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Tax administrator outlines costs and staffing tradeoffs for moving to 4‑ or 6‑year revaluation cycles
Summary
Cumberland County tax administrator presented a cost comparison for a shortened property revaluation cycle. Staff recommended conducting an extra revaluation in 2031 and moving to a 4‑year cycle thereafter; the presentation estimated higher annualized costs and detailed staffing and space needs.
Cumberland County Tax Administrator Joe Lutley presented the projected costs and staffing implications of shortening the county property revaluation cycle from the current eight years to either six years or four years.
Lutley said the county’s 2025 octennial revaluation cost is approximately $4.3 million (a projected figure pending final FY2025 accounting), which annualizes to roughly $535,000 per year under an eight‑year schedule. Using that baseline, he projected annualized costs of about $713,000 for a six‑year cycle and roughly $1,070,000 for a four‑year cycle.…
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