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Property appraiser briefs council: Perry's preliminary taxable value rises about 1.7%
Summary
Taylor County property appraiser presented preliminary 2025 taxable values for the City of Perry showing a modest overall increase driven by real property gains and a drop in tangible personal property values.
Taylor County Property Appraiser Shawna Beach presented the City of Perry's preliminary 2025 property tax roll at the Aug. 12 city council meeting, reporting a modest increase in total taxable value compared with 2024.
Beach told council members the 2025 preliminary roll lists about $262 million in real property value and about $105 million in tangible personal property, for a total of roughly $368.8 million — an increase of about $6.3 million, or 1.7 percent, over the prior year. "This increase in real property percentage makes it a more stable market for your tax roll," she said.
Why it matters: The split between types of property affects city revenue projections and the millage calculation used in the budget process. Beach showed that 71% of the taxable value is real property and 28% is tangible personal property, reversing the prior year's mix, when tangible personal property accounted for a larger share.
Key takeaways from the presentation: - Improved residential property is the largest share of real property value; within that group, about 87% were single-family residences and roughly 52% of improved residential parcels claimed homestead exemptions. - New construction value rose in 2024 (presenters tied that to post-Idalia rebuilding), producing a spike in that year; preliminary 2025 new-construction value was lower but will include any certificates of occupancy filed before Dec. 31, 2025. - Major contributors to the decline in tangible personal property value included business changes at West Fraser, Ring Power, Consolidated Communications and Winn-Dixie, Beach said; she emphasized that the figures are preliminary and could change before certification.
Council staff and members asked procedural questions about which taxable figure to use when calculating proposed millage. Beach said the council should use the preliminary taxable value total shown on page 6 of her presentation for millage planning and that the property appraiser's office provides the figures used in the TRIM (Tax Roll Information Management) calculations.
What was not decided: Beach provided the taxable-value figures for budgeting; she did not set millage rates. Council members will use the figures during the upcoming budget and public hearing process.
Closing: Beach invited council members to contact her office for further explanation and deeper analysis of cap resets, homestead resets on sales, and other factors that drive taxable value changes.
