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21 1 Tracy Reams said no. 2 Chair Jacobs asked if there was a way to make manifests of the voting public to create 3 a program to help with any difficulties. 4 Tracy Reams said staff members are still waiting to see what the state will do and she 5 feels that there will be efforts made to communicate the need for ID. She said she knows that 6 work is being done with the DMV to provide identification cards to those who need it. 7 Chair Jacobs noted that there are no DMV offices in Orange County. He stressed that 8 the Board wants to work with the Elections staff to ensure that all residents who want to vote 9 can do so. 10 11 Tax administration 12 Page 269 13 14 Budget Highlights 15 • The increase in Personnel Services and Operations in FY 2013-14 within the Land 16 Records division is due to the transfer of four (4.0 FTEs) GIS staff positions from 17 Information Technologies Department to the Lands Records division of Tax 18 Administration, which occurred during the current fiscal year. 19 • The FY 2013-14 Manager Recommended Budget includes the reassignment of the 20 Motor Vehicle billing and assessment staff(2.0 FTEs) from the Revenue division to the 21 Assessor division in order to comply with State Statutes regarding assessment work. 22 • The FY 2013-14 Manager Recommended Budget includes an additional $4,900 to assist 23 with forced collections on delinquent registered motor vehicle bills due to the new Tax & 24 Tag State program. 25 • The FY 2013-14 Manager Recommended Budget includes an additional $94,000 to 26 begin a comprehensive business auditing program. This initiative will educate taxpayers 27 on proper listing methods and ensure equity among taxpayers. While the cost of the 28 effort will be offset by discovery revenues, the priority is to ensure that there is equity 29 among all taxpayers. A conservative estimate of return for this investment is 2:1. 30 • The General Fund transfer to the Revaluation Fund is budgeted at the same amount 31 ($125,000) as in FY 2012-13, and assumes the next Revaluation effective January 1, 32 2017. 33 • The decrease in Revenues for FY 2013-14 is more in line with projected FY 2012-13 34 collection charges. 35 Darryl Butts reviewed the above budget highlights. 36 Tax Administration Director Dwane Brinson said that a comprehensive tax auditing 37 program is being expanded to help businesses list correctly. He said that 12-15 audits are 38 done on businesses each year, and he would estimate that more than 75% of businesses have 39 never been listed. He listed the classifications that are audited and said that businesses have 40 not been audited consistently for years. He said it is that this is proposed from an equity 41 standpoint. 42 Commissioner Pelissier said that there is a hotel/motel room occupancy tax listed on the 43 objectives on page 271. She asked for clarification on the issue of consistent and verifiable 44 revenue streams for hotels. She asked if revenue is being lost. 45 Frank Clifton said revenue has been lost in the past. He said audits have not been done 46 on a regular basis, and there have been issues with particular hotel operators who were 47 collecting taxes but not paying them as required. He said the goal is not to get people into 48 trouble, but to keep them out of trouble by informing them of what needs to be listed. 49 Darryl Butts said the same vendors who audit the businesses would audit the hotels.