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0 BOOK 20 PAGE 9 • Approval to list Dentist position on the County Pay Plan as "unclassified" • Ratify County Manager's action for the hiring of Ms. Joyce McGehee as Lee County's new Human Resource Director, effective May 30, 2006 • Resolution in support of the State assuming County share of Medicaid (copy attached) Upon a vote, the results were as follows: Aye: Adams, Brown, Hincks, Lemmond, Paschal, Reives and Stevens Nay: None The Chairman ruled the motion had been adopted unanimously. Commissioner Brown moved to approve a bid to First Citizens Bank for banking services. Upon a vote, the results were as follows: Aye: Adams, Brown, Hincks, Lemmond, Paschal, and Reives Nay: None Abstained: Stevens The Chairman ruled the motion had been adopted unanimously. Tax Administrator Kep Kepley presented his monthly report to the Board concerning the 2007 Revaluation Project. Mr. Kepley stated the revaluation project is going very well and is ahead of the July completion schedule, with most residential properties completed. He stated that data collection is now focused on commercial properties. Priority has been placed on keying of collected data in order for the project to be completed on schedule. Mr. Kepley answered questions from Board members. No action was taken. Mr. Tim Cain, Project Manager from Assessment Solutions, Inc. (ASI) presented his April revaluation report. Mr. Cain stated that the first full month of activity saw significant gains in sales verification. ASI staff is reviewing every sale that has occurred since the previous revaluation (January 1, 2003) to extract supportable appreciation rates, unit factors, and to aid in neighborhood descriptions. Mr. Cain stated that in the upcoming weeks ASI staff will establish the evaluation "base line" or ending valuation of the tax base under the current 2003 Schedule of Values, which will reflect all changes found during the full "list and measure", as well as new permit and building activity prior to December 31, 2006. He further stated that ASI's portion of the project is approximately 24% complete and in June the collection of industrial data will begin along with the multiple-family study. Mr. Cain's next report to the Board will be given on June 19, 2006. No action was taken. The Board considered options presented by Community Development Director Bob Bridwell in reference to countywide code enforcement. County Manager David Smitherman stated this matter was discussed during the budget process but is not 3