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09-14-1954 Special Meeting BOARD OF ~QUALIZATION MEETING ~ ,., The City Council of the City of Clermont, sitting as a Board of Equalization, met at the City hall September 14, 1954. The Equalization Board meeting was called to order by Council President Arthur George at 7:30 P. M. with all Board members present. Following is a schedule of the hearing and the action taken: Reddick's Super Market, represented in person, protesting Business Personal property tax. Action: reduced to 13,200.00 O. H. Keene, in person, protesting amount of valuation on realestate where home is located (see 25-22-25) Action: reduced to land value of 53, plus same percentage increase of other adjacent lake front properties. Improvements to be added in 55. Mr. Hoekendorfer and Mr. Pardoe, each in person, asking questions regarding taxes and valuations. No protest. T. C. Cork, representing Carl White, protesting increase in land valuation. No reduction allowed as valuation strictly equal to other lake front properties. T. C. Cork, representing Fred J. Fox, protesting increase in land valuation. No reductiQn allowed as valuation stricyly equal to other lake front preperties. T. C. Cork, representing William Oswalt, and William Oswalt in person, protesting valuation and the addition of improvements which should not have been added until 55. Action: Improvements deducted and to be added in 55, and over all valuation reduced to 5500.00. . A. P. Long, in person, protesting valuation placed on home. Action: Mr. Long informed that house will be remeasured and calculations remade. ..-...: ~ A. P. Long, in person, protesting land value increase in Alto. Vista addition. Action: N~ of lot A reduced to 650.00 S~ of lot A reduced to 200.00. A. P. Long, in person, protesting land value increase on lot 16, 20, 22, 23 & 24, Alta Vista. Action: The five lots in question reduced to 600.00 each. William Lee, representing George Harrison, protesting increase of land value on lake front property sec. 25-22-26. No reductiQn allowed as property found t~ be apparised equal to other lake front properties. W. H. McQuistion, in person, protesting increase of household personal property valuation unless all other household valuations raised accordingly. Action: reduced to 600.00 William Boyd, in person and representing Mary Boyd( protesting land increase on parcel 1455 (Herring Hooks Estate) Action: Reduced to 3,500.00. C. J. Linder, by ,telegram, protesting valuation placed on home. No reduction allowed as found to be equal with other like properties. Harvey and Theresa Speck, by letter, protesting valuation of Home. Action: no reduction as found to be equal with other properties. ' ... ~ ~ ~ Howard & Hazel Nash, by letter, protesting land increase valuation on lake front properties. Action: no reduction allowed as val~ation equal to other lake front properties. American Oil Company, by letter, protesting increased building valuation; Action; No reduction allowed as increase due to additional building. George Muceneek, by letter, protesting the valuation on personal property tax on property recently sold by him, the protest being that as property was sold, he did not owe any tax. Action: Property in question owned by rAUceneek on the first of January and therefore liable for tax. Mazx R. Smith, by letter, protesting increase on land value lot 159 Clermont Heights. Act~Qn: no reduction granted as property equal in valuation to others. Harper Motor Company, by letter, protesting the increase of valuatien on Business Personal property and furnishing statement of evidence. Action: Reduced to '7,500.00 A. W. Thacker, by letter for G. W. Rutan, protesting valuation placed on house trailer,'clatming same was not taxable. Action: Ruled that trauler was taxable and no reduction allowed. E. JOUrphy, by letter, protesting increase in Personal property valuation providing a general increase had not been made. Action: Reduced to '700.00.. w. A. Burmeister, by letter, stating that Personal property v~luation in his name should be changed to Mrs. Gross. Action: Change ordered. ' Ed. l~orris, by letter, stating that hils valuation on Household business property covered two apartments and that only one was furnished. Action: Reducted to one apartment-aBO.OO Daniel F. and Mary L. Sullivan and Helen Dineen, by letter, protesing increase in land valuation onnhome. Action: not reduction as increase equal to others. Mrs. Florence Bowman, by letter, protesting increase in land valuation on lots 2-3-4-5, Block 1, Riveria Heights, due to lots in question being in sink-hole and not suitable for residental property. Action: Lot 2 reduced to 300.00 and lots 3-4 & 5 reduced to 200.00 each. Cantwell's cash Store, by letter, protesting increase of valuations on Store building and Stock. Action: No reduction allowed as increase on building was correction of an error and increase on stock would not be decreased unless protest supported by evidence. There being no others to be heard, the meeting was adjourned upon motion by Olivenbaum, second by Sickler and carried. tZ~ /&~- .,<- ....a.