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Emery County Commission approves 2025 Board of Equalization property-code adjustments
Summary
At a Sept. 22 special meeting, the Emery County Commission voted 3-0 to approve staff-recommended 2025 Board of Equalization adjustments that change several parcels from secondary to residential, remove value on a burned home, and adjust lot valuations for small parcels including an Emery Telcom site.
The Emery County Commission approved adjustments to the 2025 Board of Equalization (BOE) property classifications and valuations at a special meeting Sept. 22, 2025, voting 3-0 to adopt the staff-recommended changes.
The vote — recorded as aye by Commissioners Wardwood, Landard and Jensen — followed a staff review of several parcels where use codes or values were incorrect or needed clarification. Commissioners discussed reclassifying multiple properties from “secondary” to “residential,” removing value from a parcel where a home had burned, and reducing lot value on unusually small parcels, including one owned by Emery Telcom.
A staff member described parcel-level changes, saying the adjustments did not increase assessed values in most cases but corrected coding errors or removed value where structures were gone. Key items discussed included:
- Parcel 0100780003 in the Amone (Amaren/Amaran) area: staff recommended changing use codes from “secondary” to residential because occupants had lived in the home for more than 183 days; no assessed-value change was reported.
- Parcel 1128-0029 in Ferron: another property had its use codes changed from secondary to residential; staff said occupants met the occupancy-time requirement and no value change was made.
- Parcel 0300730005 near Cleveland: staff said the home on the parcel had burned down; utilities had been moved to a different parcel owned by the same person, so the lot value and a previously recorded $8,700 storage value were removed.
- Parcel 01151G0091 in Green River (Emery Telcom parcel): the lot is roughly 0.11 acre and, as recorded, carried a full lot value (listed by staff as $19,200). Commissioners discussed applying the same smaller-lot adjustment used previously on a Huntington parcel; staff noted that the parcel currently has a building and full utilities.
- A Huntington parcel purchased at a May tax sale, 0101950062: the buyer filed a residential property declaration; Huntington City officials told staff the property was not being billed for sewer or garbage. Commissioners expressed skepticism that the property was a primary residence without utility service; they left that parcel coded as a secondary residence for now.
- Parcel 0101300030 in Ferron: staff found the parcel was coded as storage in 2024 even though a house exists. Staff recommended restoring the residential house value (listed in staff materials as about $168,012) and removing the roughly $3,300 storage value.
Commissioners also noted the assessor’s office will publish a final spreadsheet after the adjustments and that the commission can make further corrections if errors are discovered. After discussion, a motion to approve the 2025 BOE adjustments was made and seconded. The motion passed with three ayes; no nay or abstention was recorded. The commission then adjourned.
The changes approved at the meeting were limited to adjusting use codes or removing erroneous values, according to staff statements during the meeting; commissioners did not adopt any new valuation methodology or new countywide tax rate at the session.
Votes at a glance
- Motion to approve 2025 BOE adjustments: passed, yes 3, no 0, abstain 0. Yes votes recorded: Commissioner Wardwood, Commissioner Landard, Commissioner Jensen.
