At a Page County Board of Supervisors meeting, the board approved an abatement of a late-filed property tax bill for the Shenandoah Pregnancy and Resource Center, a local 501(c)(3), after the center’s board chair said the tax-exemption filing was submitted five days past the deadline.

The motion to abate covered the half-year bill of $4,277 that the nonprofit said resulted from paperwork missed during a busy period of construction and an open house; the board recorded the motion and a voice vote in favor. Cathy Langley, board chair and a founder of the Shenandoah Pregnancy and Resource Center, told supervisors, “I assure you we are terribly sorry for the untimely filing of our property tax paperwork and want to make it clear that this was not done on purpose.”

The center said it opened its new facility in 2021 and provides free services including non‑diagnostic ultrasounds, pregnancy tests, counseling, diapers and baby supplies, and training such as infant CPR. Langley said the organization has served more than 160 families and asked the board to abate the assessed taxes so the funds could be used for direct services.

The county assessor (present at the meeting) clarified the timeline: “We received it in January. Or we received it in February,” when asked about when the exemption paperwork arrived at the assessor’s office. Langley said the center’s filing was five days late in February 2024 and that she had believed the exemption filings were complete when the property was purchased from the town of Shenandoah.

A county supervisor moved to approve the abatement, saying the center’s services benefit county residents and that the late filing appeared to be an error rather than intentional. After a second, the board approved the abatement by voice vote; the clerk recorded ‘‘Aye’’ ‘‘Aye.’’ The board did not record individual roll-call votes in the transcript.

Discussion at the meeting included questions about the mechanics of property‑tax exemptions, including partial exemptions when a nonprofit leases space and the assessor’s role in determining exempt portions. The assessor described that exemption status is determined by use and that partially taxable properties are resolved case by case.

The board did not attach additional conditions to the abatement during the recorded discussion. Langley asked what the county would expect from the center going forward to prevent recurrence; supervisors and staff discussed the filing deadline and routine monitoring, but no formal direction to staff was recorded in the transcript. The center said it will continue to provide services to residents in Page County and neighboring areas.

The abatement covered the half‑year amount of $4,277; Langley offered a quick sum for the full year, saying the combined two half‑year amounts would be about $8,554. The board’s approval applies only to the taxes discussed in this session as presented by the assessor and the center.

Board members and staff indicated they would follow routine procedures for exemption filings in future years; no additional enforcement or penalty was discussed in the minutes covered by the transcript.