2021-07-20 BOR Appeal Hearing Minutes

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TAX BOARD OF REVIEW MEETING MINUTES Appeal Hearings Tuesday, July 20, 2021 West Hawaii Civic Center, Building G Kailua Kona, Hawaii CALL TO ORDER Chairperson Michael Hughes called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m. Present were: Board Members Michael Hughes, Diane Blancett-Maddock, Nelson Harano, Michael Okumoto and Dale Tokuuke; Deputy Corporation Counsel Sinclair Salas-Ferguson; Real Property Tax Asst. Administrator Keita Jo, Real Property Appraisal Supervisor Dionne Costa and Real Property Appeals Board Clerk Sherlyn Aronce. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC There were no statements from the public. APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES The minutes of the Organizational Meeting on March 3, 2021 was provided and previously emailed to the members for review. No corrections were noted. A call for questions was made. Ms. Blancett-Maddock moved to accept the minutes of March 3t". Seconded by Mr. Okumoto. A call for discussion was made. Motion passed by a vote of 5:0. TAX APPEAL CASE HEARINGS Note: Prior to the start of the case hearings, Deputy Corporation Counsel Sinclair Salas-Ferguson announced the general procedures of the appeal hearing and advised all Appellants and the Department of the procedure the Board would be following for the rendering of their decision and the Appellants' further right to appeal to the Tax Appeal Court located in Honolulu within 30 days from the date of the decision letter that the appellant will be receiving via certified mail. For each appeal case, the appraiser submitted a packet of information to the Board, unless there had been a prior settlement with the Appellant or withdrawal. If the Appellant was not present, any information sent in by the Appellant was presented to the Board along with the appraisers' packet.