Cass County board of equalization moves appeals to pending status and approves city valuations

The Cass County Board of Commissioners on June 2 convened as the county board of equalization, heard public appeals and actions, and took three formal votes: placing appeals presented at the meeting into pending status for further review; approving the assessed values prepared for the City of Arthur and City of Castleton (both cities had not forwarded completed equalization roles); and approving all other valuations as presented.

Director of Equalization Matt (last name not specified in record) opened the county’s annual equalization meeting with an overview and statistics for the assessing year, saying total taxable value countywide rose about 3.2% to $1,311,386,000 and rural county values rose about 4.8% to $237,500,000. He explained that the board’s June meeting is primarily fact‑finding and that determinations on appeals would be…