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12 <br /> 1 • Board of Elections <br /> 2 o Decrease of$370,371 — election administration <br /> 3 o One election budgeted for FY2016-17, down from four in FY2015-16 <br /> 4 o November 2016 General Election - $225,000 <br /> 5 • County Attorney <br /> 6 o Additional $10,000 contingency to offset costs of litigation — court costs and <br /> 7 attorney fees <br /> 8 <br /> 9 General Government <br /> 10 • County Manager <br /> 11 o Consulting Services - $100,000 for Development Impact Study and Double <br /> 12 Taxation Study <br /> 13 o Reflects reorganization of Risk Management and Criminal Justice Resource <br /> 14 Office as Divisions in Manager's Office <br /> 15 • Register of Deeds <br /> 16 o Revenue increase $160,000 in Excise Stamp fees associated with real estate <br /> 17 transactions <br /> 18 o CIP —Annual Register of Deeds Automation - $80,000 <br /> 19 ➢ 10% of revenue deposited in automation enhancement and preservation <br /> 20 fund by general statutes <br /> 21 ➢ Scanning equipment - $4,300 <br /> 22 <br /> 23 General Government <br /> 24 • Tax Administration <br /> 25 o 1% Growth in real and personal property tax base, compared to 0.9% in FY15-16 <br /> 26 ➢ 159.7 million in new property value <br /> 27 ➢ $1.4 million yield <br /> 28 o Motor vehicle value projected to increase 6% <br /> 29 o Budgeted collection rate increased from 98.5% to 99% <br /> 30 <br /> 31 General Government (graph) <br /> 32 <br /> 33 General Government (graph) <br /> 34 <br /> 35 General Government (graph) <br /> 36 <br /> 37 Commissioner Burroughs asked if Dwane Brinson, Tax Administrator, could explain how <br /> 38 the revaluation is designed to be revenue neutral. <br /> 39 Dwane Brinson said if there is the same growth in a revaluation year as there is in other <br /> 40 years since the previous revaluation, then the tax rate would be set to generate a similar <br /> 41 revenue. He said some people's taxes may go up, and some may go down, but the goal is to <br /> 42 maintain similar revenue. He said the changes will not be uniform. <br /> 43 <br /> 44 Travis Myren resumed the presentation: <br /> 45 <br /> 46 General Government <br /> 47 • Tax Administration Operations <br /> 48 o Remove time limited designation from Office Assistant II position <br /> 49 o Revaluation Project <br /> 50 ➢$10,010 for temporary staff <br />