County staff say system import errors produced large abatements; officials correct obvious calculation mistakes

Mar 19, 2026

County staff told commissioners that recent abatement activity included a large $330,000 correction caused by a system calculation error that once treated a single grain bin as thousands; staff said they are fixing serious errors while recognizing limits on retroactive corrections.

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County staff reported to commissioners that recent property-tax abatements included a notably large entry — roughly $330,000 for one taxpayer — driven in part by data-import and calculation errors in the county assessment system.

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