Meeting Minutes Sept. 22, 2022
This meeting seems pretty general, unless you take it with the others.
Of course, it is another closed door meeting, that should have been open. And yes, they are taking votes and making decisions and spending our money without consent.
They are calling it a quarterly meeting. Another one… in the same quarter.
But this part- Dale Ruzicka had phone conversations with both State and County Auditor representatives. Was informed the SBRD is not limited to the increase restriction of “maximum 3% or CPI, whichever is greater” discussed at the previous meeting.
Why is it not limited to the restriction of 3% or CPI? Why is it not limited to the restrictions that we ALL thought it was?
Because it is not a levy. This phone call right here is where there is no doubt that the board was aware the district was on a special assessment. There is no way a levy can be raised that much. It was just after they said this that I called to ask why it is not limited to the 3%… to ask if this was truly legal. Honestly, I was pretty sure Dale never called anybody. The auditor told me it was legal and I sort of gave up. The game was stacked against us.
But we had the resolution, right? Remember the resolution from 2016 when all the landowners thought they were agreeing that the only way it could be raised was a vote of the landowners? Not to worry, because what the board wants, the board gets.
*Was informed that the statue only requires two-thirds of the Trustees to make an assessment increase, since we are the “governing body” overseeing district activities
Dale Ruzicka learned that they don’t have to abide by ANY of the rules set up in the beginning to keep the main control with the members. He spins it a little for the new residents that have no idea this is not what we intended or thought we were creating. The new people have heard what they wanted to hear from the politicians. They bought every word. They just want to be left alone and have somebody else take care of the road.
I now have the impression that many of these people are used to the political doublespeak. It’s a comfort zone for them.
Also note that we could have scaled back our activities. Gee… why would we not do that?
Farrokhi asked for a motion to increase Levies from the standing $400/year/land owner, to $500. Ruzicka second, motion approved unanimously. Paperwork will be filed with the County by Farrokhi to make the increase happen for the 2023 taxable year.
Again- it is not a levy. It cannot be a levy based on the ability to increase it by 25%. And, it is not what our resolution says. And this would only be legal, as a special assessment (which is what it is) with a boatload of steps, including notices and discussions… and much more. They knew this was a special assessment, but decided against doing it right. We were all in the dark, and they thought they could keep us there. In fact they did, until they disrespected our vote and ousted the guy we elected.