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<br /> <br />County got a State credit of $4,500 per vehicle; there is a seven year warranty on the <br />vehicles as well. <br /> <br /> Mr. Mitchell’s humble conclusion on vehicle usage with the legal aspect of using <br />County vehicles specific to attorney’s and police officers seem to be in good shape. He <br />stated our County is doing some proactive things to reduce the amount of money spent <br />on County vehicles and the five electric vehicles are estimated to save approximately $5 <br />million so the vehicles will pay for themselves in a short amount of time. <br /> <br /> Mr. Mitchell noted the program Maui is going through will give our County a good <br />model to look at. They have twice the number of county vehicles so if they are <br />estimating a savings of $33 million that would be half that amount for our County; he <br />thinks it is a possible recommendation in the future. <br /> <br /> Mr. Espejo asked that specific to the Police Department, is it more cost effective <br />for the officer to retain their vehicles? Mr. Mitchell replied, yes, use their private <br />vehicles and continue to the stipend program; two different police chiefs literally ten <br />years apart stating the same thing and again 71% of the police officers say it is <br />significant to them. <br /> <br /> Mr. Mitchell reported the following on first responder policy: <br /> <br />· Departments are to simply make sure they are enforcing the administrative <br />rules that are in place; there might be some small adjustments in the <br />enforcement of these rules. <br /> <br />Ms. Garson asked Mr. Mitchell if he has a copy of the Maui vehicle policy. <br />Mr. Mitchell said he would like to get a copy of that report from Maui and offer it to the <br />commission as evidence it’s something the commission can work off of. <br /> <br /> Ms. Kelly asked Mr. Mitchell if he covered the topics of energy, technology and <br />land? Mr. Mitchell replied, absolutely. <br /> <br /> Mr. Mitchell reported the following on real property tax exemptions: <br /> <br />· In 2012, there were a lot of complaints regarding real property assessments <br />and people felt it was uneven, not applied equally across the board. The <br />people on the west side feel like they have been paying a high tax burden <br />whereas not the all services are being supplied as might be on the east side. <br />· Through a multitude of compliance, real property tax division was asked to <br />reassess how they assess properties; a Real Property Tax Stakeholders Task <br />Force was put together in March 2012. A 99-page report was issued by the <br />International Association of Assessing Officers; there were 40 changes <br />recommended and 13 of these 40 changes have been completed or nearly <br />completed. It’s definitely a great tool to have this profession association look <br />at things in regards to the cost and effectiveness of this program in this <br />department. <br />· Stewart Hussey, property appraiser from the east side and member of the <br />Task Force is quoted as saying, “that much has changed, that in three years <br /> <br />3 <br /> <br />