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County corrects error, reduces unbuildable parcel to $22,400 after owner showed failed perk tests
Summary
Myra Bumgarner appealed a 2025 valuation that initially priced her 1.884-acre parcel as a homesite. She presented evidence that the lot will not perk. County staff acknowledged a neighborhood classification error, reclassified the lot as Fairview Unplatted, applied the historic no-perk discount and set the assessed value at $22,400.
Property owner Myra (Klontz) Bumgarner appeared and described percolation tests showing the parcel — about 1.884 acres near the county line — will not support an onsite septic system. She said county records and prior tests documenting the lack of perkability were on file and that the parcel should not have been repriced as a standard home site for 2025.
County staff told the board the 2025 assessment had been…
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