2023-11-07 Complaint Hearing Minutes

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3 , 2023 7 November Minutes of BOARD OF REVIEW Mr. Okumoto informed Ms. McNamarra that she is speaking with a three-person Board who will listen to her verbal complaint at this ?me. Ms. McNamarra conﬁrmed if the Board had her correspondence, which she previously provided to the County, in front of them. Mr. Okumoto conﬁrmed. At this ?me Ms. McNamarra stated her complaint. Mr. Okumoto asked if the County can verify Ms. McNamrra’s comments on the parcels being land-locked and how the se?lement of the appeals arrived. Mr. Jo responded that he cannot speak to how the se?lement arrived because the appraiser who executed that se?lement agreement was not present at this ?me. However, it is the County’s posi?on that if there were s?ll a dispute regarding the valua?on of the property, the appropriate place to contest that would have been through the Appeal Hearing to allow the facts to be brought forward to the Board by both the County and the appellant. Mr. Jo reiterated that this has not happened because the se?lement agreement was executed (between the appellant and appraiser) and that is the reason the ma?er is no longer before the Board in terms of valua?on. A call for ques?ons was made. Mr. Okumoto informed Ms. Mcnamarra that at this stage, we (the Board) can only hear the complaint, and that the appeal process is already completed; if the taxpayer wishes to pursue this next year, she may submit a new appeal. Ms. McNamarra stated that she understood and as stated in her le?er, she did check with the Mayor’s oﬃce who conﬁrmed that they haven’t had anyone to make quorum for the Appeals Board, and that is why Ms. McNamarra did what she did, because she didn’t want to pay the higher tax rate & had to accept what they (the County) were oﬀering. Mr. Tokuuke mo?oned to accept the Taxpayers Complaint for TMK 1-2-009-006-0000, Etc. for the record. Seconded by Mr. Eisert. A call for discussion was made. Mo?on passed by a vote of 3:0. At this ?me the County provided the Board with a 26-page list containing 239 se?led cases. The list consists of the Tax Map Key/Parcel ID, the case number, and the reason the case was executed as a se?lement. The Board took some ?me to peruse the provided document. Mr. Eisert mo?oned to accept the se?lement list as provided. Seconded by Mr. Tokuuke. A call for discussion was made. Mo?on passed by a vote of 3:0. ANNUAL REPORT The Board members reviewed the 2022 annual report and worked on a dra? of the 2023 annual report. Recess: 11:18 a.m. Reconvened: 11:51 a.m. Due to the ?ming of the recess taken, Chairman Okumoto called for Lunch recess at 11:52 a.m. Reconvened: 12:34 p.m.