Columbus, Georgia

Georgia's First Consolidated Government

Post Office Box 1340
Columbus, Georgia, 31902-1340
(706) 653-4013
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MINUTES # 27-10





The Columbus, Georgia, Board of Tax Assessors met Monday, July 26, 2010 at

9:00AM with Chairman William Braxton, Assessor Lawton Grantham, Assessor Ann

Grantham and Assessor Derrick Shields present. Also present was Chief Appraiser

Betty J. Middleton. Assessor Pat Hunter was absent due to surgery.



Assessor Ann Grantham made the motion to approve Min#26-10. Assessor Derrick

Shields seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously.



The Board signed an assessment correction for real estate.



Met with Residential Division Manager Bob O?Brien, reviewed requests for

non-taxability and approved tax exempt status for the following parcels for

2010:



047 007 023

171 013 034

025 023 007

025 023 012

025 023 013



The Board denied tax exempt status for parcel # 029 048 009 for 2010.



The Board also reviewed and approved three residential map splits for 2011.



Met with Commercial Division Manager Linda King, reviewed and approved the

following:



Map Splits: 7

Multiple year Map Split: 1

Value Correction: 1



Met with Personal Property Division Chief Oliver Juhan, reviewed and approved

the following:



Appeals: 2(+)

6(-)

8(NC)

Assessment Corrections: 4(-)







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The Board of Tax Assessors reviewed applications for Current Use Assessment of

Bona Fide Agricultural Property for 2010. Assessor Lawton Grantham made a

motion to approve the application for PID 136 001 038; Assessor Ann Grantham

seconded the motion, motion carried.

Assessor Lawton Grantham made a motion to deny the applications for PID 127 001

021, 101 014 001 and 110 002 060; seconded by Assessor Ann Grantham, motion

carried. Assessor Lawton Grantham made a motion to deny the applications for

PIDs 101 001 014 and 101 001 014A; Assessor Derrick Shields seconded the

motion; motion carried. Also the applications for PIDs 122 001 010 & 10H and

122 001 008A were denied by the Board of Tax Assessors.



Assessor Lawton Grantham and Chief Appraiser Betty Middleton shared with the

members of the Board what they learned at GAAO Summer Conference as it relates

to the office.

Adjourned 11:40AM.







BETTY J. MIDDLETON

Secretary







APPROVED:____________________________________







________ __ _______________ ___________ ___Absent___

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W B Braxton L E Grantham Jr A C Grantham P B

Hunter D Shields

Chairman Assessor Assessor

Assessor Assessor

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