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Aye: Dalrymple, Dodson, Knecht, Oldham, Reives, Sharpe, Sloan Nay: None The Chair ruled the motion had been adopted unanimously. The Board next considered an amendment to the Contract for Inspection Services with the City of Sanford. County Attorney Whitney Parrish stated that the City and County signed an agreement on October 15, 2013 for the County to contract with the City for inspection services. The County pays the City for Inspection Services on a 50-50 basis however, the original agreement provided that if there were ever a surplus revenue in the department, the surplus would carry over to the next fiscal year and be credited to the County. It has been determined that it would be easier for the City to pay the County the surplus revenues, rather than having to track those surplus revenues each year. The City and County have agreed that the amendment be retroactive to the 2015-2016 fiscal year. Commissioner Sharpe moved to approve the amendment to the Contract for Inspection Services, a copy of which is attached to these minutes and by this reference made a part hereof. Upon a vote, the results were as follows: Aye: Dalrymple, Dodson, Knecht, Oldham, Reives, Sharpe, Sloan Nay: None The Chair ruled the motion had been adopted unanimously. Commissioner Dalrymple next discussed appointments to the newly created Lee County Transportation Committee. Planning Director Marshall Downey stated that this is a staff initiative. The committee will have representation from the City, County, Town of Broadway, COLTS, SAGA, and the planning staff would be the staff representative. Commissioner Dalrymple stated that volunteers from the Board are needed, one for TARPO and two for the Lee County Transportation Committee. Commissioner Oldham agreed to serve on TARPO and both Commissioner Oldham and Commissioner Sloan agreed to represent the Board on the Lee County Transportation Committee. No action was taken. During the Manager Comments section of the meeting, Tax Administrator Mary Yow described the impact Senate Bill 363 would have on the County. Ms. Yow stated that she is on the Legislative Committee for the Assessors Association. She further stated that she does not know exactly how the bill will affect Lee County. Commissioner Sloan stated that it basically means that the decision of the reevaluation is in an appraiser's hand and it may be a person that's not familiar with agriculture. Ms. Yow stated that when we have a reappraisal, we develop a schedule of values we use by neighborhoods for appraising all the properties in the neighborhoods the same. Counties do mass appraisals. They do not do individual fee appraisal work. We have reappraisal standards that are issued by the state that we follow. Basically, this law states that if I as an individual appeal my value to the Board of Equalization and Review and I have a fee appraisal, the board has to adopt that as the value of the property and it will be recorded in the tax books as such. The Board has to accept the appraisal, which doesn't give the county the opportunity to make Page 516