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Commission approves assessor corrections for newly constructed homes after state rollover adjustment
Summary
The County Commission approved value adjustments requested by the assessor's office to return newly constructed homes to their certified June 24 values after a state tax commission rollover altered values; staff said the statute requires the commission's approval for the correction.
The County Commission approved an assessor's request to adjust property values for newly constructed houses that were added to the tax rolls after certification, returning them to the certified June 24 values.
An assessor's office representative said the office made adjustments after the tax rolls closed and that the state tax commission's 5% rollover caused unexpected changes in the values. "We're requesting approval for a value adjustment on the submitted properties," the assessor's representative said, noting the adjustments relate to newly constructed properties added after roll certification.
A commissioner commented that the statute requires the assessor to request a fix for errors and omissions, calling the process unfortunate because the office had the correct values at the time and the change resulted from the state order.
A motion to accept the assessor's request for errors and omissions adjustments, as shown on the submitted schedule, was made, seconded and approved by the commission.
The assessor did not enumerate the number of properties or total dollar value of the adjustments at the meeting; staff characterized the issue as an administrative correction under state statute.
