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CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY BEAUFORT COUNTY AND, UM, THE NAVAL HOSPITAL IN PARIS, A LITTLE BIT OF PARIS ISLAND.AND, UH, HUNDRED PINES IS MY DISTRICT.
AND I'M GONNA LET THE, UH, UM, Y'ALL WANT ME TO INTRODUCE Y'ALL? OKAY.
AND WE, WE ARE NOT THE STARS TONIGHT.
THAT'S WHY WE WE'RE SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE CUZ WE'RE LEARNING TOO.
AND, UM, TELL 'EM WHAT YOUR DISTRICT IS.
HEY, UH, LIKE YOU SAID, I'M DAVID BARTHA.
IT'S DISTRICT TWO, UH, WHICH IS PREDOMINANTLY OUT ON LADIES ISLAND.
UH, PARTS OF DOWNTOWN BEAUFORT, PARTS OF ST.
HELENA AND, UH, MARINE CORPS AIR STATION.
I'M, I'M EXCITED TO BE LEARNING A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS PROCESS.
I, I UNDERSTAND IT THAT MUCH, BUT I, HOPEFULLY I CAN EXPLAIN IT A LOT BETTER AFTER TONIGHT.
OH, AND, UH, YORK LOVER, UM, THIS TELECAST IS, UH, THIS WORKSHOP IS, IS BEING TELE TELE TELECAST LIVE.
SO, UM, IT'S A LIVE, UM, BROADCAST AND STUFF.
UH, I REPRESENT DISTRICT THREE, DISTRICT THREE INCLUDES, UH, F FRIPP, ST.
HELEN, UM, WARSAW, UM, EUS, UH, CAT ALLEN, UH, PART OF BUFORD, UH, PART OF POLK VILLAGE.
UM, COME TO NORTH STREET AND, UM, BAY, DOWN BAY STREET AND STUFF.
AND SO EVERYTHING ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF 21 IS IN MY DISTRICT.
ONCE YOU PASS WALMART, UM, COMING TO BEAUFORD.
UM, AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S MY DISTRICT.
UM, UM, I HAD THE, UM, ALSO, UM, UM, THEY, THEY WANTED TO PUT, UH, HARBOR ISLAND IN MY DISTRICT.
I SAID, NO, I'LL LEAVE THAT, LEAVE THAT IN THE OTHER DISTRICT.
SO I DON'T HAVE HARBOR ISLAND, THAT'S MY DISTRICT AND I HAVE PORT OIL, BUT THE THREE OF US DECIDED TO DO THIS TOGETHER.
AND IT WILL BE ON THE COUNTY CHANNEL TOO.
SO, UH, YOUR FRIENDS, THEY CAN GET ON OUR, UM, OUR WEBSITE AND THEY CAN WATCH IT AT, SO I'M GONNA LET MS. SANDERS START AND SHE'S GONNA TELL YOU WHY THIS IS A REASSESSMENT YEAR.
UM, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA DOES IT EVERY FIVE YEARS, WHICH IS ACTUALLY A GOOD THING.
UM, I KNOW IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A GOOD THING, BUT IT IS A GOOD THING.
SO, UH, IF Y'ALL, DO YOU WANT 'EM TO HOLD THEIR QUESTIONS TILL THE END? NO, YOU'RE GOOD.
UM, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME.
UM, IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE OF MINE TO SPEAK BEFORE THE, OUR, THE CITIZENS OF BEAUFORT COUNTY AND ALSO TO EDUCATE EVERYONE.
UM, I, I HAVE A PERSONAL PASSION IN TAXATION.
I WILL JUST ASK THE QUESTION HOW MANY I'VE BEEN WITH THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE.
UM, I'VE BEEN WITH THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE THIS TIME AROUND CAUSE I'VE BEEN WITH BRE COUNTY ASSESSOR'S OFFICE TWICE, 23 YEARS AND IN TAXATION OVER 28 YEARS.
AND SO, UM, THIS IS A, A PASSION THAT I HAVE.
IT'S NOT ALWAYS AN EASY SUBSTITUTE TALK ABOUT, BUT IT IS A, A, A, IT'S, WE ALL DEPEND ON WHAT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT TODAY.
AND OUR NEW COUNTY AUDITOR IS HERE.
WELL, THE REASON WHY I'M GLAD HE'S HERE BECAUSE I'LL RELY A LOT ON HIM BECAUSE ONCE WE GET THE ROLES GOING, I HAVE TO TURN IT OVER TO HIM AND SAY HERE, DAVID.
UM, AND SO THANK YOU FOR DOING, I KNOW WE KIND OF PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT THANK WOOHOO.
AS YOU CAN SEE, MY NAME IS EBONY SANDERS.
I'M THE BEAUFORT COUNTY ASSESSOR, AND THIS IS OUR CONTACT INFORMATION FOR OUR OFFICE.
UM, BECAUSE IF YOU, I'M, YOU HAVE A, UM, COUPLE OF PAMPHLETS IN THE BACK, GRAB ONE OF THOSE.
YOU CAN USE YOUR PHONE TO KIND OF GO TO OUR WEBSITE AND BROWSE THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT TODAY.
BUT OTHER THINGS THAT OUR OFFICE OFFERS THAT YOU SHOULD KIND OF BE FAMILIAR WITH AS A TAXPAYER, WE'RE, I'M GONNA SHOW A VIDEO, KIND OF EASE THE, THE WHOLE TOPIC OF TAXATION AND, UM, YOU CAN GET THE HONOR, KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHAT WE DO IN OUR DEPARTMENT.
I HOPE I CAN TECHNOLOGY WORK THROUGH THIS.
THEY WERE HELPING ME A FEW MINUTES AGO.
SO HERE, THIS IS WHAT OUR TOPICS ARE GONNA BE TODAY.
WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE DUTIES.
MY DUTY AS A COUNTY ASSESSOR, THE QUADRANT REASSESSMENT.
THAT'S WHY WE WE'RE HERE TODAY.
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GONNA TALK ABOUT ATIS CAPPING APPEALS, UM, SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS.WE'RE GOING TO EVEN TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT TAX SAVINGS THAT OUR OFFICE AND OTHER OFFICES AND, AND JURISDICTIONS, UM, THAT MAY, MAY ABLE WE QUALIFY FOR.
SO THOSE ARE THE KIND OF TOPICS WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT.
IT'S NOT THE MOST INTERESTING CONVERSATION, BUT IT'S AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION, ESPECIALLY THIS YEAR.
UM, SO HERE, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE DUTIES.
SO INSTEAD OF, I'M GONNA GO INTO A LONG LIST OF STATUTORY DUTIES OF MINE.
I'M GONNA SHOW A VIDEO THAT'S ON OUR WEBSITE THAT KIND OF BREAKS IT DOWN.
SIMPLISTICALLY, WHAT WE ACTUALLY DO.
AND IF YOU'VE SEEN THIS VIDEO, PLEASE BEAR WITH ME.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF MISUNDERSTANDING ABOUT THE ROLE OF ASSESSORS AND HOW THEY AFFECT THE PROPERTY TAX THAT HOMEOWNERS PAY.
WHEN SOMEONE HEARS THE TERM ASSESSOR, THEY SEEM TO THINK OF A SCARY FIGURE REACHING FOR THEIR WALLET.
NOT SO ASSESSORS DON'T SET TAX RATES.
ASSESSORS DON'T CHASE TAX DOLLARS.
AN ASSESSOR IS INTERESTED IN FAIRLY DETERMINING PROPERTY VALUES AND THEY TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN IT.
PROPERTY TAX IS DETERMINED BY A SIMPLE FORMULA.
ASSESSORS ONLY AFFECT ONE OF THESE VARIABLES, THE VALUE, AND THEY DO SO WITH INCREDIBLE ACCURACY.
ASSESSORS ARE TAX LENDERS OR EVEN TAX SETTERS.
THEY'RE JUST FELLOW TAXPAYERS.
AND THEIR PRIMARY GOAL IS TO MAKE EVERYTHING FAIR AND EQUITABLE.
IMAGINE THAT YOU'RE IN A RESTAURANT WITH TWO FRIENDS.
ONE ORDERS A HOTDOG, ONE ORDERS A PLATE OF CAVIAR, AND YOU ORDER A STEAK.
THE WAITER COMES TO THE TABLE FOR A TOTAL BILL OF $100, BUT HE DOESN'T KNOW HOW MUCH EACH OF YOU SHOULD PAY.
IF EVERYONE PAID THE SAME AMOUNT, THE GUY WHO ORDERED THE CAVIAR MIGHT BE HAPPY.
BUT WHAT ABOUT THE GUY WHO ORDERED THE HOTDOG? ENTER ASSESSORS? THE FOOD IS YOUR PROPERTY.
JUST LIKE THESE MEALS, SOME PEOPLE'S PROPERTY IS WORTH MORE THAN OTHERS, AND IT'S THE ASSESSOR'S JOB TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH EACH PROPERTY IS WORTH.
SO IN THE SAME WAY, THE VALUE OF THESE MENU ITEMS WOULD NEED TO BE DETERMINED.
AN ASSESSOR PLACES VALUE ON PROPERTIES TO ENSURE FAIRNESS AND EQUITY.
AFTER THE ASSESSOR DETERMINES THE VALUE OF EACH PROPERTY, LOCAL GOVERNING BODIES WILL SET THEIR BUDGETS FOR THE COMING YEAR.
THEY SET THE TAX RATE IN ORDER TO PRODUCE THE DOLLARS NEEDED FOR THEIR BUDGETS.
THE VALUE OF A PROPERTY DOES NOT AFFECT THE AMOUNT OF PROPERTY TAX NEEDED, BUT SUM TOTAL OF ALL THOSE BUDGETS IS A SET NUMBER THAT HAS TO BE DIVIDED UP AMONG ALL THE PROPERTY OWNERS.
SO EVEN IF EVERYONE'S VALUE WAS CUT IN HALF BY THE ASSESSORS, THE TAX RATE WILL BE RAISED IN ORDER TO GENERATE THE SAME AMOUNT OF TAX REVENUE.
THE ASSESSORS DON'T DETERMINE THE TAXES YOU PAY, THEY JUST DETERMINE THE VALUES OF PROPERTIES TO KEEP EVERYTHING AS FAIR AND EQUITABLE AS POSSIBLE.
WHEN YOU NOTICE A CHANGE IN YOUR PROPERTY'S ASSESSED VALUE, THAT CHANGE IS THE RESULT OF A NEVER ENDING QUEST FOR FAIRNESS AND ACCURACY.
ASSESSORS ARE GRADED ON THEIR PERFORMANCE.
SO THERE IS A DETAILED SYSTEM TO GET ACCURATE VALUATIONS.
FIRST, THE ASSESSOR LOOKS AT SIMILAR PROPERTIES THAT HAVE SOLD THEIR SALE PRICES AND THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EACH SALE.
THAT'S THE REASON YOUR HOME WON'T JUST BE COMPARED TO THE PLACE NEXT DOOR.
STUDYING THINGS LIKE SQUARE FOOTAGE, PAGE AND LOCATION HELPS ASSESSORS DETERMINE HOW COMPARABLE ANOTHER PROPERTY IS TO YOURS.
EVEN SEEMINGLY SMALL DETAILS LIKE AN EXTRA BATHROOM OR FINISHED BASEMENT CAN RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES IN VALUE IN TWO OTHERWISE IDENTICAL HOMES.
ASSESSORS MAINTAIN A THOROUGH DATABASE OF REAL ESTATE INFORMATION TO MAKE THIS PROCESS AS PRECISE AS POSSIBLE.
CHANGES IN VALUE ARE TYPICALLY THE RESULT OF LOCAL REAL ESTATE MARKET SALES OR MAJOR CHANGES TO A PROPERTY.
REMODEL A KITCHEN OR FINISH YOUR BASEMENT AND YOUR PROPERTY'S VALUE COULD INCREASE.
WHEN YOU SEE YOUR HOME'S ASSESSED VALUE, YOU CAN REST ASSURED THAT THE NUMBER HAS NOT BEEN DRAWN OUT OF A HAT NOR GENERATED WITH ANYTHING BUT EQUITY AND ACCURACY IN MIND.
LONG STORY SHORT, ASSESSORS ARE HERE TO HELP, NOT TRYING TO HINDER THEIR FOCUS IS ACCURATE VALUES NOT TAX COLLECTION.
THE ONLY THINGS AN ASSESSOR CHASES ARE FAIRNESS AND EQUITY AND THEY TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN IT.
ONE OF THAT
SO LET'S RESET THE FOUNDATION OF WHAT THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE DO AND WHAT WE DO NOT DO.
AND IT'S A VERY SIMPLISTIC VIDEO.
THEY'RE EXEMPTIONS THAT WE WORK WITH, SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS THAT WE WORK WITH.
BUT THE BASIS FOR ARE THE BAR.
OUR DEPARTMENT OF THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE IS TO DETERMINE VALUE.
AND THAT VALUE IS USED TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH IS NEEDED TO RUN GOVERNMENT AND TO SET RATES AND THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.
BUT OUR OFFICE, WE ARE NOT INVOLVED WITH THOSE THINGS, BUT WE HAVE TO ESTABLISH THE VALUE, WHICH IS THE BEGINNING OF THE WHOLE PROCESS, THE TAXATION PROCESS.
SO HERE WE ARE GONNA TALK ABOUT QUADR.
THE LAST ONE WE HAD WAS IN 2018
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WHEN WE IMPLEMENTED.NOW EVERYTHING THAT WE TALK ABOUT AND WITH REGARDS TO THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE IS STATUTORY DRIVEN.
SO WHAT WE DO IS BASED ON THE SARON CODE LAW, UM, WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THE CODE LAW AND THE REASSESSMENT IS ONE OF THOSE, UM, CODES THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW.
THE REASSESSMENT BASIS, EQUALIZATION PROGRAM, YOU SAW THAT IN THE VIDEO WHERE WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE FAIRNESS AND EQUITY.
SO THAT'S WHAT, AND THIS IS A QUADR REASSESSMENT DOES THE ASSESSMENT.
THE REASSESSMENT IS BASED ON AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
SO THIS, REMEMBER THAT AS WE GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION, YOU'RE GONNA HEAR ME SAY EFFECTIVE DATE.
THE EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THIS QUADRANT AREA ASSESSMENT IS 12 31 22.
IT'S NOT BASED ON WHAT'S GOING ON TODAY IN THE MARKET.
WE KNOW WE'RE IN 23, IT'S BASED ON WHAT HAPPENED AS OF DECEMBER 31ST OF 22.
AND WE USE A MASS APPRAISAL PRO PROCESS THAT MAY BE UNFAMILIAR TERMINOLOGY TO SOME PEOPLE.
BUT WHAT WE ARE DOING, WE ARE LOOKING AT THE GROUP OF PROPERTY, THE GLOBAL AMOUNT OF PROPERTIES IN BEAUFORT COUNTY, ALL OF THEM.
AND WE DETERMINE THE VALUATION FOR ALL OF THOSE PROPERTY, ALL THE PROPERTIES HERE IN BEAUFORT.
CURRENTLY WE HAVE A LITTLE OVER 133,000 PARCELS IN BEAUFORT COUNTY.
SO AS AN ASSESSOR'S OFFICE, WE HAVE TO DETERMINE THE VALUES FOR ALL OF THOSE PROPERTIES REGARDLESS IF THEY SELL OR DO NOT SELL, BECAUSE WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH THE FAIR MARKET VALUE.
SO THAT'S WHY I USE THAT DEFINITION.
THE DEFINITION COMES FROM ONE OF THE GOVERNING AGENCIES THAT WE ARE RESPONSIBLE UNDER, WHICH IS THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ASSESSMENT OFFICER OFFICIALS.
AND THIS IS THE DEFINITION, THE PROCESS OF VALUING A UNIVERSAL PROPERTIES.
THAT'S ALL OF BUFORD AS OF A GIVEN DATE.
DECEMBER 31ST, 22, USING A STANDARD METHODOLOGY, MASS APPRAISAL PROCESS AND EMPLOYING COMMON DATA, ALL THE SALES AND ALLOWING FOR STATISTICAL TESTING.
WHEN WE COME UP, WE DON'T JUST PULL IT OUT OF A HAT AND SAY, OOH, THAT'S THE NEW NUMBER.
WE COME, WE, WE USE TESTING AND WE USE, WE USE DATA SEARCHING TO DETERMINE THE VALUE.
OKAY? SO WHY DO WE REASSESS? WELL, WE KNOW THAT IS WE ESTABLISH A STATE LAW, WE KNOW THAT.
AND IT'S A FIVE ON A FIVE YEAR CYCLE.
WE'RE GONNA TALK MORE ABOUT THAT.
SO WHEN THE PROPERTY VALUES ARE SET FOR THE QUADRENNIAL REASSESSMENT THAT WE ARE ABOUT TO ENGAGE IN THE PROPERTY VALUES WILL, THAT NUMBER WILL FREEZE UNLESS THERE'S SOME CHANGES TO THE PROPERTY.
OH, IF YOU DECIDE TO ADD ON ANOTHER ROOM OR YOU DECIDE TO BUILD ANOTHER SECTION TO YOUR HOME, OR JUST BUILD A WHOLE HOUSE, THEN THERE'S A DIFFERENT SITUATION SCENARIO THERE.
BUT IF NOTHING CHANGES, AND WE E ESTABLISHED THE VALUE, THE MARKET VALUE AND THE TOTAL VALUE IT FREEZES UNTIL THE NEXT REASSESSMENT, WHICH IS GONNA BE IN 2028.
ASSESSMENT FREEZES, IT FREEZES THE VALUATION DATE AND IT FREEZES THAT VALUE.
UNLESS SOMETHING CHANGES, IT CURES ANY INEQUITIES.
NOW, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT SOME INEQUITIES IN FUTURE IN A, IN A, IN A FURTHER ALONG IN THIS, UM, IN THIS DISCUSSION.
BUT IT TRY, IT IS FOR, TO CORRECT OR CURE ANY, UM, UN NON-UNIFORMITY AREAS THAT HAVE OCCURRED THROUGH THROUGHOUT THE TIME PERIOD BETWEEN REASSESSMENT CYCLE AND REASSESSMENT CYCLE.
THERE'S UNI, UM, NON, UH, NON-UNIFORMITY THAT OCCURS.
AND SO WE'VE HAD TO GET THOSE THINGS CURED.
THAT'S WHAT THE REASSESSMENT DOES.
IT BRINGS EVERYBODY WITH THE SAME EFFECTIVE DATE, BASED ON THE SAME MARKET DATA THAT WE ARE RESEARCHING AND IT CURES THOSE PROBLEMS. SO AGAIN, HERE'S THE NOTE IN READ OF WHAT THE ASSESSMENT FREES MEAN.
IT'S ONLY BROKEN IF SOMETHING CHANGES.
AND WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THOSE CHANGES.
SO AGAIN, DECEMBER 31ST, YOU'RE GONNA HEAR ME SAY THAT A LOT.
AND OUR SCHEDULING FOR MAIL, I SHOULD HAVE PUT 23.
SO PLEASE EXCUSE THAT ERROR IS DECEMBER 31ST.
DECEMBER 31ST, 22 IS THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE VALUES THAT WE ARE PLACING THAT WE'RE GONNA SEND OUT NOTICES FOR THIS FALL.
SO WE CAN REITERATE THE IMPORTANCE OF DECEMBER 31ST.
SO WHATEVER HAPPENS IN THE MARKET CURRENTLY IS NOT GONNA BE REFLECTED IN THE EVALUATION THAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE THIS FALL.
SO APPRAISE, HERE'S A DEFINITION FOR APPRAISER MODEL.
AND I'M NOT GONNA READ THROUGH ALL THE DEFINITIONS, BUT THIS KIND OF GIVES YOUR IDEA HOW WE UTILIZES MARKET SALES TO DETERMINE THE VALUE.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE JUST PULL OUT THE HOUSE AND SIT OUT OF A HAT OR SIT THERE AND SAY, I GUESS IS THIS.
WE DO STATISTICAL MEASURES AND WE BASE IT ON LAWS THAT ARE ESTABLISHED BY THE SA, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, UM, THE, THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION ASSESSMENT OFFICIALS, ALSO THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAW AND ALSO CASE STUDIES OR DIFFERENT, OR DIFFERENT, UM, CASES THAT WOULD BEFORE THE ADMINISTRATIVE LAW COURT OR THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEAL, OR THE SUPREME COURT, WHICH BEAUFORD COUNTY ASSESSOR'S OFFICE, AND MYSELF INCLUDED, I HAD TO TESTIFY BEFORE THOSE SQUADRON, THOSE, THOSE, UM, THOSE DIFFERENT COURTS BEFORE.
AND WE'RE GONNA TALK MORE ABOUT APPEAL PROCESS
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IN THE FUTURE FURTHER ALONG IN OUR PRESENTATION.IT'S KIND OF SMALL, BUT EXAMPLE OF YOUR ASSESSMENT NOTICE OF WHAT IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE IS GOING TO HAVE DATA ON THERE REGARDING THE SIZE OF YOUR PROPERTY.
THERE'S ALSO GONNA BE DATA ON THERE WITH REGARDS TO THE VALUATION OF YOUR PROPERTY, AS WELL AS WHAT THE RATIO OF YOUR PROPERTY IS.
WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT LEGAL RESIDENCY SHORTLY AS WELL.
BUT THIS IS A QUICK EXAMPLE OF WHAT THE NOTICE WILL ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE WHEN YOU RECEIVE IT.
UM, AND EVERYTHING THAT'S ON THERE, WE HAVE TO PLACE IT ON THERE BECAUSE IT'S MANDATED BY SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAW.
SO WE KNOW WE HAVE TO ESTABLISH THE QUAD RUNNING REASSESSMENT, AND IT'S BASED ON THE FAIR MARKET VALUE OF A PROPERTY.
SO AS A TAXPAYER, YOU MAY BE WONDERING, WELL, MY PROPERTY VALUE IS GONNA GO UP.
IT'S SO MUCH GOING ON IN BEAUFORT COUNTY.
PEOPLE ARE BUYING AND SELLING AND PROPERTIES ARE FLIPPING AND PEOPLE ARE COMING HERE AND MOVING HERE AND SPENDING ASTRONOMICAL AMOUNTS FOR PROPERTY.
HOW'S THAT GONNA AFFECT ME? SINCE YOU'RE GONNA ANALYZE THE SALES AND YOU'RE GONNA GIVE US A NEW VALUE BASED ON MARKET SALES BASED ON WHAT THE PROPERTY WAS DOING AS OF DECEMBER 31ST OF 22, HOW IS THAT GONNA AFFECT ME? WELL, THE SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATION MADE A LAW THAT INCLUDED THE 15% CAP BECAUSE THEY RECOGNIZED BACK IN 2006, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THAT IF PROPERTY VALUES WERE GOING UP SO DRAMATICALLY BEFORE THE RECESSION TO PROTECT PROPERTY OWNERS WHO DO NOT CHANGE OR MOVE OR DO ANYTHING, WHO SITS STILL ON THEIR PROPERTY, WHO HAVEN'T TRANSFERRED INTEREST AT THE TIME OF THE QUADR REASSESSMENT, IF YOUR PROPERTY VALUE INCREASES MORE THAN 15%, THE MOST YOU CAN BE TAXED ON IS A 15% INCREASE.
SO IF YOU GO BACK ON YOUR TAX BILLS AND PREVIOUS ASSESSMENT NOTES, IF YOU'VE BEEN WITH BERET COUNTY OR LIVED HERE ON PROPERTY AND YOU HAVEN'T SOLD RECENTLY, OR JUST SAY MULTIPLE QUADRONS, YOU MAY HAVE RECEIVED UP TO THREE AND THIS MAY BE YOUR FOURTH CAP.
SO LET'S, I'M GONNA PUT THAT IN LAYMAN'S TERM IN A MINUTE.
I'M GONNA GIVE YOU SOME DEFINITIONS.
BUT IF YOUR PROPERTY VALUE AT THE LAST QUADR REASSESSMENT, YOU SAY LAST YEAR, CUZ THAT IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING IN THE LAST FIVE, SIX YEARS MM-HMM.
YOU'LL, YOU WILL SEE IN THE, I'M GONNA SHOW YOU THIS EXAMPLE NOTICE MM-HMM.
BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO PAY ATTENTION TO THAT TAXABLE NUMBER.
THAT'S WHERE YOUR CAP NUMBER WILL BE AT.
SO INSTEAD OF AT THE A HUNDRED THOUSAND, YOU'LL BE AT 115, EVEN THOUGH WE SAID YOUR MARKET VALUE IS AT A MILLION.
SO SOMETIMES WHAT HAPPENS, MY TAXPAYERS WILL COME IN AND THEY'LL SEE THE MILLION AND THEY'RE LIKE, MS. SANDERS, THIS IS A MILLION DOLLARS.
AND WE SAY, WELL THIS WAS THE MARKET DATA SAYS, AND THIS IS WHAT THE SALES SHOW.
BUT YOUR TAXABLE AMOUNT, WHAT YOU'RE GETTING TAXED ON IS 115,000.
AND LOCK SAID, WELL THAT'S ALL.
YEAH, BECAUSE THE LAW SAYS THAT IF THE PROPERTY OF VALUES INCREASE MORE THAN 15% AND YOU HAVE NOT MADE A CHANGE, AND WE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENT CHANGES, THE MOTION YOU CAN BE TAXED ON THE QUADRAL REASSESSMENT IS A 15% INCREASE.
OKAY? AND THAT WAS A PROTECTION FROM THE LEGISLATION.
LET'S, AGAIN, THIS IS SOME DEFINITIONS.
AGAIN, AS I SAID BEFORE, EVERYTHING THAT WE DO IN THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE IS CODE DRIVEN.
SO THAT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER.
THIS IS THE SECTION THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT HERE, 12 37 31 40.
IT DEF IT TALKS ABOUT THE LIMITED VALUE.
YOU MAY HEAR THAT IN OTHER DISCUSSIONS OR FROM OTHER, IT'S CALLED LIMITED VALUE, BUT IT'S A 15% CAP.
I'M NOT GONNA BORE YOU WITH THE ENTIRE CODE, BUT YOU WANT TO TAKE NOTES.
THAT'S WHERE YOU CAN FIND IT IN THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAW.
BASICALLY, HERE'S THE BASIC DEFINITION.
IT IT, IT LIMITS THE AMOUNT THE PROPERTY CAN BE TAXED, NOT AT THE MARKET VALUE, BUT THE TAXABLE VALUE.
AND LONG AS THE PROPERTY DOES NOT UNDERGO A TRANSFER OF INTEREST, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF I DECIDE I WANNA BUY MS. HOWARD'S PROPERTY, SHE MAY HAVE BEEN THE BENEFICIARY OF THE 15% CAP, BUT AT THE NEW OWNER AT THE RES, I WILL NOT BE THE BENEFICIARY OF THE 15% CAP.
NOW, IF MR. GLOVER DECIDES I'M GONNA SIT ON MY HOUSE AND I'M NOT GONNA EVER MOVE IT, I LOVE IT ON ST.
HELENA AND HIS HOUSE IS AT A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
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THE LAST QUADRON REASSESSMENT, HE DIDN'T MAKE ANY MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS.HE DIDN'T CHANGE HIS PROPERTY.
2023 COMES AROUND, HIS HOUSE WILL BE MAYBE REVALUED A MILLION DOLLARS, BUT HE'LL BE, HE'LL BE, BE THE BENEFACTOR OF THE 15% CAP, WHICH WOULD BE AT 115,000.
IT'S VERY, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A, IT IS A, IT IS A COMPLEX LAW, BUT IT'S VERY SIMPLE WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU KIND OF BREAK IT DOWN.
SO HERE, THAT'S THE CODE AGAIN.
AND THIS IS WHAT IT BASICALLY SAYS.
THE DEFINITION FOR THE, THE, THE LIMITED VALUE.
AND I PUT THIS HERE BECAUSE A LOT OF MY TAXPAYERS WILL RECEIVE A CAP VALUE, BUT THEY'LL ALSO RECEIVE A PART THAT'S NOT CAPPED.
WELL, FOR EXAMPLE, THE LAND COULD BE CAPPED, BUT THE STRUCTURE IS BRAND NEW.
IT DOESN'T RECEIVE THE BENEFIT CUZ THERE'S A CHANGE.
REMEMBER I SAID THERE'S SOME CHANGES THEN IT GOES ON FOR FULL VALUE AT THE TIME OF THE QUAD JUNIOR REASSESSMENT.
OKAY, SO THE VALUATION THAT'S PLACED ON THAT NEW HOUSE, LET'S SAY I DECIDE NEXT YEAR, I'M GONNA BUILD ME A A BIG BEAUTIFUL NEW HOUSE WITH THE VALUATION.
IF I OWNED THE PROPERTY ALL THAT TIME I DID WASN'T A NEW PURCHASER.
THE VALUATION IS GONNA BE BASED ON WHAT THAT HOUSE WOULD'VE APPEARED TO BE AT 12 31 20 22, EVEN THOUGH I BUILT IT IN 24.
OKAY? SO GOD GOING, THERE'S A LOT OF LOT OF THINGS MOVING AROUND THERE WITH THIS NUMBER.
BUT IT'S VERY SIMPLE THAT THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT A PERSON CAN BE THE BENEFIT AREA CAP AND THE NON CAP ON THEIR PROPERTY.
THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO SEEK OUR ADVICE.
WHEN YOU GET THAT ASSESSMENT NOTICE WHAT, WHAT AM I LOOKING AT HERE? WHAT IS THIS ABOUT? WHAT DO THESE NUMBERS MEAN? UM, IT'S IMPORTANT TO QUESTION IT AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE HAVING THESE SESSIONS.
OKAY? AND THAT'S THE ACT ACT 3 88, WHICH IS, I WAS RIGHT 2006.
UM, THAT'S WHEN THE, WHEN THE LEGISLATORS ACTUALLY, UM, BOUGHT THAT LAW ALIVE.
SO ACCESSIBLE TRANSFER INTEREST A FEW MINUTES AGO I MENTIONED FOR PROPERTY TRANSFER, LIKE I BOUGHT MS. HOWARD'S PROPERTY.
THAT'S WHAT WE CONSIDERED ACCESSIBLE TRANSFER INTEREST.
SO THE WAY I EXPLAIN IT IS, YOUR PROPERTY IS ACCESSIBLE ONCE YOU GIVE IT TO SOMEBODY ELSE, SELL IT TO SOMEBODY ELSE.
OKAY? SO WE GONNA REASSESS IT WHEN IT TRANSFERS INTEREST.
SO YOU GET A DEED DONE AND YOU TRANSFER IT TO SOMEONE ELSE, WE GOING TO MAG AUTOMATICALLY REASSESS IT WITH ACCESSIBLE TRANSFER INTEREST.
KEEP THIS IN MIND THAT THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE QUADRAL REASSESSMENT DOES NOT APPLY.
WHAT IS AN ACCESSIBLE TRANSFER INTEREST? WELL, YOU'LL SEE THAT I'M GONNA KIND OF BREAK IT DOWN AGAIN.
IT'S BASED ON DECEMBER 31ST OF THE YEAR, THE TRANSFER.
SO LET'S USE OUR EXAMPLE AGAIN.
WE PURCHASED, I PURCHASED MS. HOWARD HOUSE THIS YEAR IN 23.
THE LAW SAYS THAT NEXT YEAR THE PROPERTY'S GONNA BE REVALUED BASED ON SALES THAT OCCURRED IN 23.
NOT BASED ON THE QUADR, NO CAPPING, I LOST THE CAPPING, I GOT A NEW EFFECTIVE DATE.
AND THAT PROPERTY IS REASSESSED IN A NON REASSESSMENT YEAR.
THE WHOLE ENTIRE COUNTY IS NOT REASSESSED.
IT'S ONLY THOSE PROPERTIES THAT HAD A CHANGE, A TRANSFER OF INTEREST, A NEW CONSTRUCTION, A SPLIT, THESE TYPE OF PROPERTIES WILL LOSE THEIR CAP.
SURE, I'M, I'M NOT FAR AM I GONE? OH, WHAT'S GOING ON ME? SO WE'LL SEE THAT INDIVIDUALS THIS REASSESSMENT CYCLE THAT TRANSFERRED IN 22.
WE HAVE QUITE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE CUZ WE KNOW THE ACTIVITY IN BEAUFORT COUNTY HAS BEEN, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF REAL ESTATE ACTIVITY IN OUR COUNTY.
WE'VE BEEN BLESSED TO HAVE THAT.
THOSE INDIVIDUALS WILL NOT BENEFIT FROM THE CAP.
THEY WILL NOT RECEIVE A CAP ON THEIR PROPERTY.
THEY WILL GO ON FOR FULL MARKET VALUE AS OF DECEMBER 31ST OF 22.
EVERYONE ELSE, IF THEIR PROPERTY VALUE WENT UP MORE THAN 15% THEY WILL RECEIVE TO BE THE BENEFACTOR OF UP TO A 15% INCREASE.
OKAY? SO HERE'S SOME MORE ABOUT THE AT LAW.
I ALSO LIKE TO TELL MY TAXPAYERS THAT IN THE LANGUAGE OF THE LAW FOR MANY YEARS, OKAY, I SAID MANY YEARS, OH YEAH, SINCE 2006.
THE, THE VERBIAGE THAT HAS BEEN FLOATING AROUND THROUGH DIFFERENT ENTITIES ABOUT THE ATIS AND, AND ACCESSIBLE TRANSFER INTEREST, WELL THAT IS ATIS, BUT IT IS POINT OF SALE OR YOU MUST PUT IT AT MY SALE PRICE.
SO I USE THE ANALOGY, IF I PAID A DOLLAR OR SOMETHING, IS IT REALLY WORTH A DOLLAR? SO THAT'S A SALE PRICE THOUGH.
IT'S ABOUT MY SALE TO HERS, A DOLLAR AND SHE ACCEPT THAT DOLLAR FOR HER HOUSE.
SO THAT BEING SAID, THERE'S NOTHING IN THE CODE THAT SAYS POINT OF SALE,
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THAT NOTHING IN THE CODE THAT SAYS THAT WE MUST USE THE SALE PRICE.THE CODE DOES SAY IS BASED ON THE FAIR MARKET VALUE AS OF AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
SO I LIKE TO PUT THAT OUT THERE CUZ A LOT OF PEOPLE.
AND IF THE, IF THE SALE PRICE MAKES SENSE, WE'LL GO RIGHT TO THE SALE PRICE.
WE HAVE GONE BACK TO, IT'S NOT UNCOMMON, BUT I TELL MY TAXPAYERS THAT BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES WE'LL HAVE INDIVIDUALS SAY, WELL, MY SALE PRICE WAS ON YOU WENT ABOVE THAT.
OR WE CAN GO ABOVE IT BELOW IT OR KEEP IT THE SAME.
OKAY? SO BASICALLY THAT'S WHY I PUT THAT THERE.
BUT REMEMBER, IT'S BASED ON THE FAIR MARKET VALUE.
NOT ALL TRANSFERS ARE CONSIDERED ATIS.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF A TRANSFER HAPPENED BETWEEN A HUSBAND AND A WIFE, THAT'S NOT A, AT I IF A PROPERTY OCCURRED, IF A TRANSFER HAPPENS AT, IF A PROPERTY'S AT 4% OR LEGAL RESIDENCY AND THE PROPERTY WENT FROM A PARENT TO THEIR CHILD AND THE PARENT IS DECEASED, IT'S NOT AN AT I.
SO THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS IN THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAW THAT PREVENTS PROPERTY FROM BEING REASSESSED WHERE IT SHOULD NOT BE REASSESSED.
AND THAT'S WHY, AGAIN, YOU NEED TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE.
SAY, HEY, THIS PROPERTY WENT UP.
I MEAN, WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? EXPLAIN THIS TO ME.
WHY DID I GET THIS ASSESSMENT NOTICE? SO THE APPEAL PROCESS.
SO WITH ALL THAT WE DO IN THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE, THE CODE ALLOWS OUR TAXPAYERS TO APPEAL.
YOU CAN APPEAL WHEN WE, WHEN I SHOWED YOU THAT ASSESSMENT NOTICE YOU CAN APPEAL EVERYTHING ON THE FACE OF THAT ASSESSMENT.
YOU CAN EVEN SAY, I DON'T LIKE THIS, IT'S TOO HIGH.
WE NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THAT.
BUT, UM, YOU CAN APPEAL AND APPEALING IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE, THE, THE LEGISLATION GIVE YOU THAT, RIGHT? IF YOU RECEIVE AN ASSESSMENT NOTICE IT'S VERY TIME SENSITIVE.
REMEMBER THAT IT'S 90 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THAT ASSESSMENT.
NOTICE ONCE THAT 90 DAY WINDOW IS, IS PASSED AND YOU COME BACK TO THE ASSESSOR AND SAY, I DISAGREE WITH THE VALUE, THEN MS. SANDERS'S GONNA HAVE A HARD CONVERSATION WITH YOU.
AND SHE GONNA SAY, CAROLINA CODE OF LAW SAYS SO AND SO AND SO AND SO, AND THE CODE OF LAW SAYS NO, YOU WAIVED YOUR RIGHT TO APPEAL FOR THAT YEAR.
NOW THAT'S WHAT YOU RECEIV AN ASSESSMENT.
NOTICE IF YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED AN ASSESSMENT AND YEARS OF NOT RECEIVED AN ASSESSMENT NOTICE YOU HAVE UNTIL JANUARY 16TH TILL JANUARY 15TH TO APPEAL THE WHOLE YEAR.
SO THIS YEAR IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE 133,000 PARCELS ARE GONNA RECEIVE ASSESSMENT NOTICE.
AND EACH ONE OF THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE 90 DAYS TO APPEAL.
OTHERWISE, IF YOU COME IN AFTER THE APPEAL DEADLINE, CAUSE I'M, IT'S ON THERE, MS IS GONNA SAY, WELL I'LL HOLD YOUR APPEAL FOR 24, BUT FOR 23 YOU'RE NOT.
I CAN'T, YOU'RE NOT, CAN'T CONSIDER IT.
SO, AND HERE'S WHAT THE LAW THAT SAYS THAT, BUT LET'S TALK ABOUT THE APPEALS SO TAXPAYERS CAN FEEL EVERYTHING PRETTY MUCH ON THE FACE OF THAT NOTICE NOTIFICATION.
YOU'RE GONNA, YOU CAN APPEAL YOUR MARKET VALUE, YOU CAN REPEAL YOUR SPECIAL USE VALUE, YOU CAN APPEAL YOUR SIZE OF YOUR ACREAGE, YOU CAN APPEAL ANYTHING ON THE FACE OF THAT VALUE ON THAT, ON THAT ASSESSMENT NOTICE, JUST TRYING TO KEEP THAT IN MIND POINT.
AGAIN, 90 DAYS, KEEP THAT IN MIND.
SO, AND IF IT'S A, NOT AN ASSESSMENT REASSESSMENT YEAR AND YOU DO NOT RECEIVE A NOTICE, THEN YOU HAVE UNTIL JANUARY 15TH TO JANUARY, JANUARY 16TH TO JANUARY 15TH TO APPEAL.
SO THIS IS ANOTHER, AGAIN, IT'S KIND OF REPETITIVE, BUT I I JUST DON'T WANNA STRESS IT SO MUCH HOW IMPORTANT THESE ASSESSMENT NOTICES ARE.
IF A TAXPAYER APPEALS, YOU CAN'T EXERCISE BOTH RIGHTS.
SO THIS YEAR EVERYONE IS UNDER THE SAME 90 DAY WINDOW.
SO IT'S NOT AN ISSUE WHERE YOU CAN SAY, WELL I WANT, I HAVE UNTIL JANUARY 15TH TO APPEAL BECAUSE I CAN EXERCISE THAT.
RIGHT? YOU CAN'T EXERCISE BOTH.
IF YOU GOT THE NOTICE, THEN YOU HAVE 90 DAYS.
IF YOU DID NOT GET A NOTICE, THEN YOU HAD THE CALENDAR HERE.
EVERYTHING THAT WE TALKED ABOUT REGARDING THE REASSESSMENT IS ONLINE.
UM, WE HAVE AN UPDATED REASSESSMENT GUIDE THAT IS THE QR CODE FOR IT.
UM, IF YOU GO TO THE QR CODE AND THE PAMPHLET THAT I HAVE ON THE TABLE THERE, IT'LL TAKE YOU RIGHT TO THE SISTER'S OFFICE WEBSITE AND YOU'LL SEE WHERE IT'S, IT'LL SAY 23 REASSESSMENT GUIDE.
SO IS THAT THERE FOR YOU? AND THEN THAT'S THE LINK THERE.
SO THIS IS ANOTHER IMPORTANT TOPIC.
I KNOW WE ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT REASSESSMENT, BUT SINCE I HAVE EVERYONE'S EARS, I WANT, I'LL KIND OF LIKE WANNA SQUEEZE THIS IN IF IT'S OKAY.
LEGAL RESIDENCY ALSO KNOWN AS 4%.
OKAY? SO HERE WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT BRIEFLY.
IT'S IMPORTANT THERE IS A TAX BREAK FOR PROPERTY OWNERS THAT ARE FULL-TIME RESIDENTS THAT'S
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CLAIMING THEIR PROPERTY AS THEIR, THAT THEIR RESIDENCY.IF YOU OWN THE PROPERTY, IT IS IN YOUR NAME.
IF YOUR DOS OUT THERE, YOU'RE MORE THAN LIKELY MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS.
WHAT I TELL MY TAXPAYERS IS THAT THIS IS VERY TIME SENSITIVE AS WELL.
THE 90 DAY ASSESSMENT NOTICE WINDOW DOES NOT APPLY HERE.
A TAXPAYER HAS FROM JANUARY 16TH TO JANUARY 15TH TO APPLY FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR FOR THIS EXEMPTION.
I WILL SAY THIS, I'M SURPRISED IT'S A STATE LAW.
I AM SURPRISED OFTEN OF HOW MANY OF MY TAXPAYERS WHO'VE BEEN IN BEAUFORT COUNTY FOR MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS AND DO NOT HAVE THE LEGAL RESIDENCY.
I TELL MY TAXPAYERS, IF ALL ELSE FAIL, PUT THE APPLICATION IN.
WHAT WE GONNA TELL YOU? WHAT'S YOUR, YOU DON'T HAVE IT.
WHAT YOU GONNA LOSE? I MEAN, SO PLEASE PUT IT IN.
UM, WE WILL WALK YOU THROUGH WHAT WE NEED TO WALK YOU THROUGH TO HELP YOU UNDERSTAND IF YOU DID NOT, YOU'RE NOT QUALIFIED FOR IT, WE'LL HELP YOU UNDERSTAND WHY YOU'RE NOT QUALIFIED FOR IT.
I WILL ALSO SHARE THIS, UM, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE QUITE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE PROBABLY LISTENING.
WHAT WE HAVE A SITUATION, A LOT OF HEIRS PROPERTY HERE IN BEAUFORT COUNTY.
AND TYPICALLY WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT LEGAL RESIDENCY, I'M GONNA USE MYSELF.
FOR EXAMPLE, MY FAMILY OWNED PROPERTY IN EARLY BRANCH, UM, PROPERTY COULD HEAR THE SOUTHERN DRAW, BUT MY FAMILY OWNED PROPERTY EARLY BRANCH.
AND MY GRANDFATHER PROPERTY WAS HEIRS PROPERTY.
HE HAS A HOUSE ON THAT PROPERTY THAT HE'S PASSED AWAY.
MY UNCLE LIVES ON THE PROPERTY AND HE LIVES IN MY GRANDFATHER'S HOUSE.
THE PROPERTY'S IN MY GRANDFATHER'S NAME.
BUT MY UNCLE BEING THE HEIR OF MY GRANDFATHER CAN OBTAIN AND GET THE LEGAL RESIDENCY.
YOU HAVE TO MEET CERTAIN QUALIFICATIONS, BUT YOU CAN GET THE LEGAL RESIDENCY.
I, I DID A FORM WITH MR. GLOVE, MR. GLOVE, AND I TALKED TO SOME OF THE PEOPLE FROM IN HIS AIR, HIS DISTRICT, AND THEY CAME UP TO ME AND THEY WERE SAYING, WELL MY BROTHER'S BEEN AT MY MOM'S HOUSE ALL THESE YEARS.
AND I'M, I'M LIKE, WE GOTTA GET THIS OUT.
WE GOTTA GET THIS OUT TO THE PUBLIC.
IF ALL US HELP PUT THE APPLICATION IN AND THEY LET US TELL YOU NO.
IT'S JUST A, YOU KNOW, SPIT IT IN CUZ IT'S, IT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE.
AND ALSO I LIKE TO TELL YOU IS THAT THE LAW ALLOWS FOR TWO YEARS OF REFUNDS IN ARREARS.
SO IF I DIDN'T QUALIFY TODAY, IF I QUALIFY TODAY AND I CAN PROVE RESIDENCY TWO YEARS AGO, YOU CAN GET A REFUND FOR TWO YEARS.
AND ARREARS, THERE'S A STATUTE THAT COVERS THAT AS WELL.
AND IF YOU, IF YOU DO HAVE IT OR YOU KNOW, PEOPLE IN YOUR COMMUNITY, YOUR NEIGHBORS, YOUR CHURCH MEMBERS, IF TELL HELP THEM, JUST KIND OF SHARE IT, SPREAD IT BECAUSE WE WANT PEOPLE TO APPLY FOR IT.
IT'S A GREAT BENEFIT AND I'M GONNA SHOW YOU THE BENEFIT OF IT IN A MINUTE.
SO HERE IS KIND, KNOW WHAT I SAID, IT'S A, IT IS TAX SAVINGS.
UM, THERE'S QUAL, IT'S A QU YOU GOTTA QUALIFY FOR IT.
IT'S NOT AUTOMATIC, IT'S NO, WE DON'T JUST A AUTOMATICALLY GIVES, YOU GOTTA QUALIFY FOR, WE HAD THE VET VET THE INDIVIDUAL OUT THERE APPLY AND THERE'S A DEADLINE.
SO I KIND OF EXPLAINED THE DEADLINE.
LET'S KIND OF KEEP GOING HERE.
SO WE PROBABLY WONDER, WELL HOW MUCH CAN I ACTUALLY SAY? WELL, HERE, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU CAN SEE THAT, BUT IT'S KIND OF SMALL.
BUT I CAN, I CAN KIND OF EXPLAIN IT TO YOU.
THERE'S TWO SAMPLE PROPERTIES THAT I PULL POOR ON.
BOTH PROPERTIES ARE VALUED AT OVER $500,000.
ONE PROPERTY ON YOUR, ON MY RIGHT WITH WITHOUT THE SIX, WITHOUT THE LEGAL RESIDENCY.
CAUSE IT'S MORE THAN A 2% DIFFERENCE.
UM, IT'S THEIR TAX BILL IS $7,612.
THEY DID NOT GET THE LEGAL RESIDENCY ON THE ACCOUNT.
A SIMILAR PROPERTY THAT'S OVER $500,000 DOES HAVE THE LEGAL RESIDENCY AND IT'S $2,900.
I'M NOT SURE ABOUT YOU, BUT I LIKE THE 2,900 RE SEVEN
SEE, I, I DEMONSTRATE THIS BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S MORE THAN A 2% DIFFERENCE.
WHAT THE SAVINGS IS FOR YOU AS A TAXPAYER.
IF YOU QUALIFY FOR THE LEGAL RESIDENCY, IT'S THE SCHOOL OPERATION MILLS TAXPAYERS WHO ARE QUALIFIED FOR THE LEGAL RESIDENCY ARE EXEMPTED FROM THE SCHOOL OPERATION MILLS.
SO AGAIN, IF YOU, IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR TAX BILL AND YOU GET YOUR ASSESSMENT ON THIS ONE, HAVE IT ON THERE.
FOUR, SIX, YOU CAN ONLY GET ON THE PRICE THAT YOU DWELL IN AND YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE AN APPLICATION TO OUR OFFICE TO PROVE ELIGIBILITY.
BUT IF ALL US FAILS, YOU GET THE NOTICE AND YOU DON'T YOU WANT TO ASK QUESTIONS, CALL OUR OFFICE
WE HAVE THREE LO TWO LOCATIONS CURRENTLY FROM OUR OFFICE IS, I'D RATHER FOR YOU TO APPLY THAN NOT TO APPLY.
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OKAY? SO WHAT ARE THE QUALIFICATIONS TO QUALIFY FOR THIS TAX BREAK? WELL, WE GONNA ASK YOU TO PUT AN APPLICATION IN.OH NO, WHAT IS REQUIRE, WHY LEFT A SLIDE OUT? WELL LET ME, WE'RE GONNA ASK YOU TO PUT AN APPLICATION IN.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO PROVIDE SOME DOCUMENTATION YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE IF YOU OR, OR SOUTH CAROLINA ID IF YOU DON'T HAVE A DRIVER LICENSE.
OKAY? WE TAKE SOUTH CAROLINA IDS, UM, LINE TAX MOST RECENTLY FILED TACO LINE TAX RETURN.
UM, WE WE'RE ALSO GONNA LOOK FOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION.
IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A CARD, THAT'S OKAY.
THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN ASK YOU FOR.
YOU CAN APPLY ONLINE ON OUR WEBSITE.
EVEN THAT QR CODE I SHOWED YOU, IF YOU PICK UP THE PAMPHLET, IT ALSO BREAKS DOWN TO SOME OF THE THINGS YOU'LL NEED TO PRO PROVIDE TO OUR OFFICE.
BUT JUST GO TO OUR WEBSITE AND IT'S RIGHT THERE.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME TO THE OFFICE UNLESS YOU JUST WANNA COME VISIT US.
SO WHAT OTHER DISCOUNTS DO WE, UM, HAVE IN OUR OFFICE HERE? WE, WE TALKED ABOUT THE LEGAL RESIDENCY AGRICULTURE USE.
IF YOU HAVE PROPERTY AS THAT, YOU MAY THINK THAT'S QUALIFIED FOR AG USE.
IT'S, IT'S A SIMILAR FILING DEADLINE AS THE LEGAL RESIDENCY.
IF YOU ALL US FAILS, PUT THE APPLICATION.
NOW THAT'S ONE OF THE SIMPLEST APPLICATIONS.
THAT'S OF ALL OF OUR APPLICATIONS.
LET US DENY YOU OR LET US EXPLAIN TO YOU WHY YOU DON'T QUALIFY.
I'D RATHER FOR YOU TO PUT IT IN WITH THE AGRICULTURE USE IS NOT A, YOU CANNOT GO BACK TO YOU.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT TO GO BACK.
BUT, UM, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO GET IT IN ON TIME.
MULTI LOT DISCOUNT IS MOSTLY FOR DEVELOPERS AND I PUT THAT HERE JUST IN CASE.
WE HAVE SOME DEVELOPERS ONLINE AS LISTENING AND THE, THE 6% PROPERTY EXEMPTION SPECIAL ASSESSMENT, UM, OR THE ACCESSIBLE TRANSFER INTEREST.
OKAY, LET'S GO BACK TO OUR SALE THAT WE HAVE BETWEEN US, OUR DOLLAR SALE,
WELL, IF THE PROPERTY VALUES EXCEED A CERTAIN AMOUNT, I MAY QUALIFY FOR THIS 6% PROPERTY EXEMPTION.
AND IT'S AN APPLICATION FOR THAT AS WELL.
THAT IS FOR NON-LEGAL RESIDENCE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT'S NOT CLAIMING THEIR PROPERTIES, THEIR PRIMARY RESIDENCE.
SO IF I HAVE THREE PROPERTIES AND I LIVE IN ONE AND THE OTHER THREE ARE, UM, PROPERTIES I JUST TRANSFERRED, JUST PURCHASED, I CAN GET THE, THAT TYPE OF EXEMPTION ON THE OTHER THREE PROPERTIES.
I WILL SAY THIS, WHEN THIS LAW, THIS IS ONE OF THE NEWER LAWS, UM, WHEN THAT CAME ON THE BOOKS IN BEAUFORT COUNTY, WE WERE SEEING 10 APPLICATIONS A YEAR BECAUSE OF ALL THE ACTIVITY IN REAL ESTATE LAST YEAR WE GOT, WE RECEIVED OVER 500 APPLICATIONS FOR THIS EXEMPTION.
THAT'S HOW, I MEAN IT'S A LOT OF APPLICATIONS.
IF THE PROPERTY VALUE EXCEEDS A CERTAIN AMOUNT, THEY'RE ONLY GONNA PAY UP TO 75% ON THEIR, UP 70% OF THE, OF THE, OF THE VALUE.
WOULD YOU MIND GOING OVER THAT CENT EXEMPT? WHICH ONE? SO THE LEGAL RESIDENCY OR THE 6% EXEMPTION? UH, WELL IT'S, UH, WELL FOR INSTANCE I OWN A PROPERTY.
MM-HMM
IS THAT CORRECT? BUT THEN THERE'S A SECOND PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT I OWN THAT'S A AROUND UNIT.
YOU HAVE A LOT OF GOOD STUFF IN YOUR QUESTION.
SO I HAVE MR. CAT HERE WITH ME.
SO IN SOUTH CAROLINA WE CALLED THE LEGAL RESIDENCY.
OTHER STATES CALL IT HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.
AND HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION IS AGE PACIFIC AND THAT'S MR. CAD'S ARENA.
AND YOU'LL BUT THE, FOR THE LEGAL RESIDENCY, WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT DOES NOT HAVE A AGE RESTRICTION ON IT.
IS THAT RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT BEING A CERTAIN AGE TO GIVE THAT USED TO SUBMIT THE APPLICATION.
IF THAT'S YOUR HOME AND YOU'RE LIVING IN IT AND YOU CLAIMING IT'S YOUR PRIMARY AND YOU CAN DEMONSTRATE THROUGH THE DOCUMENTS THAT WE REQUEST FROM YOU THAT THAT'S YOUR PRIMARY RESIDENCE, THEN THAT'S A SEPARATE SITUATION.
AND THE ONE, MR. KATA, AS THE COUNTY AUDITORS OVER, WHICH WILL BE AS AGE RESTRICTED FOR 65 AND OLDER, THAT'S APPLIED THROUGH THAT OFFICE, THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE.
NOW, WITH REGARDS TO THE 6% PROPERTY EXEMPTION.
SO LET ME EXPLAIN IT LIKE THIS.
YOU SEE WHERE WE HAD THE TWO BULLET POINTS.
THE FIRST ONE SAYS 4% AT THE TIME.
RIGHT? THEN YOU HAVE THE ONE THAT SAYS 6%.
THE 4% PEOPLE CANNOT BENEFIT FROM THE 6% PROPERTY EXEMPTION AND THE 6% PROPERTY PEOPLE CANNOT BENEFIT FROM THE 4% EXEMPTION.
SO THE 4% IS FOR LEGAL RESIDENCY? YES.
BASICALLY WHAT HAPPENED, LEGISLATION UNDERSTOOD THAT HEY, WITH THE INCREASE THEY WANTED TO GIVE THE, AT I INDIVIDUALS A TAX BENEFIT OR TAX BREAK AS WELL.
SO IF YOU, WITH YOUR RENTAL PROPERTY, YES.
SO YOU JUST SAY YOU JUST BOUGHT IT LAST YEAR,
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YOU BOUGHT YOUR RENTAL PROPERTY LAST YEAR, YOU'LL PUT AN APPLICATION IN AND THIS TIME IT IS A DATE.WITH THIS APPLICATION, YOU PUT THE APPLICATION INTO US TO RECEIVE THIS EXEMPTION.
AND IF THE PROPERTY VALUE INCREASE OVER A CERTAIN THRESHOLD AND WHAT WE HAD ON THE BOOKS, NOT WHAT YOU PAID FOR IT, WHAT WE HAD ON THE BOOKS, THEN WE WILL ALLOW AN EXEMPTION FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF IT AND THE PROPORTION OF IT'S EXEMPT OUT AND YOU DON'T PAY ON IT.
SO IT'S ABOUT HOW MUCH THE VALUATION IS AND HOW MUCH IT'S GOING TO BE.
AND IF IT'S OVER A CERTAIN AMOUNT YOU'RE ON, YOU'RE GONNA BE EXEMPTED OUT OF THAT EXTRA.
THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR ME TO FILE SUCH AN APPLICATION.
I ALWAYS TELL MY TAXPAYER, PUT IT IN, YOU KNOW, PUT YOUR APPLICATIONS IN.
MISS IT'S A FAIRLY, IT'S NOT AN OLD CODE.
UM, IT'S ONE OF THE NEWER CODES, BUT IT'S, IT'S BEEN EVOLVING.
UM, IT'S, SO I WOULDN'T SAY NEW.
WE'VE HAD RECENT, UM, COURT CASES WITH REGARDS TO THE AT I EXEMPTION.
THAT DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE IS CONSTANTLY TRYING TO GIVE US GUIDANCE ON, BECAUSE WE HAD SOME RECENT CASES.
SO I TELL MY TAXPAYERS, PUT THE APPLICATION IN FOR, FOR ANYTHING THAT WE MAY OFFER AND THEN ALLOW US TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH YOU.
IF WE NEED EITHER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR YOU DO NOT QUALIFY, WE WILL GIVE YOU AN EXPLANATION WHY OR WHAT YOU CAN DO TO QUALIFY.
SO WE'LL HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
CAUSE YOU ON THE TOPIC OF THE WAIT END END, BUT JUST SO YOU'RE ON IT NOW, WHAT IF THE ADDITIONAL HOME SOMEONE HAS IS AN INHERITANCE THAT IS NOW AS PROPERTY, BUT IT'S A BUILDING THERE AND THEY, THEY'RE USING IT OTHERWISE, LIKE THAT'S NOT WHERE THEY'RE LIVING.
CAUSE THEY'RE LIVING WHERE THEY WERE LIVING.
BUT THEY INHERITED THE SECOND BUILDING NOW.
RIGHT? SO WHAT HAPPENS THERE IS THERE THEY CAN YEAH, THAT'S A REALLY, THAT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION.
THE REASON WHY IT'S EXCELLENT BECAUSE IT'S IN YOUR QUESTION.
THE PROPERTY IS RECEIVED AS AIR.
MY GRANDFATHER IS PROPERTY IS AIR, BUT IT WAS CLEAR TIED FOR WHATEVER BY AUNTS AND UNCLES DECIDE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DEED IT TO ME.
IT'S CONSIDERED ACCESSIBLE TRANSFER INTEREST.
IT'S GOING TO GET REASSESSED BECAUSE IT'S NOT FROM D DEAD PARENT TO CHILD.
I'M A GRANDCHILD AND OR I'M THIS, LET'S SAY I'M A COUSIN.
SO IT'S GOING TO, IT'S GONNA GET PUT ON FOR FULL MARKET VALUE BASED ON DECEMBER 31ST OF THE TRANSFER.
MM-HMM
SO JUST SAY IT'S SOLD FOR $10 LOVE AND INFECTION.
WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT THE SALE PRICE.
WELL, YEAH, THEY'LL GET THE EXEMPTION.
WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT THE SALE PRICE.
WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT THE SU'S OFFICE HAD ON THE RECORDS THE PRIOR YEAR AND WHAT IS COMING ON THE RECORDS FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
AND THE EXEMPTION IS GONNA BE DETERMINED IF IT MEETS THE QUALIFICATION FOR THE EXEMPTION, A PORTION OF THAT EXTRA IS GONNA BE EXEMPT.
THEY'RE NOT GONNA PAY TAX ON THE EXTRA.
THAT'S NOT ACCURATE THOUGH WITH THE EIGHTH.
NO, BECAUSE UNDER THE MOST RECENT CASE, THERE WAS A CASE ON FAIRFIELD WAVERLY VERSUS DORCHESTER COUNTY.
THE JUDGE ESTABLISHED THAT UNDER THAT, UNDER THAT BECAUSE WE WENT OVER TO THE SUPREME TALKING ABOUT SUPREME COURT, THEY ESTABLISHED THAT IT WASN'T, YOU CANNOT GO BACKWARDS.
THE WHOLE POINT IS TO GO FORWARD, FORWARD.
NOW WE HAVE QUITE A NUMBER OF OUR TAXPAYERS WHO ARE RECEIVING THE EXEMPTION CURRENTLY AND WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS AT THE TIME OF THE REASSESSMENT IS BEEN ESTABLISHED IN THIS COURT HEARING THAT THE EXEMPTION FALLS OFF.
HOWEVER, THEIR NEW TAXABLE NUMBER IS THE EXEMPTION PLUS THE 15% CAP.
SO IT'S A BENEFIT FOR THIS EXEMPTION IF YOU ARE QUALIFIED FOR IT.
NOW I WILL SAY THIS, IF THE PROPERTY OWNER CLAIMS THAT PROPERTY AS THEIR PRIMARY RES AT ANY TIME THE EXEMPTION GOES AWAY.
CUZ YOU CAN'T RECEIVE A 6% EXEMPTION ON THE 4% PROPERTY.
YEAH, IT'S, I KNOW IT'S A LOT.
UM, THERE ARE SOME OTHER, UM, GOVERNMENTAL EXEMPTIONS THAT I WANTED TO KIND OF PUT UP THERE FOR OUR PUBLIC TO SEE.
I THINK THAT'S THROUGH SOUTHLAND DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE.
AM I CORRECT? AND WE HAVE THE VETERANS EXEMPTION THROUGH CYCON DISABLED VETERAN EXEMPTION THROUGH THE SARON DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE.
IF THEY TELL US YOUR PROPERTY'S EXEMPT, WE DON'T WANNA ASK ANY QUESTIONS.
WE JUST PUT ON THE PERCENTAGE THAT THEY TELL US.
IF THEY TELL US 50%, WE GONNA GIVE YOU YOU 50% AND YOU CANNOT APPEAL THESE EXEMPTIONS.
CAUSE THEY'RE NOT THROUGH OUR OFFICE.
THEY'RE THROUGH THESE OTHER REGULATORY AGENCIES.
UM, THE, THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION, MR. CAD'S OFFICE, HE'LL REGULATE THAT.
WHATEVER THAT'LL BE THROUGH HIS OFFICE.
OUR OFFICE DOES NOT HANDLE THOSE.
BUT THE ONES ON THE TOP, WE ACTUALLY DID.
16, WE TALKED ABOUT JANUARY 16TH THROUGH JANUARY 15TH FOR THE LEGAL RESIDENCY.
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UM, AGRICULTURE USE EXEMPTION AS WELL AND THE MULTI LOT AND THE 6% EXEMPTION ON TWO DIFFERENT SCHEDULES.I DIDN'T INCLUDE 'EM ON THE SLIDE, MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE, BUT THEY'RE ACTUALLY ON OUR WEBSITE.
AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY GRAB THE PAMPHLET AND GO TO OUR WEBSITE AND FIND THOSE DATES.
UM, OBJECTION IF, UNLESS IT'S A 90 DAY WINDOW AND YOU GET AN ASSESSMENT NOTICE IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S, UM, YOU CAN APPEAL THE ENTIRE YEAR.
SO LET'S SEE WHAT I HAVE HERE.
WE HAVE ONE HERE IN BEAUFORT, ONE IN BLUFFTON.
WE DO NOT HAVE THE HILTON HEAD OFFICE ANY LONGER.
SO WE ARE JUST INTO TWO LOCATIONS AND OUR INFORMATION IS HERE AS WELL.
SO HERE'S MY, AGAIN, MY CONTACT INFORMATION.
UM, I'M NOT GONNA BORE Y'ALL ANY FURTHER, BUT, UM, I'LL LIKE TO, TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU.
I, SO HOW, HOW YOU CAN GET IN CONTACT WITH OUR OFFICE AND IF YOU NEED TO CALL OUR OFFICE AND SPEAK TO ME DIRECTLY, I'M THE ONLY AVENUE THAT I'M AWARE OF IN THIS BUILDING.
THE 15% CAP, UH, APPLIED TO ANYBODY PAYING 6% AS WELL.
WELL, I WOULD SAY THE 15% CAP.
IT'S, IT'S, THAT'S FOR EVERYBODY.
IT'S NOT A, THAT'S NOT GOVERNED BASED ON YOUR, IF YOU'RE A LEGAL RESIDENT OR NOT A LEGAL RESIDENCY.
WHAT IS BASED ON IS THAT IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A TRANSFER INTEREST IN 22 NOW ANYONE IN 21 AND HELD ON THEY PROPERTY ALL THIS TIME, YOU'RE GONNA GET A 15% CAP.
IF YOUR PROPERTY VALUE INCREASED MORE THAN 15%, I CAN REVEAL THIS.
MAJORITY UNF MAJORITY OF PROPERTIES, THIS REASSESSMENT IS GONNA GET A 15% CAP.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS ROLLBACK TAXES.
QUE ROLLBACK TAXES ONLY OCCURRED UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.
AGRICULTURE USE, IF YOU CHANGE THE USE OF THE PROPERTY, IT'S SUBJECT TO BE ROLLBACK.
THE LEGISLATION CHANGED ON THAT.
THEY WENT FROM FIVE TO THREE
SO YOU HAVE A PROPERTY AND YOU WANNA BUILD A HOUSE ON YOUR PROPERTY.
SO WE'RE GONNA ROLL BACK ONLY ON A PORTION THAT THE USE CHANGE, UNLESS THE WHOLE ENTIRE THING THAT IS THE USE CHANGE ON THE WHOLE PROPERTY.
SO YOU HAVE A FIF, JUST SAY A 20 ACRE TRACK AND YOU PULL THE ONE ACRE OUT TO BUILD A HOUSE ON IT.
WE'RE GONNA ROLL BACK ON THAT ONE ACRE.
MY RECOMMENDATION, IF YOU KNOW YOU'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING TO YOUR PROPERTY AND CHANGE THE USE AND YOU KNOW IT'S GONNA BE THREE YEARS FROM NOW, COME TO US AND SAY, HEY, TAKE MY AG USE OFF ONE ACRE PAY AT THE 6%.
AND GUESS WHAT? THERE'S NOT A ROLLBACK TAX AT THAT POINT.
OR IF YOU DO IT WITHIN THE THREE YEARS, WHATEVER'S LEFT FOR THE THREE YEARS.
SO YOU THOUGHT, OKAY, I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA DO IT THREE YEARS, BUT I GUESS I DID TWO.
WE'RE ONLY GONNA ROLL BACK ON WHATEVER'S REMAINING OF THE THREE.
SO TRYING TO DO SOME PRE-PLANNING.
IF I TELL MY TAXPAYERS, IF YOU KNOW YOU'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING, TRY TO PRE-PLAN IT.
COME TO US AND SAY, JUST REMOVE THAT.
WE'RE NOT GONNA ASK YOU ANY QUESTIONS WHILE YOU'RE REMOVING IT.
WE'RE JUST GONNA TAKE THIS THE, UM, A USE OFF OF IT.
BUT THERE ARE TAXPAYERS THAT DO INCUR A ROLLBACK TAX ON THEIR PROPERTY BECAUSE THEY DECIDE THEY HAVE TO DO SOMETHING THEIR PROPERTY.
BUT THE BUT THERE'S, THERE'S A THREE VERSUS A FIVE.
IT'S NO LONGER A FIVE YEAR ROLLBACK.
HOW MANY ACRES FOR AG THE DISCOUNT? MM-HMM.
I HAVE OVER A THOUSAND UPSTAIRS.
AND THEN IF WE HAVE A SESSION ON THE ISLAND, DO YOU COME OUT TO THE COMMUNITY? OKAY, GOOD.
BECAUSE THAT MEANS IF I BRING MY COMPUTER, FOR INSTANCE, TO THE CHURCH MM-HMM.
NOW I WILL SAY THIS, UM, WHAT MY PLANS ARE AS THE COUNTY ASSESSOR, I'VE SHARED THIS BEFORE.
I'M NOT SURE IF I SHARED WITH COUNCIL, BUT MY PLANS IS WHEN ONCE WE SEND OUT ASSESSMENT NOTICES, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS, MY PLAN IS TO HAVE A DELEGATION OF INDIVIDUALS ON A SCHEDULE TO GO AROUND TO THE DIFFERENT LIBRARIES AROUND THE COUNTY BECAUSE EVERYBODY NOT COMFORTABLE WITH TECHNOLOGY AND USING COMPUTERS.
AND THEY WANT, THEY, THEY GET, THEY HAVE THAT QUESTION.
THEY HAD TO HAVE THAT FACE-TO-FACE CONTACT.
SO WE'RE GONNA DO A SCHEDULE AND I'M GONNA HAVE A DELEGATION OF INDIVIDUALS IN MY DEPARTMENT, APPRAISERS, LEGAL RESIDENCY AND MAPPING.
AND THEY'RE GONNA BE AT THIS LOCATION.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE IT SET UP WHERE IT DOESN'T HA YOU CAN COME AND JUST WALK IN.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT.
BUT HOWEVER, IF A PERSON DOES MAKE AN APPOINTMENT, MICHAEL, THEY WILL HAVE FIRST PRIORITY CUZ THEY HAVE A STANDING APPOINTMENT.
BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA TURN ANYBODY AWAY.
IT'S GONNA BE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY ON A SCHEDULE.
GOT, WHEN, WHEN DOES THIS COME ON? THE ASSESSMENT NOTES WILL BE MAILED IN THE
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FALL.SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE FIRST WEEK IN SEPTEMBER.
I TRY TO DO EVERYTHING BEFORE.
UM, I DON'T LIKE, I MEAN THIS IS A PERSONAL THING.
I DON'T DO NOTHING ON NINE 11 WITH THE GARDEN NOTICES.
SO IT'LL BE BEFORE NINE 11 OR RIGHT AFTER NINE 11.
SAID YOU DIDN'T ASK HER ANSWER QUESTION.
OKAY, SO IF I, IF I MESS UP THE ACREAGE, PLEASE FORGIVE ME.
I'M NOT SURE IF CROP IS 10 AND FIVE IS TIMBER OR FIVE IS 10.
AND AND NOW KEEP IN MIND TIMBERING IS NOT A TREE.
PEOPLE THINK TIMBER IS A TREE, NOT A TREE.
PEOPLE TELL WHAT MS AND YOU CAN HAVE CHRISTMAS TREES, RIGHT? AND YOU CAN STILL GET AGRICULTURE USED.
ALSO, THERE'S A PORTION OF THE CODE THAT SAYS THAT IF YOU DO NOT MEET THE MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU DON'T MEET THE FIVE OR 10 QUALIFICATIONS.
AND IF YOU HAVE, YOU CAN PRODUCE, YOU CAN SHOW THAT YOU FILE WITH THE STATE.
UM, I THINK IT'S A THOUSAND DOLLARS WORTH OF FARM INCOME OVER A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME.
YOU KNOW, NOT SAY EVERY YEAR IT'S LIKE THREE OR FIVE YEARS.
WE CAN GIVE YOU THE AGRICULTURE USE IF YOU DON'T MEET THE MINIMUM ACREAGE REQUIREMENTS.
ADDITIONALLY, THE CODE ALLOWS, IF YOU HAVE ONE QUALIFYING TRACK ALL YOUR OTHER TRACKS QUALIFY.
DO I NEED TO BRING YOU TO MICHAEL? YOU'RE GOOD? NO, I'M GOOD, THANK YOU.
IF A PROPERTY OWNER PLANS TO APPEAL THEIR MARKET VALUE ASSESSMENT, WHAT TYPE OF INFORMATION IS THE OFFICE LOOKING FOR? DO YOU NEED A CURRENT APPRAISAL AND WHAT, WHAT TYPE OF INFORMATION IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT THAT? OKAY, GOOD QUESTION.
THERE'S NOT A REQUIREMENT OF TYPE OF INFORMATION.
WE DON'T TELL YOU WHAT NOT TO GIVE US.
REMEMBER I SAID THE EXAMPLE FROM PEOPLE AROUND THERE TOO HIGH.
YOU KNOW, WE, THE LAW DOESN'T SAY YOU MUST PROVIDE BLAH, THE LAW SAYS YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO APPEAL AND WE SHALL DO THIS.
WHAT I TELL MY TAXPAYERS IS THE, THE LAW DOES NOT ONLY THE LAW, BUT THE COURTS HAVE UPHELD THAT THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE IS PROVEN RIGHT UNTIL, IS RIGHT UNTIL PROVEN OTHERWISE.
IF YOU, FOR EXAMPLE, DOESN'T YOU JUST SAY TOO HIGH.
WHAT DO WHAT, WHAT DO YOU, WHAT WHAT ARE YOU HELPING US WITH? I MEAN, WE GOTTA GIVE US SOMETHING TO HELP, HELP US HELP YOU.
IF YOU HAVE AN APPRAISER APP, I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO FEEL THAT THEY HAVE TO GO OUT AND HIRE A FEE APPRAISER TO INCUR THAT COST UNNECESSARILY.
THAT'S UP TO IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU NEED TO GO GET ONE, GET IT.
WE'RE NOT GONNA, WE WE GONNA TAKE ALL INFORMATION.
THERE ARE TIMES WHEN WE'LL ASK YOU DO YOU HAVE AN APPRA REPORT? DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO PROVE IT? NOW LET ME SHARE ONE THING WITH YOU ON OUR WEBSITE, PLEASE USE OUR WEBSITE.
THERE'S A LITTLE BOX ON THIS SAYS PROPERTY MAX.
YOU CAN DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH OF SALES ON OUR WEBSITE.
IT'S AN EXCELLENT INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO.
WE HAVE THREE VIDEOS I CALL ON MY NETFLIX SERIES.
I CAN'T LOOK INTO THE CAMERA MUCH TO TELL, TELL TELL EVERYBODY YOU CAN DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH.
YOU CAN APPLY FOR THESE EXEMPTIONS.
THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT SELL SERVICES.
OKAY? AND IT'S OUT THERE FOR YOU.
DID I ASK ALL YOUR QUESTIONS? IS HE
THERE'S THREE APPROACHES TO VALUE.
SO LET'S LOOK IN YOUR SCENARIO THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RESIDENTIAL.
CORRECT? CAUSE COMMERCIALS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
MY COMMERCIAL PRICE IS BACK THERE.
BUT WE ARE GONNA LOOK AT, UM, RESIDENTIAL.
WE LOOK AT WHAT THE MARKET IS TELLING US.
WE ARE REFLECTORS OF THE MARKET.
SO WE LOOK AT PROPERTIES THAT ARE SIMILAR, THAT SOLD TO DETERMINE THE VALUATION OF THE PROPERTY THAT WE DECIDE THE VALUE ON.
SO IF YOU HAVE A NEW CONSTRUCTION, THE VALUATION THAT'S IN OUR SYSTEM THAT'S COMING UP, WE DECIDE, WE DEVELOP TABLES AND THE TABLES ARE BASED ON SALES THAT OCCURRED.
ONCE A NEW CONSTRUCTION COMES ON IN THE NON REASSESSMENT YEARS, IT REFLECTS BACK TO THE VALUATIONS THAT WE HAVE ESTABLISHED IN OUR TABLES FOR THAT TYPE OF PROPERTY.
SO WE LOOK AT SQUARE FOOTAGE, WE LOOK AT CONSTRUCT, WE LOOK AT WHAT IS WHAT.
IF YOU GOT A HOUSE THAT'S BUILT OUT OF ONE TYPE OF MATERIAL VERSUS ANOTHER TYPE OF MATERIAL, THERE'S COST ASSOCIATION WITH THAT THERE.
THE VALUE YOU GOT YOUR COST APPROACH, YOUR SALES OF COMPARISON APPROACH, AND YOUR INCOME APPROACH.
IN THOSE APPROACHES OF VALUE, WE KNOW INCOME IS NOT GONNA WORK BECAUSE THAT'S COMMERCIAL
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COST APPROACH IS ONE OF THOSE.IT HAS DEPRECIATION THAT HAS TO BE DETERMINED.
BUT THE LAW SAYS WE HAVE TO DETERMINE THE FAIR MARKET VALUE.
SO WE GOTTA GO TO THE MARKET AND WHATEVER THE MARKET TELLS US, WE REFLECTORS OF THE MARKET.
SO THAT'S THE COMPARISON YOU TALKED ABOUT.
I HAVE A SECOND QUESTION ABOUT THE, THE 65 PLUS.
IN THAT $50,000 DEDUCT ON THE ASSESSED VALUE, AT WHAT POINT DOES THAT OCCUR? IF YOU TURN 65 IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR, HOW DOES THAT, WHERE DOES THAT FALL? I WILL SAY THIS, I WOULD SUGGEST CONTACTING THE COUNTY AUDITOR'S OFFICE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
CAUSE I WILL GET THAT ANSWER WRONG.
UM, A THAT'S FOR HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION BASED ON AGE.
SO I'LL PREFER, I THINK I'M PRETTY KNOWLEDGEABLE OF IT, BUT I DON'T WANT TO ANSWER WRONG AND IT'S NOT UNDER MY PURVIEW.
UM, AND THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE WILL HANDLED THAT.
UM, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF AN AWKWARD QUESTION, BUT I'LL TAKE, UM, HOW DOES ONE BRING TO THE ATTENTION OF THE ASSESSOR A HOUSE THAT HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED AND NEVER ACKNOWLEDGED ON HILL PROPERTY GOALS? OKAY.
WE HAVE AN ANONYMOUS TIP LINE ON OUR WEBSITE.
IT THERE, YOU WANNA PUT YOUR NAME IN THERE? WONDERFUL.
BUT WE HAVE NOT, AND PEOPLE DO USE IT TO REPORT SUCH THINGS.
THEY REPORT PROPERTY OWNERS THAT ARE RENTING THEIR PROPERTY.
AND YOU, WE, AND GUESS WHAT WE DO? WE INVESTIGATE IT.
IT LOOKS LIKE THE REASSESSMENT NOTICE IS GONNA HAVE THE SAME INFORMATION THAT'S ON, ON PUBLIC REAL ESTATE RECORDS FROM YOUR OFFICE.
CAN YOU REPHRASE THIS QUESTION RIGHT NOW AS YOU GO TO YOUR OFFICE MM-HMM.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THE INFORMATION THAT'S ON THERE IS JUST GONNA BE REPOPULATED IN YOUR SUB REASSESSMENT NOTICE.
HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT WENT INTO THOSE ORIGINAL NUMBERS, WHETHER THAT WAS LEGITIMATE? IS THERE ANY MORE DETAIL THAT'S AVAILABLE TO THE HOMEOWNER? NO.
WHAT YOU'LL HAVE TO DO AT THAT POINT, I WILL SUGGEST YOU TO APPEAL.
WHEN YOU APPEAL, YOU WILL MEET WITH AN APPRAISER OR APPRAISER WILL EITHER CONTACT YOU BY PHONE OR SET UP A MEETING WITH YOU.
THEN YOU WILL GO AT THAT POINT IS MORE INDIVIDUALIZED WITH HOW DO WE ESTABLISH THE VALUATION FOR YOUR PROPERTY.
AND YOU WILL HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH THEM BASED ON SALES THAT THEY'VE USED, WHAT DATA THEY USE, WHAT STATISTICAL ANALYSIS THEY USE TO DEVELOP THE EVALUATION THAT'S SPECIFIC TO YOUR PROPERTY.
IT'S NOT, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, THE WHOLE WEBSITE THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE IS VERY ROBUST.
WE HAVE ONE OF THE BEST ONES AROUND I'VE EVER SEEN.
THE LAW DOESN'T SAY THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE.
SO IT'S NOT NO DIFFERENT THAN US HAVING THEIR ANALYSIS OUT THERE FOR YOUR INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE PROPERTY MAX THERE FOR YOU TO DO ANALYSIS.
YOU CAN DO YOUR OWN ANALYSIS BASED ON PROPERTIES IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THE NUMBER THAT WE'VE ESTABLISHED IS CORRECT OR NOT.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT'S WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO CONTRACT US OR TO APPEAL IT.
SO WE CAN HAVE THAT ONE-ON-ONE CONVERSATION TO EXPLAIN TO YOU WHAT WE USE OR WHAT YOU THINK IT SHOULD BE.
WHAT ABOUT THEN THE APPLICATIONS FOR BUILDING PERMITS THAT MAY MODIFIED BACK? HOW DOES THAT GET FACTORED INTO THE ASSESSMENT? OKAY, SO BUILDING PERMITS.
SO WE KNOW THAT BUILDING PERMITS IS DONE THROUGH THE BUILDING AND CODES DEPARTMENT BUILDING PERMITS COME ON.
ANY NEW CONSTRUCTION IS OCCURS THE YEAR AFTER THE, THE, THE CO IS ISSUED.
SO IT'S, IT'S, IT WAS COED IN 22.
IT COMES ON FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 23.
ANY, ALL THAT NEW CONSTRUCTION IS BASED ON OUR TABLES THAT WE'VE ESTABLISHED BASED ON THE MARKET DATA.
SO THEY WILL GO ON BASED ON 12 31 22 IF THE CO WAS ISSUED IN 22.
AND IT'LL COME ON FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 23 BASED ON THAT SALE DATA IN 22.
SO THE FINAL QUESTION THAT WAS REALLY MY FIRST QUESTION,
CAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY SIMPLE.
SO APPLAUSE TO THE FOLKS I EDITED A LOT.
UM, BUT MY CONCERN WAS THIS, I'M GOING TO GIVE A SOMEWHAT OF A REAL EXAMPLE.
SO SOMEONE BOUGHT MULTI BOUGHT A PIECE OF PROPERTY FOR MULTI-MILLIONS OF DOLLARS THAT IS LESS THAN A MILE AWAY FROM OTHER PEOPLE'S HOMES THAT ARE ROUGHLY ASSESSED PROBABLY FROM 50,000 TO MAYBE 150,000.
SO THIS HAPPENED WITHIN THE SAME LAST YEAR.
SO NOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN, EVEN THOUGH THAT VIDEO SAID WE DON'T JUST USE WHO'S NEXT DOOR TO YOU MM-HMM.
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VERY LIKELY THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE THE CLOSEST TO THIS NEW MULTIMILLION DOLLAR PURCHASE ARE GOING TO C TAX INCREASE? NOT NECESSARILY.I'M GONNA GO THE LONG WAY AROUND THE COUNTY IS OUR SUBJECT AS FEAR AS APPRAISERS.
UNLIKE FEAR APPRAISERS, WE CAN'T TURN DOWN AN ASSIGNMENT.
WE WOULD NOT TAKE A PROPERTY IN ST.
HELENA, FOR EXAMPLE, AND USE SOMETHING OUT OF HILTON HEAD THAT'S NOT COMP COMPARABLE SALES.
SO LET'S GET, LET'S ISOLATE IT TO BEAUFORT, THE CITY OF BEAUFORT AND AROUND THIS AREA HERE, IT WOULD NOT MAKE SENSE FOR US TO GO TO SHELDON TO USE A PROPERTY VALUE HERE IN BEAUFORT.
WE USE LIKE PROPERTIES WITH SIMILAR CHARACTERISTICS AND LOCATIONS TO DETERMINE THE VALUATION.
SO THAT BEING SAID, IF YOU, LET'S LOOK AT A PROPERTY.
LET'S THINK ABOUT A PROPERTY IN BLUFFTON.
WE HAVE SUBDIVISIONS IN BLUFFTON.
THE MARKET FOR THOSE PROPERTY IS IN THAT PUT, THAT'S IT'S MARKET, RIGHT? THAT'S IT'S NEIGHBORHOOD.
IF IT'S OUTSIDE OF THAT PU IT NOT NECESSARILY THEY'RE PART OF THAT.
THEY DON'T REFLECT THE BUYERS AND SELLERS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
NOW IF YOU'VE GOT TWO PROPERTIES THAT ARE SIDE BY SIDE AND ONE IS PERFORMING DIFFERENTLY THAN EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE COMMUNITY, THEN THAT'S A OUTLIER.
WE MAY NOT NECESSARILY USE THAT ONE.
I'M GONNA GIVE AN EXAMPLE IN MY, IN MY TIME HERE AT BEAUFORD COUNTY IS AN APPRAISER.
I HAVE A PROPERTY OWNER IN HILTON HEAD.
I SEEN, I'M NOT GONNA NAME THE PROPERTY OWNER WENT TO THEIR PROPERTY.
THEY, THEY, THEY, THEY DID THIS, THEY DID A TAJ MAHAL.
THIS GENTLEMAN WAS SO PROUD, HE JUST WALKED ME THROUGH THE WHOLE HOUSE.
I MEAN, HE HAD STUFF IMPORTED FROM ALL OVER THE PLACE.
HE WAS NOT IN THE PUTT, BUT EVERYONE AROUND HIM, THIS, THIS STORM, THIS HOUSE WAS THREE STORIES TALL.
EVERYONE AROUND WAS RANCH STYLE FOR ONE LEVEL, BEEN THERE SINCE THE 60.
HE WAS NOT UNIFORM WITH EVERYBODY ELSE.
DOES THAT MILLION DOLLAR SALE EXAMPLE MAKE SENSE WITH THE OTHER SALES THAT'S GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY AS APPRAISERS, WE ARE ANALYZING THESE SALES.
DOES IT MAKE SENSE? IS IT UNIFORM? IS IT, IS IT THE REFLECTING OF WHAT THE OTHER SALES OR OTHER PROPERTIES ARE? ARE SELLING, BUYING AND SELLING? IS IT TYPICAL OF THE MARKET? GO BACK TO THE DOLLAR SALE.
YOU CAN HAVE A DOLLAR AND EVERYBODY ELSE DOING $300,000.
WE'RE NOT GONNA USE EVERYBODY TO PUT EVERYBODY A DOLLAR.
WE'RE GONNA USE WHAT THE MARKET, THE WE ARE REFLECTORS OF THE MARKET.
THE MARKET LEADS US WHERE WE HAVE TO GO.
USE THOSE SALES TO VALUE A RULE PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT DOESN'T, THAT'S NOT GOOD APPRAISER PRACTICE.
SO THERE'S, THERE'S CERTAIN PRACTICES THAT MAKE COME UP WITH THIS STATISTICAL NUMBER THAT WE COULD DEVELOP AND THAT'S THE EQUITY THAT WILL TILT IN.
MAKING EVERYTHING FAIRNESS AND EQUITY CORRECT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ME?
YOU KNOW WHAT, WHAT YOU'LL DO IS, UM, I CAN GIVE YOU MY INFORMATION AND THE GENTLEMAN THAT SETS MY APPOINTMENTS UP AND UM, HE'LL PUT YOU ON THE SCHEDULE WITH MY APPOINTMENTS CUZ HE KEEPS ME STRAIGHT.
AND, UM, AND YES, WE CAN SIT DOWN AND HAVE A LONG DISCUSSION.
IF THE PROPERTY, YOU AND I ARE TRANSFERRING BETWEEN EACH OTHER AND WE'RE RELATIVES, RIGHT? YOU'RE NOT MY FATHER, YOU'RE JUST MY I'M YOUR NIECE.
YOU DON'T, IT DOESN'T TRANSFER.
IT'S GONNA BE A COMPLETE AT I FULL MARKET VALUE.
BUT HOW ABOUT MY SON? IF YOU PASS AWAY YES.
AND YOUR PROPERTY'S AT 4% AND YOU GAVE IT TO YOUR SON AND IT'S NOT A CAP.
THE CAP REMAINS AND IS NOT REASSESSED.
WELL IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT A CONSIDERED ACCESSIBLE TRANSFER OF INTEREST.
WHAT, WHAT HAPPENED? MY MOM DIED IN 2000.
PROPERTY WAS PLACED IN MY NAME IN 2018.
SO WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT FIVE YEAR TIMEFRAME, YOU KNOW, WHERE THAT NOW ALL OF THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT CONFUSING TO ME BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO THINK ABOUT HOW LONG I HAD THIS PROPERTY, HOW LONG THIS PROPERTY HAVE.
LET'S LOOK AT IT BECAUSE WHAT I TELL MY TAXPAYERS IS THIS, WE DO NOT KNOW FAMILY DYNAMICS.
WE DON'T KNOW NAMES, WE DON'T KNOW THE RELATIONSHIPS.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, MY LAST NAME IS SANDERS.
MY MAIDEN NAME WAS WILLIAMS. IF MY MOTHER WAS PASSING AWAY AND GIMME HER HOUSE, HOW WOULD THE CENSUS'S OFFICE KNOW THAT I'M A WILLIAMS? WE DON'T KNOW THE, SO THAT'S WHY THE ASSESSMENT NOTICE IS SO, SO, SO
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IMPORTANT.AND YOU APPEAL THE QUESTION AND SAY, WHAT IS THIS? BECAUSE LIKE WITH YOUR SITUATION, WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT.
LET'S LOOK AT IT BECAUSE IT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN A TRUE, IT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN A TRUE ATTI.
AND WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT IT BECAUSE WE NEED TO, WE CAN MAKE THAT ADJUSTMENT TO REFLECT THAT CURRENTLY.
BECAUSE LEMME TELL YOU WHAT, WHAT WHAT WAS BEING PAID FOR TAXES BEFORE IF, IF IT FIVE TIMES.
AND MOM COULD HAVE HAD, COULD I SAY MOM, MOM COULD HAVE HAD LEGAL RESIDENCY.
MOM COULD HAVE HAD HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.
AND ALL THAT WENT AWAY WHEN MOM PASSED AWAY.
WE'RE GONNA GET, I'M GONNA GET YOU THE INFORMATION.
WE'RE GONNA SIT DOWN AND WE GONNA DISSECT YOUR, YOUR TAX BILL.
AND I, AND I OPEN THAT UP TO ANYONE THAT WANT TO DO THAT.
IF IT'S NOT WITH ME, SOMEONE IN MY STAFF, WE, THEY ARE QUALIFIED AT.
WE WILL JUST DISSECT YOUR INFORMATION TO SEE IF EVERYTHING MAKES SENSE.
WELL WE WANNA, OH, YOU
YOU'VE FELT SOME OF MY CONSTITUENTS WHEN, ESPECIALLY WIDOWS, THEY'RE SPOUSE WILL PASS AWAY AND, AND THEN THEY GET THIS NOTICE AND THEY'RE ALREADY DEPRESSED AND YOU HAVE SPENT SO MUCH TIME HELPING THEM OVER THE YEARS IN YOUR OFFICE.
THANK YOU Y'ALL, THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE Y'ALL WANNA SAY ANYTHING ELSE? NO.
UM, UH, I, I WOULD JUST SAY THIS ABOUT MS. SANDERS.
UH, SHE DOES HAVE VERY PROFESSIONAL, KNOWLEDGEABLE STAFF MEMBERS IN OUR OFFICE AND SHE'S HELPED ME TREMENDOUSLY IN ALL THE AREAS WITH HER STAFF IN OUR OFFICE.
SO SHE'S WILLING AND SHE'S OPEN.
AND WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
THE COUNTY CHANNEL IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON VIDEO ON DEMAND.
GO TO BEFOR COUNTY SC.GOV, SCROLL DOWN TO PUBLIC MEETINGS, CLICK WATCH NOW.
AND THEN CLICK THE VIDEO ON DEMAND BUTTON AND SELECT YOUR PROGRAM FROM THE LIST CALL MEETING TO, UH, ORDER.
IF YOU'D LIKE A DVD OF THIS PROGRAM, CLICK ON THE LINK ON THE RIGHT AND FILL OUT THE ORDER FORM.
AND THANK YOU FOR WATCHING THE COUNTY CHANNEL.
GOOD MORNING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
UM, GUEST AND MOST IMPORTANTLY OUR TENNIS PLAYERS.
WELCOME TO THE NEWLY RENOVATED DIFFERENT TENNIS COURT.
UM, THIS ROUGHLY $700,000 INVESTMENT WILL SERVE TENNIS LOVERS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTY.
THE RENOVATION STARTED LAST APRIL WITH, UH, DEMOLISHING OF THE EXISTING COATS AND INSTALLING ALL NEW COATS, NETS, FENCES, AND GATES ALONG WITH ADA COMPLIANCE SIDEWALKS.
THE EXISTING COAT LIGHTING WAS UPGRADED AND RAIN GARDENS AND RUNOFF CONTROLS WERE ADDED TO ADDRESS THE STORM WATER ISSUES.
THE REPAIRS WERE COMPLETED THROUGH A VERY STORMY WET SUMMER.
THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF BEAUFORT COUNTY INVESTING IN THE CITY OF BEAUFORT.
SPENDING AROUND 2 MILLION IN PARKS AND RECREATION FACILITIES.
THE CHARLES'S LYNN BROWN CENTER CONTINUES TO BE UPGRADED AND THE COUNTY WILL ADD MORE PICKLE BALLS AND BASKETBALL COURT TO THE SOUTH SIDE PARK WITH MUCH MORE TO COME.
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IS THOUGHT TO BE A, PREDOMINANTLY A PREDOMINANTLY WHITE SPORT, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT IN 2022, MANY AFRICAN AMERICANS ARE PLAYING TENNIS.AND THERE IS ACTUALLY A LONG, RICH HISTORY BEYOND ARTHUR ASH AND THE WILLIAMS SISTERS TUSKE INSTITUTE FOUNDED BY BOOKER T WASHINGTON, ADDED TENNIS COURTS IN THE TENNIS TEAM IN THE 1890S.
NOT MANY PEOPLE HAVE HEARD THE STORY OF AHA GIBSON.
SHE WAS BORN IN A TOWN OF SILVER IN CLARATON COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA AND MOVED TO THE, IN 1930S TO HARLEM.
GIBSON WAS THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMAN TO COMPLETE, TO COMPETE INTERNATIONALLY IN TENNIS, WINNING FIVE GRAND SLAM SINGLE TWO, UH, TITLES BETWEEN 1956 AND 1958.
IF THAT WAS NOT ENOUGH TO THE, UH, IN THE 1960S, SHE ALSO BECAME THE FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN PLAYER TO COMPETE ON THE WOMEN'S PROFESSIONAL GOLF TOUR.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, AMERICAN, BOTH BLACK AND WHITE HAVE BEEN, HAVE ENJOYING TENNIS FOR A LONG TIME.
AND ON A PERSONAL NOTE, I LEARNED TENNIS ON HOW THEY HIT THE BALL, UH, ON THAT QUOTE RIGHT THERE BACK IN THE 19, EARLY 1960.
I NEVER KNEW THE GAME OF TENNIS UNTIL I GOT TO COLLEGE.
AND I FIRST LEARNED WHAT, UH, 15 LOVE WAS.
UM, SO WE JUST PLAYED TENNIS, UH, ON THIS COURT RIGHT HERE.
I HOPE THAT THIS STORY AND THESE COURTS INSPIRE ALL THE YOUTH IN BERE COUNTY TO EXCEL IN THEIR INTEREST AND TALENT.
AND MAYBE, YES, MAYBE A TENNIS STAR WILL START THE JOURNEY RIGHT HERE.
I KNOW THAT THE CITIZENS OF BEAUFORT, UH, THE BEAUFORT AREA WILL ENJOY THIS BEAUTIFUL FACILITY.
I GREW UP RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.
SO THIS IS THE HOOD, THIS IS HOME.
MY GRANDBABIES, UH, ALL FOUR OF THEM PLAYED, UH, NATIONAL TENNIS BECAUSE OF, UM, LARRY DUANE, WE JUST LOVE YOU.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATION TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF THIS COMMUNITY.
AND JUST A LITTLE SIDE NOTE BEFORE I PRAY, UH, LARRY'S UH, I GREW UP ON THIS CORNER AND HE GREW UP RIGHT ON THE CORNER.
HIS OLDEST SISTER WAS MY BEST FRIEND.
AND WE COULD TALK FROM THE STEPS.
AND I REMEMBER WHEN HE WAS A LITTLE, LITTLE, HE WAS, HE WASN'T EVEN WALKING, HE WAS CRAWLING AND HE HAD A TENNIS BALL IN HIS HANDS.
AND I TOLD MY JULIE, HIS MOTHER AT THE TIME, I SAID, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER HE'S GONNA BE IN LIFE IS GONNA BE WITH THE BALL.
AND NOT ONLY DOES HE PLAY TENNIS WELL, HE PLAYED EXCELLENT BASKETBALL, BASEBALL AND EVERYTHING ELSE, BUT HE HAS EXCELLED IN TENNIS AND HAS GIVEN THAT GIFT BACK TO THIS COMMUNITY.
HE'S SUCH A JEWEL AND A TREASURE.
AND I THANK GOD FOR HIM, FATHER GOD, WE THANK YOU, HALLELUJAH.
SWEET HOLY SPIRIT FOR YOUR PRESENCE IN THIS PLACE.
FATHER GOD, WE ANOINT THESE GROUNDS AS HOLY AND HOLO GROUND FOR YOUR SERVICE, FOR YOUR SPIRIT TO DWELL GOD.
WE SAID, NONE OF US, BUT ALL OF YOU.
AND WE SAID, NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST WHAT YOU HAVE STARTED HERE SHALL BE ABLE TO PROSPER.
FATHER GOD, AS WE WALK THESE COURTS AND OUR YOUNG PEOPLE COME, FATHER GOD, THEY WILL FIND A PLACE OF SAFETY, A PLACE WHERE LOVE ABIDES IN THIS PLACE AND WHERE SOMEBODY CAN SPEAK A POSITIVE WORD INTO THEIR LIVES.
AND GOD, THOSE THAT HAVE HAD A HAND IN THIS MOMENT, GOD, WE ASK THAT YOU BLESS THEM WITH A DOUBLE PORTION OF A PROPHETS REWARD.
AND GOD, ORDER OUR STEPS IN YOUR WORD.
HELP US TO TRU TRULY BE KEEPERS AND STEWARD OF THE GIFT THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US AND NOT TO TAKE THIS DAY FOR GRANTED.
LORD, THIS IS THE DAY THAT YOU HAVE MADE AND WE'VE MADE A CHOICE TO COME TOGETHER TODAY AND TO BE REJOICE AND BE GLAD IN IT IS IN YOUR NAME.
NOW ONE OF THE GULLAH TRADITIONS IS ONCE YOU GET THE WORDS YOU HAVE TO JOIN IN, THIS IS NOT A SOLO.
OH, Y'ALL GONNA DO THE PLEDGE.
THEY GONNA DO THE PLEDGE FIRST.
OH, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.HOLY SPIRIT, KUMBAYA, HOLY SPIRIT, KUMBAYA, HOLY SPIRIT, KUMBAYA SAID WHISTLE, LONG FIRE.
HOLY SPIRIT, KUMBAYA, HOLY SPIRIT.
RIGHT? HOLY SPIRIT, KU, HOLY SPIRIT, KU, HOLY SPIRIT, KU, I SAID, WE SO CAN LOVE RIDE.
HOLY SPIRIT, KUMBAYA, HOLY SPIRIT.
KUMBAYA SAID WE SAW LONG FIRE.
THE MANDATE IS THAT WE LOVE BETTER AND IF WE LOVE BETTER, WE'LL DO BETTER.
HANG TIGHT, HANG TIGHT, HANG TIGHT.
MY NAME IS MARSHALL WILLIAMS AND I'M A MEMBER OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE OF THE NEW BEAUFORT TENNIS CLUB.
THE CLUB HAS BEEN ORGANIZING OVER THE SUMMER TO BE READY TO BRING THESE BEAUTIFUL TENNIS COURTS TO LIFE WITH CHILDREN AND ADULTS FROM THIS HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD, THE NORTHWEST QUADRANT OF BEAUFORT.
AND FROM THE WIDER AREA NORTH OF THE BROAD, AND EVEN FROM SOUTH OF THE BROAD.
IF YOU CAN BRAVE THE TRAFFIC
I THINK ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE BEAUFORT TENNIS CLUB STEERING COMMITTEE ARE HERE THIS MORNING.
AND I'LL JUST ASK THEM TO STEP FORWARD OR WAVE SO WE CAN SEE EVERYONE.
JANICE JOHNSON, MARY NW WRIGHT, CHRIS PETERSON, ROB HILTON, JAN HORAN, VICKY KOWSKI, SALLY HENDRIX, SUE RAINEY.
IT'S BEEN GREAT TO WORK WITH YOU ALL.
IF YOU WANNA LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CLUB, PLEASE SPEAK TO ANY OF US AND WE'D LOVE TO HAVE YOU VOLUNTEER ALONG WITH US.
WE'LL HAVE INFORMATION AND AN EMAIL SIGN UP SHEET FOR YOU AFTER THE CEREMONIES.
I KNOW MANY OF YOU ARE ON OUR LIST ALREADY.
IT'S ALSO A REAL PLEASURE FOR ME TO BE HERE TO INTRODUCE AND RECOGNIZE LARRY SHEPHERD.
LARRY, COME ON, COME ON OVER A LITTLE BIT.
HE REALLY DOESN'T NEED AN INTRODUCTION.
LARRY HAS BEEN LEADING FREE PUBLIC CLINICS FOR CHILDREN AT THESE COURTS, AND HE'S TAUGHT LEGIONS OF YOUNG AND OLDER TENNIS PLAYERS THROUGH THE YEARS.
HE'S HERE WITH HIS ASSISTANT DONNA WINLAND.
GREW UP COMING HERE TO PLAY TENNIS.
HE WAS BORN AND RAISED RIGHT IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND CHARLES LIND BROWN WAS A MENTOR TO LARRY AS HE WAS TO SO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE GROWING UP HERE.
LARRY AND HIS CREW WORK HARD TO CONTINUE THAT TRADITION.
HIS FREE CLASS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AGE TWO TO 18 WILL START ON SATURDAY AT NOON AND HIS CLINICS AND LESSONS BEGIN TOMORROW.
LARRY, I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH ALL OF US SOON, AS SOON AS WE'RE DONE HERE.
BUT PLEASE JUST TO HAVE A WORD FOR US.
OH, UH, FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO PARKS AND RECREATION FOR GIVING THE OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO GIVE OUR SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.
UH, THANK YOU TO MY COUSIN, UH, PEARL SUE WHO SAYING THOSE KIND OF THINGS ABOUT ME.
UH, THANK YOU TO, UH, MY ASSISTANT, MS. WINLAND, AND TO ALSO MS. JANICE JOHNSON, JAN AND ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE HELPED ME THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.
UH, WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.
JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU GUYS.
AND ALSO I KNOW MR. LYNN BROWN'S LOOKING.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, UH, FOR YOU ALL FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY.
THIS LAND WAS GIVEN MANY YEARS AGO
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TO THE PUBLIC FOR THE RECREATION OF ITS YOUNG PEOPLE.OUR GOAL AND PURPOSE IS TO SEE THESE COURTS FILL UP WITH YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS PLAYING TENNIS AT ALL LEVELS.
AND OUR CLUB WILL BE MADE UP OF VOLUNTEERS HELPING TO ORGANIZE ROUND ROBINS SPECIAL EVENTS, MEN'S AND WOMEN'S MIXED DOUBLES, TENNIS UNDER THE STARS, U S T A C C T A AND OTHER TOURNAMENTS.
WE CAN USE EVERYONE'S HELP AND IDEAS.
THE U S T A AND COASTAL CAROLINA TENNIS ASSOCIATION HAVE BOTH SENT THEIR BEST WISHES AS WE OPEN UP.
AND I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE PATTY LADA, WHO IS THE C C T A LEAD COORDINATOR WHO IS JOINING US TODAY.
I'D LIKE TO GIVE A BIG SHOUT THANKS TO SHANNON LOPER FROM BEAUFORT COUNTY PARKS AND REC FOR GETTING US HERE TODAY TO THEIR MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR, JACK FRIPP, WHO MADE THE PARK BEAUTIFUL AND USER-FRIENDLY.
AND THEIR STAFF, JEREMY AND HEATHER ARE ALSO HERE.
THANKS, MR. GLOVER, AUNT PEARL.
BLESS YOU FOR LAUNCHING THE NEW TENNIS COURTS AND THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
WELL, IN CLOSING, EVERYBODY'S KIND OF BEEN THANKED, BUT I'D STILL LIKE TO THANK A FEW MORE.
UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT HERE TODAY.
WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT BEING ABLE TO OPEN UP THE COURTS.
IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING AND I THANK EVERYBODY CAN AGREE WITH THAT.
UM, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED WITH AT PARKS AND REC TO HAVE, UM, LARRY SHEPHERD AS, UM, PART OF OUR STAFF NOW, UM, TO BE WORKING WITH US, BUT ALSO TO BE WORKING AND DOING CLINICS OUT HERE.
UM, WE FEEL LIKE THAT IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT PARTNERSHIP BY HAVING HIM ON BOARD TO BE ABLE TO NOT ONLY MONITOR THE COURTS, BUT TO BE ABLE TO OFFER MORE PROGRAMS FOR THE KIDS, FREE PROGRAMS FOR THE KIDS, AND TO BE ABLE TO OFFER LESSONS WITH THE KIDS.
UM, WE STILL HAVE A FEW THINGS TO FINISH UP, SO IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS, BUT WE'VE COME A LONG WAY WITH IT.
UM, AS WE, UM, PROGRESS OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, YOU'LL SEE SOME ADDITIONAL LIGHTING, UM, THAT'LL BE DONE.
UM, SOME WATER FOUNTAIN CHANGE OUTS, UM, MESSAGE BOARDS ADDED AND, UM, JUST ODDS AND ENDS THAT NEED TO BE DONE.
WE'LL HAVE THE CORPSE NUMBERED.
UM, BUT WE WANTED TO GET EVERYBODY OUT HERE AND, AND START PLAYING TENNIS WITHOUT ANY MORE HOLD UP.
UM, I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, UM, FOR OVERSEEING THE PROJECT.
UM, I REALLY THANK ERIC LARSON FOR COMING OUT HERE ON THURSDAY WHEN I WAS IN A HUGE PANIC OF HOW, HOW ARE WE GONNA GET THIS RIGHT AND HAVE HIM CALL EVERYBODY THAT HE CALLED OUT TO, UM, GET THE, UM, EVERYTHING COMPLETE AND LOOKING GOOD.
THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT FOR BRINGING ALL THEIR CREWS OUT.
MY MAINTENANCE CREW WHO'S BEEN OUT HERE SINCE THURSDAY, UM, CHUCK, UM, ATKINSON, WHO SUPPORTS ME IN MY ROLE AS THE PARKS AND REC DIRECTOR, AND ALSO WHAT I CALL OUR DYNAMIC DUO, ERIC AND WHITNEY, FOR BRINGING, UM, THE OLD PARKS AND REC BACK TO LIFE AND REALLY SUPPORTING US, UM, IN THE PARKS AND REC DEPARTMENT.
SO, UM, IF EVERYBODY IS READY, WE'RE GONNA CUT THE RIBBON AND, UM, EVERYBODY CAN SERVE UP, START SOME MATCHES AND HIT THE BALLS.
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN CURIOUS WHERE YOUR DRINKING WATER COMES FROM AND HOW IT IS PURIFIED? YOU MIGHT BE SURPRISED TO FIND OUT.
THE SAVANNAH RIVER, A MANMADE CHANNEL DIRECTS THE WATER ABOUT A HALF A MILE TO A RIVER PUMP STATION.
AT THIS STATION, THE WATER IS RAISED TO AN ELEVATION 26 FEET ABOVE THE RIVER LEVEL.
THE PUMP STATION IS CAPABLE OF PUMPING 55 MILLION GALLONS PER DAY AND SUPPLIES THE WATER FOR BOTH OF BURE JASPER WATER AUTHORITIES WATER CREEK FACILITIES.
FROM THE RIVER PUMP STATION, THE WATER TRAVELS ANOTHER HALF MILE FLOWING DOWNHILL TO A RESERVOIR, WHICH CONTAINS 180 MILLION GALLONS OF WATER.
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THIS RESERVOIR ALSO SERVES AS A HABITAT FOR MANY KINDS OF WILDLIFE.THERE ARE EVEN A PAIR OF AMERICAN BALD EAGLES THAT CALL THIS RESERVOIR HOME FROM THE RESERVOIR.
THE WATER FLOWS TO ONE OF TWO WATER TREATMENT FACILITIES COMBINED.
THEY HAVE A TOTAL WATER TREATMENT CAPACITY OF 44 MILLION GALLONS A DAY.
THIS IS PERRYSBURG, WHICH CAN PRODUCE UP TO 15 MILLION GALLONS A DAY.
WATER IS PUMPED UP INTO A RAPID MIX TANK WHERE AAM AND LIME ARE INTRODUCED INTO THE WATER.
THE LIME ADJUSTS THE PH AND THE A BEGINS THE PROCESS OF ATTRACTING FOREIGN PARTICLES TOO SMALL TO BE FILTERED.
THE PARTICLES CLUMPED TOGETHER WITH THE A FORMING LARGER PARTICLES THAT EVENTUALLY SINK TO THE BOTTOM OR CAN BE FILTERED OUT.
INSIDE THE PERRYSBURG LAB, A TECHNICIAN CAN RUN A TEST THAT SIMULATES THE RAPID MIX TANK TO DETERMINE THE CORRECT AMOUNT OF A NEEDED FOR THE PARTICLES CALLED FLOCK TO FORM.
FROM THE RAPID MIX TANK, WATER THEN FLOWS INTO THE FIRST OF TWO FLOCCULATION BASINS WHERE THE WATER'S MOTION IS REDUCED, ALLOWING THE FLOCK PARTICLES TIME TO FORM LARGER PARTICLES.
AS TIME PROGRESSES, THE PARTICLES GET HEAVIER AND BEGIN TO SINK TO THE BOTTOM.
AS THE PARTICLES ARE SINKING, THE WATER FLOWS INTO SEDIMENTATION BASINS.
IN THE SEDIMENTATION BASINS, THE IMPURITIES SETTLE TO THE BOTTOM WHERE THEY'RE COLLECTED BY SWEEPS AND THE CLEAN WATER EXITS THE TOP OF THE TANK ON ITS WAY TO THE NEXT STEP OF FILTRATION.
HERE YOU CAN SEE THE WATER, WHICH BY THIS STEP IN THE PROCESS IS ALREADY 95% CLEAN RISING OUT OF THE TOP OF THE WEIRS IN THE SEDIMENTATION.
THE IMPURITIES THAT WERE COLLECTED BY THE SWEEPS ARE LATER PUMPED OUT OF THE SYSTEM INTO A HOLDING POND.
THE NEXT STEP FOR THE TREATED WATER IS FILTRATION.
THE WATER FLOWS INTO A LARGE TANK IN WHICH THE FLOOR IS A LARGE SAND AND ANTHRACITE FILTER.
GRAVITY PULLS THE WATER THROUGH THE FILTER CAPTURING THE REMAINING SOLID IMPURITIES.
THE FINAL STEP AT PERRYSBURG IS DISINFECTION BEAUFORT.
JASPER WATER AUTHORITY PRODUCES ITS OWN CHLORINE SOLUTION ON SITE FOR DISINFECTION.
IT IS INTRODUCED TO THE WATER AFTER FILTRATION AND BEFORE IT IS PUMPED OUT INTO THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM.
BACK IN THE LAB AT PERRYSBURG, THERE ARE TECHNICIANS THAT TAKE HOURLY SAMPLES OF THE WATER AT ALL STAGES OF THE PROCESS TO ENSURE THE QUALITY REMAINS CONSISTENT.
AT THE SAME TIME, A COMPUTER SYSTEM MONITORS THE WATER QUALITY MINUTE BY MINUTE, 24 HOURS PER DAY, AND ALERTS TECHNICIANS OF ANY UNWANTED CHANGES IN THE WATER.
QUALITY TECHNICIANS MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE CHEMICAL DOSE OR WATER PRODUCTION RATE AS NEEDED.
MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL ALSO TAKE CARE OF CALIBRATION OF INSTRUMENTS AND MAINTENANCE OF EQUIPMENT.
AND THIS ENTIRE PROCESS FROM START TO FINISH CONTINUES DAY AND NIGHT, 24 HOURS PER DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, AND 365 DAYS A YEAR, PROVIDING YOU CLEAR, SAFE, CLEAN.