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2011 Tax Board of Review Annual Report 2 Board Membership The following is a list of the Board members and when their term ends: Board Member Term Ends — December 31, Reiko Ford 2011 Wesley Takai 2012 Albert Kualii 2013 Scott Church 2014 Michael D'Amico 2015 Activities Organizational Meeting The annual organizational meeting of the Board was held on March 8, 2011, at the Real Property Tax Conference Room in Hilo for the purpose of electing officers and establishing a tentative appeal hearing schedule for hearings to be held in both Hilo and Kona. A tentative workshop date and place were also set and there was a general legal discussion of Chapter 19, as well as a discussion of any bills relating to assessments. Deputy Corporation Counsel Craig Masuda provided a power point training session for the Members on rules and duties of the Board. Real Property Appraisal Supervisor Jon Pike was present on behalf of Administrator Stanley Sitko and Assistant Administrator Michael McCall. Mr. Pike requested information from the Board as to items they wished to discuss or have information presented on at the State Board of Review Conference. Minutes from meetings held on September 14, 15, 20 and 21, October 19 and 20, and November 16, 2010, were approved. 2011 Board of Review Statewide Conference The Board of Review Statewide Conference was held on May 27, 2011, at the Pacific Beach Hotel on Oahu. There were approximately 120 guests in attendance including Board Members, Deputies Corporation Counsel and Real Property Tax Office Administrators and staff from four island counties: Oahu, Maui, Big Island and Kauai. An all County matrix was presented providing information on Board Members, schedules, appeal counts, Tax Appeal Court cases, decisions, forms and related costs. Legal panels comprised of Deputies Corporation Counsel for the Boards of Review from each County as well as for the Real Property Tax Offices provided attendees the opportunities to present questions as well as receive information on various topics and questions that was answered by each of the individual Counties. A few of the topics discussed were assessments, property comparables, appeal forms, evidence presented and Board procedures and decisions. The organizers of the conference did a good job in keeping everyone in order and prevented the communications from including only Oahu County, which was a problem with conferences years prior.