Prince George supervisors review reassessment results; extend BOE application deadline and authorize attorney to probe vendor contract

Prince George County Board of Supervisors members on May 6 heard a detailed fiscal 2026 reassessment update from Vision Government Solutions and discussed its implications for the county budget, then approved procedural steps to give residents more time to appeal and authorized the county attorney to investigate potential contract deficiencies with the vendor.

Vision consultant Brian Cunningham presented the reassessment work, saying the firm inspected every property using aerial imagery, qualified and reviewed sales, and created valuation models before informal reviews. "We reviewed every sale, either qualified or unqualified them," Cunningham said. He told the board his team reconfigured the county into 92 appraisal neighborhoods and completed three iterations of land and building valuation models.

Why it matters: the reassessment changes feed directly into the county’s fiscal 2026 revenue estimate and the value of a penny of tax revenue. County staff told the board that updated assessment numbers received May 1 reduced the growth used in the introduced budget, lowering the increase in projected real estate tax revenue by about $585,000 from the introduced budget figures and raising the equalization rate one penny to $0.74. Staff said keeping the tax rate at the advertised $0.82 would still yield an increase in real estate tax revenue for FY 2026, but smaller than earlier estimated.

Key presentation points and figures

- Vision reported it posted nightly updates to the public-facing system and planned to mail change-of-assessment notices to 3,221 parcels; of those, Vision said 45 notices reflected increases while 3,176 reflected decreases. Cunningham said the firm and county staff had completed informal reviews and office reviews with property owners.

- The firm said it established 92 appraisal neighborhoods for more granular,…