Tax office asks Bladen County commissioners to adopt 2026 schedule of values for revaluation

A county revenue official asked the Bladen County Board of Commissioners on Sept. 15 to consider adoption of the 2026 schedule of values to be used for the Jan. 1, 2026 property revaluation.

The presenter said the schedule of values was introduced earlier and that a public hearing was held Oct. 6. At the meeting the presenter asked commissioners to “consider to adopt the 2026 schedule value for the state of 01/01/2026.” The transcript records the request but does not record a subsequent motion or recorded vote adopting the schedule.

County staff also presented a short fiscal dashboard during the same part of the meeting showing year-to-date collections and expenditures as of September: the general fund had collected roughly 28% of its expected revenues and spent about 22.5%; the solid-waste department had collected 42.5% and spent about 17%. The revenue office additionally reported an average of 75 federal inmates in the county jail for the month; the transcript recorded 76 federal inmates as of the date of the meeting.

Because the transcript does not record a vote on adoption of the schedule of values, the article reports only that the revenue official requested that the board consider adoption; it does not state that the board approved the schedule.

Speakers quoted or recorded in the transcript include the revenue-office presenter and county staff members who delivered the dashboard figures.