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Boone County consultant urges council to file three-year growth appeal to DLGF

5812654 · September 10, 2025
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Baker Tilly advised Boone County officials that the county exceeded the three-year growth threshold and is eligible to submit a growth appeal to the Department of Local Government Finance; the consultant showed estimated worst-case tax-rate impact and said a council signature is required to file.

Susan Cowan, a consultant with Baker Tilly, told the Boone County Council during a budget hearing that the county exceeded the state’s three-year growth threshold and is therefore eligible to submit a three-year growth appeal to the Department of Local Government Finance (DLGF).

Cowan said the three-year requirement is 1.0991 — roughly 9% — and that Boone County recorded almost 18% growth in net assessed…

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