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Union County BOE accepts staff recommendations; board notes large adjustment after loss of Highway 74 frontage
Summary
The Board of Equalization accepted staff recommendations and consent agenda items. Members flagged a notable reduction for a property (Cherry 5 LLC) where frontage and access changed after highway construction, and the board approved staffsettlements and items concluded for lack of timely appellant response.
Union County's Board of Equalization and Review voted to accept staff recommendations and the consent agenda during the meeting's deliberation phase, adopting the assessor's proposed settlements and concluding several appeals where appellants did not timely respond.
During deliberations staff presented a spreadsheet of settled items and the board discussed one large, staff-supported adjustment for a parcel owned by Cherry 5 LLC. Staff explained the propertylost direct frontage and a curb cut to Highway 74 when an expressway bypass and new frontage road were constructed; losing vehicular access to the highway materially reduced the property's market utility and prompted a reclassification that lowered the value from about $3.1 million to $2.0 million.
After review the board approved the staff recommendations as presented. The chair called for a motion and, after a second, the board carried the motion to accept the recommendations. The board also approved consent-agenda items consisting of settled appeals and appeals where the appellant had not replied in the required timeframe; staff noted those cases were concluded unless an appellant sought reinstatement under the county's procedures.
The board recessed briefly and then returned to continue deliberations on individual cases that had been heard earlier in the session. No item discussed during deliberations was reported as subject to an immediate change in county-wide tax policy; actions taken were limited to case-level settlements and processing of concluded appeals.
