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> ~ 185 -. ra}~,,. 3. .. `.` ~• of Aragon r~*~t was present at the meeting although they s,~r~ notified): '• Cannissioner V~iitted +~~ the motion. Vote: Ayes, 2 (Crnmissianers '• Willhoit and Ah.itted); noes, 3 (C~missioners Gustaveson, Walker and • Barnes). The Board *++~d an on-site visit to Aragon Discount • Carpet and this be brought back to the agenda after the visit. '• Fry & Younc~lood-Mr. F~bert Epting, Attorney, reprerented this • fine. Nom. Epting said this was an accountant's exxnr. He said that • his clients had rn~*rha~ the Property in question earlier and this • summer a dispute had arisen with the previous owner and according to • the teTans of the aantract his clients hed told the previous otaner td • sell everything in the store to try to ~llect the aimunt of money. The • settlement was 55,000 for everything. Mr. Epting said both the previous • owner arm his clients knew the contents of the fizm were not worth $19,000. • Cra[missicner Willhoit moved to release $14,480 of the $19,480 valuation . • established by the Tax Office. N3otiori died far lack of a second. • Conmii.ssi:oner Gustavesan moved that NIr. Kelly return to the Heard ° with a new recndati.on based on the information presented this eve-iing.; • Ce~missianer Barnes seconded the motic~i. Vote: Ayes. 5: noes. 0. • Ellen Scan Foundation-Mx. Kelly recounted for the Board the prior • events regarding this account. Nir. PIv.].lip Scott, the forner owner • of the AroP~Y and '~ Present Secretary of the Foundation was preser_t to respond to Board questions. I3e stated that he had turned aver the P~p~tY '~ the Foundation on December 31, 1979, and it had only been ° used far religious purposes since that timY. The building itself had been used only for church services since ~7anuary 1980, and the land had • been used once for a church function. 7fie Board voiced a consensus that ' the question was that of the land, whether or not the 100 acres aratmd ' ~ building was exempt for religious purposes. Nix. Laws, Tax Supervisor ' xernirided the Hoard of the Union Grove Q-iurch, wherein a house rented out ' by the church and 120 acres across the road were taxable because they were ' not used exclusively for religious puxpases. Nix. Laws told the Board that ' ten acres would be a *'p~..~:able amount of land to attach to the house for religious exemption. Carmissioner 4d~.itted moved to release the house and ten acres of land fran 1980 ad valor~n taxes based on its use as for religious rn~, ~,~.c, Connussioner Gus-tavesca~ seconded the motion. 'Iii Caunty