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Auburn assessing office outlines revaluation timeline, valuation statistics and public outreach plans
Summary
City assessing staff and contractor KRT updated the council on the revaluation process timeline (inspections to start after a January meeting; completion set for August 2027) and summarized 2024 valuation statistics including taxable values, parcel counts and exemptions.
Assessing staff and KRT Appraisal representatives updated the Auburn City Council Monday on the city’s ongoing property revaluation effort and presented a 2024 valuation-statistics booklet.
Karen Skamman and Deputy Assessor Joe St. Peter said the city executed a contract with KRT Appraisal in September and has been preparing data, mapping and inspection plans. KRT staff met with the assessing department in November and will meet again to finalize inspection paperwork, grids and an interactive public map. The city and KRT expect to set a firm start date for field inspections after the next coordination meeting; the revaluation completion date remains August 2027.
St. Peter reviewed the 2024 commitment data and valuation booklet distributed to councilors. Highlights included a July 15, 2024 commitment date; an assessment date of April 1; a declared ratio of 93%; a mill rate of 22.25; and a homestead exemption set at $22,250. The assessing division reported 9,472 real-estate parcels (a net increase of 11) and a total real-estate assessed value of about $2.8 billion, with roughly $511 million in exemptions leaving a taxable value near $2.3 billion.
Personal-property accounts totaled 1,058 with assessed value about $356 million (approximately $246 million exempt in part by law). The assessing staff said solar-asset exemptions are in place under Maine law; taxable values for those assets are comparatively small and declining due to depreciation.
Staff stressed the importance of public outreach: KRT held a public presentation Nov. 13 in council chambers, and the city will post inspection timelines and an interactive map on the Reval Auburn hub of the city website. Assessors noted alternatives if property owners refuse interior inspections—staff can rely on exterior data and owner-submitted survey forms, though full inspections are preferred for accuracy.
Ending: Assessing staff said the department will post inspection schedules and maps when inspection timing is finalized and will begin personal-property season outreach to businesses soon.
