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Ways and Means committee backs 2025 Wayne County equalization report showing countywide assessment gains
Summary
The committee recommended county-equalized values showing a 7.6% overall rise in assessed value and a 9.2% increase in residential assessments, and advised the full board to adopt the report required under the General Property Tax Act.
The Wayne County Commission Ways and Means Committee voted to approve and forward the county's 2025 equalization report, which recommends county-equalized assessments that show an overall 7.6% increase in assessed value and a 9.2% increase in the residential class, Scott Van Amergel, director of assessment and equalization, told the committee.
Van Amergel, the county's technical adviser on assessments, said "all classes of property are recommended to be county equalized as assessed," and that the report shows the county's taxable value rose about 5.5% compared with the prior year. He said the inflation rate multiplier…
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