The county's assessment review panel voted Tuesday to accept the county assessor's recommendations on multiple property tax protests, including protest 29 and protest 169, and heard the assessor describe an upcoming three‑year plan of assessment.

The action matters because property assessment changes can affect individual taxpayers' bills and the county's tax base; panel members said they had acted on all protests that were filed and not withdrawn at the meeting.

Panel action and votes: During the meeting a motion was made to accept the assessor's recommendation on a parcel under protest 29. A roll call recorded Board member Bowman and Board member Gross voting in the affirmative. The panel later considered protest 169, where staff reported a recommended change that left land value unchanged and adjusted improvements; the staff summary included numeric values read into the record that were not fully clear on audio. A motion to accept the assessor's recommendation on that item was moved and seconded and recorded as approved. After the votes, a panel member said, “That brings us to the end of our agenda. I do believe we have now acted on all protests that were filed and not withdrawn.” These items were recorded as formal actions by the panel.

Discussion (non‑decisional): Following the protests, panel members asked the assessor about plans for future assessment work. The assessor said they will send a three‑year plan of assessment to the county board of utilization next week and file it as required. The assessor said the plan will include a review of land obsolescence, updates to depreciation tables for older buildings (including treatments for first floors and paint), and other valuation impacts. The assessor indicated commercial building revaluation work is planned either next year or the year after, but did not give firm dates.

Clarifications and remaining uncertainties: The record shows roll‑call affirmations by named panel members and multiple passed motions accepting assessor recommendations, but the transcript does not capture full vote tallies for every named member. Numeric values read by staff for protest 169 were garbled in the audio and are reported in the meeting record as read; the precise dollar figures and any resulting assessed value totals were not specified clearly in the transcript. The assessor referenced filing requirements and the three‑year plan but no formal new policy or ordinance was adopted at the meeting.

Next steps: The assessor will file the three‑year plan of assessment with the county board of utilization as described; the panel did not direct additional formal actions at the meeting. Taxpayers with outstanding protests should consult the assessor's office or the panel's clerk for the official minutes and any corrected assessment numbers.