Flandreau local board of equalization recommends lower assessed values for several properties

The Flandreau City Council sitting as the local board of equalization reviewed a set of property assessment appeals and recommended lower assessed values for several parcels after owners met with Director of Equalization Deanna Burke.

The board’s actions are recommendations to the city director of equalization and then to Moody County; the director and county have final authority and owners may appeal further to state courts. The board voted, by voice, to accept recommended adjustments for multiple parcels and recorded one appeal that will be handled directly by the county because the property owners live outside Flandreau.

The board considered appeals submitted by Jean Castello, Dalton Tribbett, HW Enterprises (Grizzly Meats), Y4 Properties LLC (Brent Yost) and the Ron Conklin estate (submitted by the estate’s representative). For each parcel the meeting record shows the assessor’s original value, the owner’s requested value (or the owner’s meeting with the director), and the director’s recommended adjustment. In several cases property owners met with Director of Equalization Deanna Burke before the board meeting and…