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MS. VEINCENT: Correct. <br /> <br />MR. BALSIS: Glen? <br /> <br />MR. HISASHIMA: Stan, you nodded your head about systems. If I’m an appraiser, I send you my paperwork--do you review it yourself or do you have somebody else to review it? <br /> <br />MR. SITKO: We actually have—okay, the only part of the record that the individual appraiser is allowed to touch on their own property would be the mass appraisal land pricing for that neighborhood, if they happen to have that in their district. One of the things that is done is we review the CALP changes or non-changes for every particular neighborhood, and that is done by an evaluation analyst and, since we haven’t had one for about a year now, either the assistant administrator or myself. And we then put it into the system. If we see anything that is not substantiated by the sales ratio studies that we look at for the particular neighborhood, we ask for justification. Further, as was mentioned already, there is an auditing system in the computer. We do—we can see every change made. Now obviously, you could always ask a fellow assessor to change your--the data on your particular parcel, which is why annually I run a check of all properties owned by people in the Real Property Tax office and review all of them for why they would change up or down to see if they’re consistent with the entire mass area that they are appraising, or is being appraised. And additionally—well, at that point I do everybody’s, and then somebody does mine. <br /> <br />MR. HISASHIMA: So what you’re saying, prior that they’re allowed to do their own, and if you see any tales of not being truthful, you have the right to disqualify. <br /> <br />MR. SITKO: We disqualify. I mean, first off, nobody is supposed to touch the data on their own particular property. <br /> <br />MR. HISASHIMA: Okay. Who assigns the assessors to that area? <br /> <br />MR. SITKO: This last time around it was the appraisal supervisor. We do have problems, because we are limited in the number of people we have and where they live, so sooner or later somebody is going to be working on their area. I’ll have to give an example. I myself review the sales ratios. I have to set global values for the entire island. There’s no way I cannot quote unquote appraise my property, unless I happen to be living off-island. <br /> <br />MR. HISASHIMA: So there are cases where you had to do your own, too, then. <br /> <br />MR. SITKO: En masse, yes. <br />