Board of Supervisors Meeting   4/28/2022

So Andy, go ahead and begin the

And the board will now conduct the public hearing on the proposed transient occupancy rate of 10%.

So the first individual that I have signed up is Beth Ann.

Oh, and I have to do this.

Hi, I'm Beth Ann Biscoke.

I live at 113878, Crop Street, Falls Island, Tyler, Virginia, 100 Johnson, 2976.

That's pretty much my argument.

You're handwriting.

Greg.

Good evening.

Thank you.

Barbara Larson.

Please reconsider this drastic hike.

The three minutes and five minutes still apply.

Thank you, sir.

OK.

Is that real estate?

That's public comments too.

Was that my public comments?

Yeah.

Candy, if we could do the second one.

And the board will now conduct this public hearing on the proposed real property tax rate of $0.65 per $100 of assessed value.

And moving on, Karl Maloo.

That it's not a time to be reaching into the taxpayers pockets a little deeper right now, when they're already facing all of these other hardships, that's all.

All right, full purpose.

And based upon, you know, just what Carleton was saying here, you know, we are in a difficult time and I really believe

on family members and people.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

And I thank you very much for the opportunity.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

All right, Candy, personal property, right?

And the floor will now conduct a public hearing on the proposed tangible personal property tax rate of $2.79 for $100 of assessed value.

Yep, yep, come on up.

Thank you.

Anyone else wish to speak in regards to the personal property tax rate?

How much sense does that make, you know?

How does keeping the personal property tax rate flat lessen the impact of the real estate tax?

We are reducing the real estate tax rate from 72 cents 100 to 65 cents, correct?

Correct.

We are reducing our personal property tax from $3.45 to $2.79 cents 100.

We are reducing the rate, the revenue from that rate would remain flat.

I guess for us, Mr. Reed, did you have something to say?

I think you're referring to the fact that there are reservations booked out through the year

or based on that right exactly and the thought is that we if we do this we don't do it until January 1st to give that group time to adjust because people have already paid for their Thanksgiving weekend at an Airbnb for example and if we raise the tax rate in the middle of the year then the people you have to go back to the customer or they would have to pay it out of pocket so the thought is if we do this we wait until January

Or is it a year?

You could get back to us at our next meeting.

Ms. Barr?

We don't collect the tax from our guests, and I'm just curious, and you're also an Airbnb owner, so I'll ask you, do you collect the tax from your guests, or is that?

Bethann, you could tell us about the platforms.

So it's different for each platform.

And I did.

And then they have to pay the county that month.

I think that is one big piece that we need to have a conversation with the Commissioner of Revenue and the Commissioner of Revenue does need to come to this board to kind of discuss some of these logistics

My $350 a night Airbnb went from

I didn't realize that some people don't collect it from the people staying.

So it's something to think about as we discuss this.

Yeah, exactly.

That's where my mind went in this whole public comment process.

That's not fair to the people who are doing it right.

I think there are two subjects here.

I do, but you should probably finish that discussion.

So I would hate to see the schools get less money because we put it off until after we decided on the final budget and then

in the interim.

So that might be a discussion we're going to have.

Who would like to start?

That's what was basically said.

Okay.

So we are one of the only counties to be able to do this.

And that's not the first time we've done it either.

Whether that's a motion to approve or discuss.

We need to think about that as we move on.

So is there anyone else who wishes to make any comments in regards to the tax rate before we get in action?

Reiterate and Agree with, you can write this down.

are lowering the tax rate seven cents, and I think that's a good compromise for what we are, for our goals.

And this was a compromise that we were able to all live with.

Ms. Spivey?

Mr. Barton?

Yes.

Mr. Rutherford?

Moving on into the establishment of 20- Mr. Chairman, may I ask?

What is your dissent on that?

But I feel that it was something that the people of Nelson would

Candy?

Therein established shall be effective January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022.

You typically just make a motion to approve as presented.

Tonight, it probably doesn't make sense to consider this resolution.

Hearing no discussion.

Yes.

So you're welcome to hang out afterwards and wait till we're done.

This might take a little bit of time.

Yeah.

Discussion of prospective candidates for county administrative position.

Hearing no discussion, Amanda?

Mr. Barton?

Yes.

Mr. Rutherford?

Yeah, yeah, you're good.