q SOONER OR TATER THE fYIAN WtLL PUtt BOWS TO THE fNAN WITH PUSH SKII{NER SAVES TAXPAYmS gg35 fn his seeond rcck in offlee County Treasurer CeL -Sklnner, Jr., savcd t€rx-payers $835.95--more f,f,*u lnough to pay hls fl-rst month t s salaqp! That was thc anount of Lntcrest ovGR- payrents eolleeted fron ta:rpayere in Sunrqysldc Estatcs, a subdlvlsion north of Johnsbrurg. Beforc Sklnner took offJ-ce ha was requested to exaurlnc thc eonqputatLon and bllllng of lnterest for spcclal assessmGnts. fire hc did ard dcclded that the ta":qpayere Lnvolvpd were Just-tflcd ln thctr eorryIatnts. fn the pastr interest had bccn flg- ured fron the date of the spceLal aesegsment. slx percent wag addcd to the lnterest rate caeh y6er. ltus3 Last year the people luvolved paid- 8.32fr on thelr outstandtng balenees instcad of the 6fr ttwt they should have patd.nff we hadnlt madc thc change, tho Treasurerf s Offiec rould hare ehargcd h.32fi thls yeerrn Sklnner pointed outn ttWhl lf thosc rho hact apeclal assess- nents took ten years to repay thelr dcbt, they would end up paylng norc for lntercst than for roads.tr Sinec the yordtrrg ln the St"atuteg Led to a dLfferenec of oplnloa in his offtec, SkLnner set forth the problcrr l-n a lcttcr to Statc t s Attorncy Rlchard Crggg. Four da].s Later CroEs replied, EI ean Lnterprct sald provislon in the Statute ln no othcr ray than that the intcrcst would be slrqple intarect and would be on the urpaid balancc caeh tine, so that the proposcd mcthod of eonputtng lnterest, as set forth La your letter of Decenber 8th, would be the eorreet method of eomputLngn. After consulting rLth Walter Dean, PresLdent of the Board of tocal Inprovc- ments, Skl-nner deelded to refund €xcGss- ivs lntcrcst to trenty-tro lndtvlduals who had paid off thelr assessments ard to eredLt overpaynrents to LOL other people r*ho stl[[ one taxes. For Reliable Service Call 185-2221 ContainerResidential lndustrial Gommercial Service 2-Way Radio fficHENRY DISPOSAL S0" WILLIAM DEVRI ES 3402 W. Third Avenue rj