Kent County equalization director warns staffing turnover risks state intervention, outlines GIS modernization
Megan, Kent County's director of equalization, told the Finance & Infrastructure Committee that heavy staff turnover and statutory workload motivated succession planning and new GIS-driven mapping tools; she warned failure to meet duties could prompt a state equalization factor that would broadly adjust property classes.
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Megan, director of equalization for Kent County, presented the department's annual report for 2025 and told the committee that maintaining uniform assessment at 50% of true cash value across taxing jurisdictions remains the office's core statutory duty. "If we do not successfully complete our statutory duties, then we are potentially subjecting the county to potentially subjecting the county to a state equalized factor," she said.
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