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Commissioner highlights new business licenses and county assessor explains annual tax-roll closing
Summary
At a county meeting Sept. 2, Commissioner Bolos announced approval of three new business licenses and invited Brady Anderson of the assessor's office to explain the annual tax-roll closing process, which locks in property value estimates used to apportion local property taxes.
Commissioner Bolos announced at the county meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 2, that the county approved business licenses for three new firms — a printing and shipping company, a screen-printing and embroidery business, and a water-well drilling company — and introduced Brady Anderson of the assessor’s office, who explained how the county’s annual tax roll is closed.
Brady Anderson, an assessor’s office staff member, told the meeting that "closing the tax roll happens in in May and June, late May, early June," and that the process is "you can kinda think of it as taking a snapshot" of the county's property data tied to a valuation date of Jan. 1. Anderson said the snapshot "is locking in our predicted values for all of the properties in the county." He described the work as year-long, involving appraisers in the field, teams studying sales and market trends, and data compiled over the prior year.
The assessor’s work product is shared with the auditor's office and the treasurer's office, Anderson said; those offices use the valuations to apportion property-tax burdens among property owners. "It's those taxes that come in that fund the things that we enjoy in the county, the roads, first responders, and parks," he said. Anderson also said the office receives a post–roll-close report card from the state and described the county's most recent report as "pretty good." He summarized the process as "a complex process that I've tried to briefly summarize."
Commissioner Bolos also used the meeting to present an employee recognition: he said the assessor’s office employee Brady Anderson was honored as the office's employee of the month (which Bolos referred to as the "stall of fame") and invited him to describe his office's work. Bolos closed by thanking Anderson for the explanation and noting the year-long effort involved in producing the tax roll.
No formal motions or votes were recorded in the transcript excerpt provided; Bolos's remarks reported that licenses had been approved but did not record a vote or mover/second in the meeting transcript.
