Board of Supervisors Meeting   4/16/2026

Candy will do her presentation and then we'll open the public hearing.

Thank you.

And that concludes the presentation.

Ian Coley, Kelly,

Address 220, Rockfish Orchard Drive.

Each one kind of goes in or in the first one.

It's not sustainable.

We've got to curb the short-term rents.

Thank you.

Donna Small.

and the renters whose land will pass that increase with time.

Steven Main.

Please do not load up the financial burden on the backs of county residents.

Donna Hodgson.

Paul Davis

I have to cut back and I'm sure when I get the bill I can't just come in and say sorry my car repair was up 25% and this was 25% I have to pay you guys a payment plan I don't think you guys would like too much but just keep that in mind there's so many people right now this kind of rate it may be by looking at figures and numbers it may sound like not much but when you start putting the dollars into your checkbook and what's writing out now it becomes a lot so just keep that in

Any discussion?

Specifically related towards the school system there is a potential three four hundred thousand dollars in there and I think it'd be a good due diligence practice on our part to see if any of that relief has come in before we address the real estate tax rate if that is agreeable to the board I don't think

We're kind of prematurely voting on something that that could potentially affect us here in a few weeks.

Are you going to be available for such a meeting for us to be able to do that?

The 27th, yes.

Okay.

I'll be back Saturday.

You don't want to?

I think.

52.7 actually.

I know what we're currently looking at is an average growth of 4% but I think I would like to see what what the final numbers come back as and just look and see what we could do with maybe 55 but again I think we need to wait and get numbers from the state so we can see what the state will actually do their budget so I

If everything goes as planned with the state, what is the forecast for the future, timing-wise?

But this might just be a telltale sign of if things are going to get worse.

They're also looking at redoing the formulation of how the LCI is composed, is what Vaco told us at the last meeting.

It's not one that is anywhere.

So with all those words, you never mentioned when.

Yes, June 1st.

So which exceeds our timeframe.

I think Ernie and I can attest that they've done their budget later, every year since we've been elected since 2018.

Now we expect it to drive us crazy.

They will not have the budget complete by our rate set, but we will have some better indications of where they're headed.

So what's the date you want to?

So we would continue it again from the 22nd to the 27th.

Yeah I have plenty of comments when the time comes for us to start hashing this out but if we're not going to take action on it tonight I'll save them for when they might have the best impact.

Are we talking about the reassessment process?

Historically, the board has not wanted to do that.

four years at one time.

For an example, I would probably say doing reassessments every year for a locality of our size is not

It's expensive.

We don't need full-time staff to do that.

There's a balancing point between how much is it worth it and how much we actually spent.

Obviously, we've had hyperinflation since 2018, or specifically in the 2019 to now, and it doesn't look like deflation is a thing.

job a lot easier every year down the line when you know so they don't have a huge jump unexpectedly because you know you know it's hard to plan four years ahead when you're planning for tomorrow.

Candy, are commercial properties excluded from personal real estate tax assessments when they're doing evaluations?

Are they excluded from

Because like the short-term rentals, they are sold on a cap rate like a commercial property is.

They wouldn't have access to those numbers to be able to make a performance and say what it's valued at on that cap rate you're talking about.

at that point, right?

As long as it's sold on the MLS and they have access to the data.

I mean, when you say commercial, I'm thinking of garage.

Well, STR is, you know, if you're talking about income producing, they're commercial.

Is that what you're asking?

I don't think they have any.

Jessica, your kids, before you know it, they're going to be in the housing market.

for people to try to buy properties that, you know, for your daughters.

What is the increase in TOT tax?

When we're talking future revenues, we've got options.

Because in my opinion, if the board is unwilling to diversify revenue streams, then my tax rate is higher.

and make priority items for next year.

But we are carrying over $4 million into the next biggest fiscal year though that we can kind of use as an insurance policy if there is a shortfall.

So let's just shimmy that over.

So that 4.3 million is all for non-recurring things.

Another meeting.

That's a Wednesday.

after 4.30 so I can work.

It makes sense to have it at 7 o'clock so people can hand it.

Other than just this board's consensus, we'll be just continuing this meeting to the 22nd, I would imagine.

We have other things on the agenda.

All right.

So we, I am looking for a motion to adjourn and continue to April 22nd, 2026 at 5 PM for a joint work session with the planning commission.

Madam Chair, I move we continue this meeting until the 22nd at 5 p.m.

Do I have a second?

Second.

All those opposed?