the method of levying a tax. In order ID study the method
of taxation it is necessary to study the money used to determine
the method of taxation and not the operation.
Ms. Liebin said she felt real and substantial benefit had been
shown to her, and any service for public health and safety could
not be taken out, and she feels county road patrol is for public
sa fety .
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During the discussion on city police departments, Sheriff Polk said
he did not intend for cities to abolish city police departments.
He also said that if a municipality wanted around-the-clock pro-
tection, the only way to do that would be to assign a special
taxing district and levy taxes on your own district. Sheriff
Polk was excused from the meeting and the Chair~n thanked him
for his attendance and input.
Chairman Simpson asked the members where they would like to proceed
from this point. Ms. Liebin and Mr. Glascock said they would like
to discuss the Fire Dept. for information purposes. Chairman
Simpson said the Fire Dept. is funded entirely by funds outside
city limits and does not have to do with double taxation.
Regarding an agenda for the next meeting, Mr. Knowles asked Roger
and Jeff to get information on ad valorem millage as it is assessed
to each activity, as to value of the mill and dollar value assessed
by ad valorem tax only. They said they would try to get the in-
formation to be presented at the next meeting set for May 15, 1979.
Mr. Knowles moved to adjourn and meet again on May 15, 1979, at
7:30 P.M. Mr. Glascock seconded. Motion carried.
Meeting adjourned.