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Adams County officials hear consultant on Senate Bill 1, weigh gradual local income tax changes
Summary
County leaders heard a detailed presentation on Senate Bill 1’s property-tax changes and debated options for smoothing the loss of the property-tax relief credit, asking the consultant for scenarios to model phased reductions before the state deadline.
Adams County council members and commissioners spent more than an hour on a presentation about Senate Bill 1 and its likely effects on county property-tax revenue and local income-tax (LIT) structure, then opened a public hearing and asked the consultant to provide phased scenarios to reduce a county property-tax relief credit ahead of a 2028 state deadline.
The consultant, Jason Simmer, told the board that Senate Bill 1 will cut assessed value for many homesteads, rental and agricultural properties and change the way business personal property is treated, all of which will shrink the county tax base over time. “One of the goals ... was to reduce property taxes,” Simmer said during his presentation.
Simmer laid out examples showing how larger homestead deductions, a supplemental credit (the lesser of $300 or 10% of a taxpayer’s bill), and new deductions for 2%- and 3%-class properties could reduce assessed values countywide and, absent offsetting growth, raise tax…
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