Okay, so it's not a little bit more.

Okay.

That's great.

Okay, well, it's 10 o'clock, and um I will call this special meeting of the Cleveland County uh equalization board to order uh Friday, May 29, 2026.

Uh Madam Clerk, if you please call the roll.

Um here here.

Thank you.

We have a quorum.

And uh first item of oh, and our um uh meeting was properly posted on May the 28th, 2026, and uh our first item of business on our agenda is approved of minutes of the special meeting of February the twelfth, twenty twenty-six uh motion to approve.

Motion and second to approve the minutes of February twelfth, twenty twenty-six.

Uh if you would please call the roll.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Okay.

And uh we have an agenda item for public comment.

Is there any sign up?

No one has signed up for public comments, thank you.

And so our items of business um item two is discussion and a possible action regarding approval of the homestead exemption applications, and Mr.

Assessor, you help us with that.

Yeah, each year we're required by law agreement with uh homestead exemption applications where somebody is their primary residence where they actually live as of January 1 at the uh February 1st, they can get an exemption that saves a little bit of tax dollars, but it is um uh also on the caps.

We have a three or five percent cap.

The mark goes up this way.

Homestead property can be only three percent unit.

Rental properties of course above five.

So if they qualify for the homestead, it helps them there, plus they about uh time cost you.

Each year we bring the applications to you because the board actually has the power to, if you want, we already vetted through everything, kind of withdrew all the information they provided.

Um this is by far the the greatest exemption that people qualify in every county in the state of Oklahoma.

These are all the forms.

Uh you all have the power to agree with what we're saying was approved or disapproved, or you can read through each one yourself and you can you can go say no, we don't think this person deserves one, or this person does.

So typically I just bring a little file that you can look at.

Some of you, some of you have seen these before.

Threaten me, don't let you in that order.

But I just gave you a little selection of the that just shows you what an application is.

I will say this year when we send out change assessment notices by law, we have to send out a uh value of the evaluation changes, goes up to send out a notice.

This year we sent out a two-page covered flyer that went with the notice that really helps people learn more about extensions.

So we've had more people file this year for what it's home stay, double homesteads, a lower income.

Yeah, if you're a national or say award, you can get your whole home stack property completely extended.

And then there's some stuff for seniors based on income limitation if you're 65 or so.

So this year we've had more exemptions than ever.

And also for veterans, right?

Is that special veterans exception?

So we have uh ever anybody gets extension to help save it.

Is there any of note that would be worthy of discussion amongst us based on your recommendation?

We have one board member that uh didn't want to make a motion to approve as submitted.

Um check with around then we tabled it so they could look through all of them.

So and you all have that, you all can do that, but otherwise there's really you're you're the paid staff and expert, so unless there's something that needed to be brought to.

And for the record here, I mean, into our minutes, you could take very brief comments on the uh tax role correction process.

So if there is a dispute or something that's unresolved, then that goes to a tax role correction where it's not a difference in valuation, it's a difference in is or is it not eligible?

And then the county has a tax role correction board, and that's made up the assessor, me as the chairman of the excise board, and uh the and commissioner right now.

Jacob McCuse chairs that we met yesterday morning and went through all of those tax role corrections and approved those.

So there is another another process that the county does through.

Yeah, this and I have a process to go through.

Typically, uh as you county board equalization, you're you're dealing with most things you deal with, like when we talk to the appeal, it's valuation opinions, where we go for the tax or correction board, it's a matter of fact.

Either yes it is or no, it's not.

So different and then obviously your excise board, you three are also excise board members, or you deal with uh finances of the county.

So uh so on the 65 and only is that the is that dependent on the the income?

Yeah, it's it's uh gross household income.

Uh it'd be 65 or owner qualified.

The income level is 99,000 or less.