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PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF CASS COUNTY, NORTH DAKOTA 5859 REGULAR MEETING OF CASS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS JUNE 5, 1979 i Chairman Satrom called the meeting to order and upon roll call, all members were present.! I Mrs. Stanton moved and Mrs. Wold seconded that the minutes of the previous meeting be approved as written. Motion carried. The Board convened as the County Board of Tax Equalization. The first order of business was the equalization of cities. Clarence Miller, County 'Director of Tax Equalization, explained the freeze on assessments made by the State Board of Equalization whereby the State Board requested that local assessors and boards of equalization ;proceed as in the past but that they not allow an overall total increase in any class of ' property with the exception of new construction. Mr. Miller also explained his recommendatio~ .for a 10% level of assessments rather than the 16% as in the past, and updating the market :values to a more realistic figure. Mr. Miller stated that the City of Casselton did not follow the 10% level of assessments, ,but he recommended that they be allowed to use the 16% this year providing they work 'it out " 'next year, and the City of Casselton has passed a resolution that the property be reassessed for 1980 at the 10% level. Upon the recommendation of Mr. Miller, Mrs. Stanton moved and Mrs. Wold seconded that the County order a reassessment for the City of Gardner. Motion carried. Upon the recommendation of Mr. Miller, Mrs. Wold moved and Mr. Hendrickson seconded that the market values for the cities of Buffalo and Tower City be updated and that 10% be used as the level of assessments. Motion carried. Upon the recommendation of Mr. Miller, Mrs. Stanton moved and Mrs. Wold seconded that the assessments ~n the C~ty of Front~er and the City of Briarwood be increased by 9% for 1979 to bring them to the previous assessment. Motion carried. Upon the recommendation of Mr. Miller, Mr. Hendrickson moved and Mrs. Stanton seconded that the valuation of the lots in Prairie 'View Estates Addition to the City of Mapleton be establ~shed at $3,000 per lot and a 10% level of assessments. Motion carried. Mr. Sondrall moved and Mrs. Stanton seconded that the following resolution be adopted: ,Motion carried. WHEREAS, the governing body of the County of Cass has determined that it would be in the interest of the taxpayers owning real property in the County to have an annual assessment, and WHEREAS, Chapter 512, session laws of 1977 codified as subsection 6 of section 57-02-11 of the North Dakota Century Code provides that the governing body of any county may, by re- solution, provide for an annual assessment. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the governing body of the County of Cass, duly assembled, does hereby determine that said county shall have the real property located within the boundaries of the county valued and assessed each year based upon its value as of February 1, 1980, and each succeeding year thereafter unless the governing body of the county: ,shall determine otherwise. The next order of business was the equalization of townships. Mr. Miller read a letter from Mr. Erhardt Krabbenhoft requesting a tax reduction because of spring flooding on his land in the N\ of Section 1, Normanna Township. Mr. Miller stated that he answered the letter informing him of the tax abatement procedure which goes through the local township board and ' then the County board. Mr. Miller of assessments. County be valued estimated market stated that several townships did not comply with the recommended 10% level Mr. Hendrickson moved and Mrs. Stanton seconded that all property in Cass at a realistic estimated market value and that 10% be applied against the value to obtain the assessed value for 1979. Motion carried. Mr. Don McIntyre appeared before the Board of Equalization to protest an added assess- ment against the McIntyre-Pyle Seeds, Inc. located in Casselton Township. He stated that the corporation itself does not own any property but was set up in order to establish a market for their farm produce. Mr. Satrom stated that there are similar types of property in other townships in the County which are not being assessed. The Board asked Mr. Satrom to report these similar cases to Mr. Miller to see if they are being taxed at this time. Mrs. Stanton moved and Mrs. Wold seconded that the County Board of Equalization be ad- journed for 1979. Motion carried. The Board convened as the County Board of Commissioners. IBoard of Equaliza !tion convened Resolution adopted calling for an 'annual assessment Don McIntyre protests added assessment against seed farm i Mr. Hendrickson moved and Mrs. Stanton seconded that Gordon Sletmoe, Disaster Emergency ;DES Dir. auth. Services Director, be authorized out of state travel to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on June 19th out of state -21st. Motion carried. ' travel '..W<'