Vote — approved

Steve Gallardo	abstain
Bill Gates	abstain
Clint Hickman	abstain
and Clint Hickman	yes
Denny Barney	abstain
Steve Chucri	yes

8.COUNTY ASSESSOR REQUEST FOR REVIEW OVER BASELINEApprove an exception to FY18 Budgeting Guidelines and Priorities allowing the Office of Management & Budget to review the following request over baseline:An increase of $191,000 to help fund the Legal Class Verification Program (Operating Expense, Fund 100)An increase of $850,000 to fund the Appraiser Market Study/Adjustments (Operating Expense, Fund 100)We are requesting funding of $191,000 to help fund the Legal Class Verification Program (LCV)

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8. COUNTY ASSESSOR REQUEST FOR REVIEW OVER BASELINE Approve an exception to FY18 Budgeting Guidelines and Priorities allowing the Office of Management & Budget to review the following request over baseline: An increase of $191,000 to help fund the Legal Class Verification Program (Operating Expense, Fund 100) An increase of $850,000 to fund the Appraiser Market Study/Adjustments (Operating Expense, Fund 100) We are requesting funding of $191,000 to help fund the Legal Class Verification Program (LCV). LCV program is an Unfunded Mandate requiring the Assessors to look property owners that have rental properties, second homes or multiple properties that are classified as Legal Class 3. Class 3 properties are eligible for Property Tax State Aid Credit of up to $600 each property. We are estimating that we have saved the State $38 million since FY12 and we are estimating additional revenue of $2 million to the County General Fund through the Civil Penalty phase. We are looking to change our internal focus from processing to quality assurance. We plan on outsourcing document preparation, printing and processing while internally focusing on ownership research, address verification and data integrity. The County Human Resources completed the Appraiser Market Study and it was determined that all Appraiser Market Ranges are below market by 8-10%. $850,000 is the estimated cost of implementation of the study findings. We will work with County HR and OMB on the placement in range process. We are committed on funding a portion of these market adjustments through the elimination of vacant positions. (C-12-17-003-M-00)