Okaloosa County BOCC — September 16, 2014 — Email from Property Appraiser 070814 — reading text

From: Julie Wilson [mailto:jwilson@okaloosapa.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2014 9:42 AM To: Mike Fell; aallen@co.okaloosa.fl.us; mffell@cox.net Cc: gtoussaint@clerkofcourts.cc; Janet Fugate Subject: RE: Lake Pippin Channel MSBU Mr. Fell, I received your documents for the tax roll however, the documents are still incomplete. I need your tax roll with any changes, that were originally due to our office by June 13th. The proof of publication that you submitted does not meet the requirements of Florida Statue 197.3632. This statue explains that if you raise the assessment above the five year average amount, then you will have to publish the advertisement “in a newspaper generally circulated with each county contained in the boundaries of the local government (197.3632 (4) (b)”. The statue goes on to state that the property owners have the right to file a written objection within 20 days of the publication of the notice, were the property owners given adequate time for this? It appears that at this time, you will only be able to raise the assessment the five year average amount which is the rate plus 1.743 for this year. Please return the tax roll information to me by July 11, 2014 with the allowable increase indicated per parcel (if that is what you choose to do since the advertisement wasn’t done pursuant to Florida Statutes)so we can get the new rates on the TRIM notices for this year. Thank you, Julie Wilson Human Resource & CAMAUSA Database Manager Okaloosa County Property Appraiser 73 Eglin Pkwy NE, Ste 202 Ft Walton Beach, FL 32548-4939 850-651-7240 www.okaloosapa.com Under Florida Law, e-mail addresses are public record. If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public-records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by telephone or in writing.