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WHEREAS, on January 3, 1983, the Tarrant Appraisal District notified
the City of Fort Worth, the Fort Worth Independent School District and Tarrant
County that the 1982 taxroll contains a $300,000,000 error; and,
WjiEREAS, an error of this magnitude will create substantial budgetary
and/or service delivery problems for our agencies as well as for other governmental
agencies in Tarrant County; and,
WHEREAS, this serious error in the taxroll is but the latest in a
two-year series of critical errors made by the tax appraisal district; and,
WHEREAS, the tax appraisal district has been unreasonably costly to
support; and,
WHEREAS, the administration of the tax appraisal district repeatedly
has ignored suggestions and offers of assistance from the taxing units in Tarrant
County; and,
WHEREAS, the tax appraisal district has been unable to produce timely
or accurate tax appraisal information; and,
WHEREAS, as of January 14, 1983, the tax appraisal district has failed
to deliver a Final Taxroll to the taxing units in Tarrant County; and,
WHEREAS, effective government and service require timely and accurate
property tax appraisals:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, The City Council of the City of Fort
Worth, after serious deliberation, conclude that the Board of Directors of the
Tarrant Appraisal District must make significant administrative improvements and
introduce competent leadership into the management of the Tarrant Appraisal
District with all deliberate speed.
PASSED THIS day of , 1983.
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