County ratifies $45,000 commercial appraisal agreement; assessor reports large land revaluation

Carbon County commissioners on Wednesday ratified an agreement to purchase commercial appraisal services from the Utah Association of Counties for $45,000 and heard a report from the assessor’s office on recent revaluation work.

The ratification motion approved an agreement the county had already signed because the work was time-sensitive, Amy Peters, a county staff member who presented the item, told commissioners. “This is just to have agreement that we accepted a commercial bid on our appraisal services from Utah Association of Counties for $45,000,” Peters said during the meeting.

The measure matters because the county’s assessor’s office has been correcting property characteristic data and performing a targeted revaluation of land across the county. Chief Deputy Assessor Kevin Yule told the commission the office reviewed and revalued land on about 15,000…