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NEW BUSINESS County informed the Board that they received four (4) appeals after the filing deadline from two (2) separate appellants. Mr. Pike stated that the first appellant, Charles Rearden, had undergone eye surgery on the mainland prior to the appeal deadline. Upon his return, Mr. Rearden, who is a quadriplegic, was experiencing temporary blindness and had his caretaker read his mail to him. It was only then that Mr. Rearden was made aware of the County's assessment notice and immediately filed his appeal. The second appellant, Dominador Genio, mailed his three (3) appeals to the Kona Real Property Tax Office at the old address. Two of the appeals were forwarded to the office at the current location before the appeal deadline and one was returned to Mr. Genio. The two appeals that were received by the tax office contained filing fees in the amount of $15.00. Mr. Pike contacted Mr. Genio as to the insufficient filing fees and was then made aware of the third appeal by Mr. Genio. Mr. Genio immediately sent in the balance of the filing fees as requested by Mr. Pike. Upon receiving the returned appeal in the mail, Mr. Genio mailed it directly to the tax office with the filing fee, however, it was after the appeal deadline. A call for questions was made by Chairman Kualii. Mr. Takai moved to accept the appeals for Dominador Genio and deny Charles Rearden's appeal for late filing. No second received. Motion dies. Mrs. Ford moved to accept the appeals for both of the appellants. Seconded by Mr. Church. A call for discussion was made. Motion passed by a vote of 4:1 with Mr. Takai voting against the motion. ANNOUNCEMENTS No announcements were made. ADJOURNMENT Meeting adjourned at 3:43 p.m. Respectfully submitted, alzakd ON,ya) Swam Elizabeth (Nina) Swain, Secretary 7