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0 coos 13 Ptr 804 0 Aye: Cox, Hall, Matthews, Paschal, Reives, Stafford, and Wicker Nay: None The Chairman ruled the motion had been adopted unanimously. The draft of the minutes for the regular meeting held on May 20, 1991, were reviewed. After several corrections to the minutes were discussed, Commissioner Matthews moved to approve the minutes of the meeting as corrected. Commissioner Hall seconded the motion, and upon a vote, the results were as follows: Aye: Cox, Hall, Matthews, Paschal, Reives, Stafford, and Wicker Nay: None The Chairman ruled the motion had been adopted unanimously. Commissioner Cox reported that he met with the committee wishing to place a historic display in the Jonesboro Library, which he and the Buildings, Grounds, and Utilities Committee approved. The Board next considered the Tax Releases for April 1991. A copy of this report is attached to these minutes, and upon this reference, made a part hereof. Following a brief discussion, Commissioner Matthews moved that the releases be authorized and approved. Commissioner Paschal seconded the motion, and upon a vote, the results were as follows: Aye: Cox, Hall, Matthews, Paschal, Reives, Stafford, and Wicker Nay: None The Board considered a request from Tax Administrator Nathan Crissman to approve a write-off list of ambulance bills. Mr. Crissman reported that his department has tried collecting these bills by including the charge on the individuals' tax bills and has been unable to collect the fees. County Attorney K. R. Hoyle stated that the purpose of writing-off these bills is to cut the cost of auditing the uncollected bills. The Commissioners discussed the possibility of filing judgements against the individuals and asked Mr. Crissman to figure the costs involved in that process. Mr. Crissman stated that three or four years ago, the Credit Bureau handled some delinquent accounts for the County from which there was not a great deal of return. Mr. Crissman stated that a portion of the bills are balances from Medicare and Medicaid consignments. After reviewing the matter further, the Board decided to table its decision until the next regular meeting to allow the Tax Department time to provide a separate list of the Medicare and Medicaid recipients from the delinquent list, in order to review the possibility of trying to collect on the remaining bills. Commissioner Paschal noted that the first entry on the list is a bill incurred in 1991, which should be removed from the list. 2